¡¡Meat Wave Hits Argentina!!

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A meat wave is moving steadily south across Argentina.

My junior year in college I experimented for a month with a then unheard of all meat diet (before old Atkins stole my idea). After eating only animal flesh for 3 weeks, I promptly diagnosed myself with meat exhaustion and called the whole thing off. Upon first glance, one might think that this sort of diet is unsustainable and take my first failed attempt as proof of this. But looking back, I attribute the failure to the quality of the meat (ie meatloaf, corn dogs, chuck steak, cattle drive chili) available to an underpaid college student rather than protein overload and cardiac shock.

I have spent the last month trying to recreate this earlier experiment and have come to the conclusion that it is really possible to eat only meat in Argentina. Not only is it possible, it seems to be practiced and encouraged by the locals. When you order a slab of flesh here it is not served with any vegetables or garnishes that would unnecessarily take up valuable meat space on your plate. They also price the steaks at about $5-7 each so that it is cheaper to eat beef than a salad. I cant afford not to indulge myself.

I am batting about 85 percent right now as far as percentage of meat dinners. The other 15 percent I attribute to the weak stomachs on my companion travellers that cant handle meat every night. We have been eating mainly beef empanadas and steak sandwichs for lunch to keep with spirit of this experiment. I wanted to share this with you in case you feel that you are alone out there as a carnavarian. ¿Why do bed wetting peace loving vegetarians get all of the restaurants around the world? Not in Argentina, my friends.

Behold the photo journal of my Argentine degustation.

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Photos

My First Argentinian Steak
of this trip. Best steak I have ever had. Also notice that one steak is actually two full NY strips

Steak flavored chips anyone?
The taste like they were flavored with the char remains from the bottom of a charcoal grill

What every grocery store should look like
This is the norm here. You can buy a whole lamb or half a cow at any local grocery store or 7-11

A plate of meat empenadas
A delicious dozen for lunch. We were a little overconfident but they sell them by the dozen.

There is nothing left on that plate
but gristle!

A steak sandwich
When you need some bread in your diet

Meat cooking
This is a small meat grill in a normal restaurant

Who can make the sun shine?
sprinkle it it with rain...
The meat man can

Comments

[Galloway]

You disgust me, sir.

[Dave]

Trevor is a true National Treasure
My eyes welled up and I puffed my chest out in pride when I viewed this entry. I've always heard Argentina is dangerously overpopulated with cattle so keep doing what you can to rectify this dire situation.

[Tony]

Ingnorance
Galloway, as usual, is way off. Only those not privileged enough to have dined in Argentina would be disgusted by this blog. I've been impressed with the McSeelye's TravelBlog entries so far - the beautiful landscapes, new cultural experiences, once in a lifetime sites and sounds, but this, Trevor, is your masterpiece. Delicious.