Chimichurri

A hideous busride with no available seats on line 168 crossing through the city to la Boca and the Constitución station. Chaos! El Subte to San Telmo, from there we backtrack into Constitución and San Juan, to a 7th floor shady terrace, alive with expats and argentinians, smelling of delicious parrilla composed of friends, meats (asados, matambre, costillas, salchichas, chorizos), salads, bread and lots of wine, music on the stereo and lazy saturday afternoon streetsounds from down below.

When the Chimichurro comes on the table, we are all set. This staple sauce of parsley, oregano, cummin, thyme, garlic, chili, olive oil and red peppers that accompanies all grilled meats is more readily available than ketchup. And of course, everybody has their own recipe. They say that the preparation of Chimichurri, which mixes Spanish and Italian methods, is a general reflection of Argentine society as a whole. Shake up a bottle and you will see the spices at the bottom rise up symbolically, like tiny little citizens in an edible allegorical snow globe. The compositon derived from Genovese pesto, while another legend says that the Irishman Jimmy McCurry was the first to prepare the sauce. And since he was such a drunk, he presented himself as "Chimmeee Churreee" to people.

Eating and drinking for hours, talking of anything from a Strauss concert in Coliseo later in the evening (since the beautiful operahouse Teatro Colon is renovating), the kingdom of Patagonia (som nut frenchman crowned himself King of Patagonia and the Araucanians) in the beginning of the 19th century, the beautiful beaches on the Atlantic coast outside Nicochea in Argentina or Cabo Polonia and Puente del Diablo in Uruguay, the disappeared and everything else... The sun sinks behind the rooftops and is replaced by stars and a decending moon, we still talk and eat and drink. Someone leaves for work, others have to take their baby home. Daft punk on the stereo now, we dance.

Salud para los dos minutos de belleza del dia que hagan la vida vale vivir.

Chimichurri

parsley
(coriander)
1 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vinagre
4-10 garlic cloves
1/4 onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoon oregano
2 tablespoon paprika
fresh chili
2 lemons (juice)
(1 tomato finley chopped)
(1 paprika finely chopped)
1/2 tablespoon cummin
2 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon thyme
red pepper
(laurel)

Mix everything except oil and vinagre in a bowl, toss well. Let rest while your rearrange your kitchen for better feng shui. Add vinagre (and water). Mix well and let rest. You can play som music, smoke a joint and take a dance. Add oil, liquids must cover the rest of the ingredients. Let rest in the refigerator or indulge!