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The most commonly used name of the plant family chile is of Mexican origin, from the Nahuatl word chilli. [ citation needed ] The terms bell pepper (US, Canada, Philippines), pepper or sweet pepper (UK, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Zimbabwe), and capsicum (Australia, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) are often ...
Spanish pimiento and Portuguese pimento both come from Latin pigmentum ("pigment; coloring") and came to be used for bell peppers.The English borrowed "pimiento" and "pimento" as loanwords for what is distinguished in Spanish as pimentón and in Portuguese as pimentão.
Dulce de leche, known in Chile as manjar Mote con huesillo. Chilean cuisine [1] stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, the United Kingdom and France.
Cola de mono or Colemono (literally, "monkey's tail") is a traditional Chilean drink served around Christmas time. [1]A glass of cola de mono on Christmas Eve. Although there are many versions of this drink, it contains mainly aguardiente, milk, sugar, coffee, and cloves.
Jose Daniel Morón (born September 30, 1959, in Tunuyán, Mendoza Province, Argentina), is an Argentine-born Chilean football goalkeeper.He won the Copa Libertadores trophy in 1991 as goalkeeper for Chilean team Colo-Colo.
A specimen of Pyura chilensis being cut open to pull out the siphons from the carapace in the port of Arica, Chile. Fishermen typically cut P. chilensis into slices with a handsaw, then use their fingers to pull out the siphons (which they refer to as tetas, or "tits") from the carapace, which is discarded. The flesh is usually sold in strips ...
Conejo en salmorejo (rabbit in Canarian marinade) is a meat dish from the Canary Islands.The main ingredient is rabbit meat that is marinated, then sautéed and finally cooked in the marinade until done.
Chile is a multilingual and multicultural society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians or have a Christian cultural background. However, many Chileans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Chile.