Coming out of deep lurk mode with a bit of a puzzlement.

I have a dinner tonight where the theme is Peruvian food. I am
bringing one main dish (Huatia) and one appetizer, which is Ceviche.
According to most recipes I perused, this is traditionally served with
small ears of corn on the cob on a bed of lettuce, but as a pratical
matter, there will be (a) way too much food as it is, and (b) corn is
very out of season in my neck of the woods.

One thought was to serve it on the bed of lettuce alone, but somebody
suggested a flat bread. So I start looking and can't find any bread
recipes for Peru. I would have assumed that they would have
SOMETHING; I've never heard of a people that doesn't. I asked the
only folks I know who have spent time there, but they were so far up
in the Andes that they didn't know the Peruvians even ATE things like
Ceviche or beef. (On the other hand, they offered several recipes for
goat and guinea pig...)

So, what is it? Dinner is tonight, and I need to find something.

Thanks,

David

"David C" > wrote in message
...
> Coming out of deep lurk mode with a bit of a puzzlement.

>
> One thought was to serve it on the bed of lettuce alone, but somebody
> suggested a flat bread. So I start looking and can't find any bread
> recipes for Peru. I would have assumed that they would have
> SOMETHING; I've never heard of a people that doesn't. I asked the
> only folks I know who have spent time there, but they were so far up
> in the Andes that they didn't know the Peruvians even ATE things like
> Ceviche or beef. (On the other hand, they offered several recipes for
> goat and guinea pig...)
>
> So, what is it? Dinner is tonight, and I need to find something.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

Of course Peruvians eat bread...put the ceviche on the lettuce leaves, use
1/2 ears of frozen corn, and/or small boiled red rose or white rose
potatoes...for bread use small dinner rolls many of the Peruvians are
descendants of English & German settlers and rolls are readily available in
Lima....since Peru does have a coastline and ceviche is a dish eaten by
those in the southern hemisphere...don't forget the aji (side dish) for
those who like the spicy stuff!

Harriet & critters

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 18:03:35 GMT, "hw" > wrote:
>Of course Peruvians eat bread...put the ceviche on the lettuce leaves, use
>1/2 ears of frozen corn, and/or small boiled red rose or white rose
>potatoes...for bread use small dinner rolls many of the Peruvians are
>descendants of English & German settlers and rolls are readily available in
>Lima....since Peru does have a coastline and ceviche is a dish eaten by
>those in the southern hemisphere...don't forget the aji (side dish) for
>those who like the spicy stuff!

Thanks for the reply. I knew, of course, that they ate bread; every
culture has some kind of bread in their diet. I just didn't know what
kind.