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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "chah" (as in "chat") + "MAHN" (as in "mark") + "kah" (as in "car")/
An ancient Andean underground cooking technique where meats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other tubers are slow-cooked on hot stones in a pit dug into the ground. Pre-Hispanic in origin and deeply associated with community celebrations in Peru and Bolivia. The result is smoky, tender, and completely unlike anything cooked above ground.
“They made a pachamanca in the field to celebrate grandfather's birthday.”
“The pachamanca came out perfectly, everything slow-cooked evenly with the hot stones.”
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/Sounds like "pah" (as in "park") + "chah" (as in "chat") + "MAHN" (as in "mark") + "kah" (as in "car")/
An ancient Andean underground cooking technique where meats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other tubers are slow-cooked on hot stones in a pit dug into the ground. Pre-Hispanic in origin and deeply associated with community celebrations in Peru and Bolivia. The result is smoky, tender, and completely unlike anything cooked above ground.
“They made a pachamanca in the field to celebrate grandfather's birthday.”
“The pachamanca came out perfectly, everything slow-cooked evenly with the hot stones.”
Estar en la buena
To be on a lucky streak where everything just keeps going your way, whether at work, in love, or with money. Used in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. The opposite is "estar en la mala" (being on a bad streak). People often use it as a nudge to act while things are in your favor.