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Mote con huesillos - a typical Chilean drink and dessert. Mote is husked wheat, and huesillos are sun-dried peaches that have been rehydrated in water. The drink is the mote and huesillos, mixed in with the peach-water and some sugar. In the summertime, this drink is available everywhere - cafes, restaurants, and even carts on the street.
Personally, I didn't enjoy the drink at all, finding it too tart. I found the dehydrated peaches a little bit odd. It's funny - this drink could almost pass for an Asian dessert.
Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... ... read more 
