By Lambe Lamis 
In this report, I will chat about the cuisine of Colombia, precisely the breakfast that is eaten in Medellin, Colombia. You will also find out some valuable Spanish terms this kind of as how to say egg whites and egg yolks in Spanish.
At least at the time a thirty day period and sometimes two times a month, I will obtain an email from a client who would like to know extra about the society of Colombia, primarily about “Paisas,” the people today of Medellín, Colombia.
I could go on and on eternally telling you about Medellín. Most persons consider of Medellín, Colombia as the metropolis that was once recognised for becoming the most risky metropolis in the earth (just 20 decades back — throughout the rule of former billionaire drug trafficker, Pablo Escobar).
But nowadays Medellin is a metropolis with sprawling high-increase structures, attractive spring-like temperature, helpful folks, a night time-life (which I love even additional than main metropolitan areas in the U.S. this kind of as New York, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta) and, of program, a town with strikingly beautiful females all over the place. But in this e-mail, I will only chat about “el desayuno paisa” (breakfast of Medellín).
By the way, a standard breakfast in Colombia may differ from just one metropolis to a different. But this is a regular “desayuno” (breakfast) in Medellín or “desayuno paisa”:
1. Huevos con aliños (also named “huevos con hogao”)
“Huevos” are eggs. And “huevos con aliños” consist of “huevos revueltos” (scrambled eggs) with “tomate y cebolla” (tomato and onion).
By the way, when I lived on the coastline of Colombia, in a town termed Barranquilla, the term that they utilized for scrambled eggs is “huevos pericos.”
Although we are on the subject of “huevos” listed here are a pair phrases that English speakers usually say incorrect in Spanish. On more than a person occasion, I have listened to a indigenous English speakers use a literal translation when referring to “egg whites.”
You do NOT call them “los blancos de huevos.” And when I initially began discovering Spanish, I once termed the yolk “the yellow of an egg” actually. Here are the suitable terms:
a. Claras de huevo (egg whites — actually “clears of the egg”)
b. Yema de huevo (egg yolk)
Back again to the common “desayuno paisa”…
2. Arepa de maíz con mantequilla — Corn arepa with butter. An arepa is a tortilla created of ground corn dough and it is preferred in equally Colombia and Venezuela.
3. Quesito — a white, really fresh, smooth cheese.
4. Calentao — this is a combination of the “frijoles” (beans) that are still left above from the evening ahead of and the “arroz” (rice) that is still left above from the night time right before.
5. “Salchicha” (sausage) or “Chorizo” (spicy sausage) or a slice of “Carne Asada” (grilled meat). And the grilled meat can be a preference of both “vaca, puerco o pollo” (beef, pork or hen).
6. Café con leche (Espresso with milk) or “chocolate” (hot chocolate) or “jugo” (juice).
In a cafe, this “desayuno” (breakfast) fees about 6.000 or 7.000 Colombian pesos. About $3.00 or $3.50 U.S.
By the way, this early morning I cooked a regular “desayuno paisa” for me and my “novia” (girlfriend). As common, I skipped the “arepa” and set a pair of slices of “pan” (bread) in the “tostador” (toaster) and made “tostada” (toast).
I assume I am a person of the few people today in Medellín who possess a toaster. And as regular, my “novia” did not take in the “tostada” and she cooked an “arepa” for herself on a modest “parrilla” (grill) over the “estufa” (stove) and coated it with “mantequilla” (butter), and then she set a pair of slices of “quesito” (fresh new, white cheese common of Medellin) on major.
I informed her a single working day that I am heading to prepare dinner her a “desayuno” Gringo-design:
Blueberry pancakes or waffles or, french toast with turkey bacon. A breakfast which I individually want in excess of “desayuno paisa” any morning. Which clarifies why at minimum the moment a 7 days I go to the McDonalds in this article in the morning in order to take in pancakes smothered in “jarabe” (syrup) and “mantequilla” (butter). And don’t permit me get began on how much I pass up New York pizza or a Philly cheese steak.