Roasting meat over fire in Colombia’s Andes mountains : NPR
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In the central square of this isolated northern Colombian town, I came across a ring of metal rods skewered with fillet, ribs and brisket, encircling a smoky fire.
Men in cowboy hats were doing meat at homewhich means “prairie style meat”. It is a culinary tradition of the plains (the llanos) of southeastern Colombia, where cowboys and herds of cattle still roam.
But what were they doing in Monguí, which sits 9,500 feet above sea level in the Andes?
It turns out meat at home is popular throughout Colombia. In Monguí, the luscious aroma helped draw hundreds of people to the square, where the purchase of a raffle ticket included a plate of fire-roasted beef.
Tied to a nearby tree was a cute but nervous lamb. I was worried that the animal would go to the pin, but later learned that it would go to the holder of the winning lottery ticket.
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