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Ecuadorian Highland Foodways

La Sierra

Regional

The inter-Andean corridor between the eastern and western cordilleras — Carchi, Imbabura, Pichincha, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, Azuay and Loja — at 2,000 to 3,000 m, a temperate agricultural valley floor between volcanoes. POTATOES in scores of varieties; MAIZE eaten as mote, tostado, choclo, chulpi and mote pillo; the Andean grains and tubers — quinoa, CHOCHO (tarwi lupin), melloco, oca, mashua; beans; dairy and fresh cheese; PORK and CUY; and soup at the centre of every meal. Also the MARKET — Otavalo, Saquisilí, Ambato, Riobamba — as the institution that organises the food week.

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Communities and languages

Languages: Spanish

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

  • related to Nariño and Cauca Foodways documented

    Nariño eats cuy, hornado, fritada and helado de paila, which the rest of Colombia does not and Ecuador does.

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