tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599102359051160601.post4226734006947535226..comments2023-03-28T04:15:20.102-07:00Comments on Welcome to Chile. Ahora habla chilensis: porotos desgranadosMaeskizzlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289291445097417350noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599102359051160601.post-79971124120797959352009-12-03T04:23:34.381-08:002009-12-03T04:23:34.381-08:00qñerty, sweet. Thanks for the correction. I'll...qñerty, sweet. Thanks for the correction. I'll change that. And yes, you can buy porotos desgranados at the vega. In fact, I was looking for them the other day & I asked for "porotos granados" and one guy wanted to give me the ones with a pod. And I asked if he had ones without the pod and he told me "oh, you're looking for 'porotos desgranados'". So it is useful terminology for market-goers ;)Maeskizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289291445097417350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599102359051160601.post-7934231711489279492009-12-02T06:24:07.780-08:002009-12-02T06:24:07.780-08:00In normal Chilean speech: porotos granados can be ...In normal Chilean speech: <i>porotos granados</i> can be <br /><br />a) What your first photograph shows: beans with their pods.<br />b) What some specialized people call <i>porotos desgranados</i> (note the extra "s"). You see them only for a few minutes. They are still raw, after you take the beans out of the pod and before you put them in the pot. Can you actually buy <i>porotos desgranados</i> at the market?<br />c) A dish, called <i>porotos granados</i> as your second photograph shows.<br /><br />To me talking about <i>porotos desgranados</i> is similar to saying "frozen cream" instead of "ice cream" because there is actually no ice on ice cream.qñertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198167652128410643noreply@blogger.com