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The Most Important Meal…Lunch!

Throughout South America people practice the tradition of lunch serving as the most important and family oriented meal. In Bolivia, children and even people with full time jobs receive long lunch breaks in order to go home and eat a hearty meal with their family. Lunch is a two to three course meal, typically beginning with a soup, such as the Sopa de Mani(country reports), which in english means peaunt soup, the recipe is based on peanuts, cabbage, and chickpeas(cook advice.com). The Meal is then followed by the main course; there are a wide variety of meals that are eaten as main courses in Bolivia. Such as Humitas(country reports), Humitas are like corn tamales, they are very simple, they are a damp, sweetened corn meal wrapped in a corn husk or a banana leaf then steamed or boiled(ecuadorian food delivery.com). Another very popular meal is Fritanga. Fritanga is a spicy pork and egg stew with onions and many spices such as garlic, oregano, parsley, even mint. Therefore this delicious stew is sure to be very delicious(bolivia hotels.com).