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good morning good morning guys morning guys today is the day we've all been
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waiting for we are redoing yesterday going back to
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Cholila yes taking you to the Fiesta Nacional del Asado (Argentine National Asado Festival) yeah
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this is the grand event the biggest argentine asado bbq and the most incredible
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thing is that we talked to the people like the people who grill them the meat
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and they said today is the day and it's actually happening pretty early in the
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day there I think things let's start cooking at length of six seven in the
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morning because the food has to be ready by 12:00 gonna be fantastic it's gonna
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be a day to remember we're on our way no way
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guys we are back first things first we need to show you the size of this asado
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all the meat that is being cooked in front of us this it's all lamb we are
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going to be having lots of cordero for lunch today you can feel the heat coming off the fire
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smoke the aroma we're going to smell nice today though this is poppers
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waiting for the asado this right here is the biggest barbecue festival and all of
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Argentina known in Spanish as the Fiesta Nacional del asado this event takes
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place in the town of Cholila and it is a celebration of Gaucho culture and its
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cuisine which strongly revolves around grilled meat this Fiesta started out as
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a provincial festival back in 1993 and it has since grown to become one of the
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biggest national festivals in the country drawing visitors from all over
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Argentina and the few international attendees as well over the course of
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this festival grill masters barbecue some 10,000 kilos of beef 300 lambs and
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400 chorizos it's a meat heavy event and definitely somewhere you want to
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arrive with a big appetite
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ie the reason I feel better
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the barbecue was ready around noon and we had a few different options to choose
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from chorizo which is sausage on a bun cordero which is lamb and
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bife it which is a beef we tried a bit of everything and the portions were
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massive definitely big enough to share between two
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I apologize and we are you can also win an argentine asado they have prizes you can show
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up here try your luck maybe you get a free lunch they're also asking everyone
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status are you single are you married maybe you'll find a partner here who
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knows comes to the party oh he has transformed into Gaucho Sam are you
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kidding me what's over talking about
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now you can get down to be on the outside juicy tons of flavor you can't
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beat the way they prepares out 6:00 in the morning and we're having it at 1:00
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p.m. but seven hours of preparation guys that's our nature taste
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Grazia's Valentin por todo and of course we can't forget the dogs they spent the
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day roaming the festival grounds and they were very well fed in fact some of
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the dogs ate so much a barbeque that by the end of the day they weren't even
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interested in a free bone
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ha but on TV area we're out of our corn lap Eric was not impressive recuerden a
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aldia illusio low supply so burritos it on Oprah shows
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the men work the grill is all afternoon long feeding the fire and barbecuing the
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meat these volunteers deserve a huge applause because cooking all that meat
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is not an easy job you wouldn't believe what the heat was like standing next to
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the grilling stations but they grilled all day long and fed thousands of people
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now it is siesta time because we've had a lot of meat a lot of wine
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I found a leftover but from different breakfast you're about a bottomless pit
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well guys right now we are going to the Hina tiada to see some Gaucho culture in
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action some horse demonstrations and I was woken up from my little nap
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as you know if I have meat and I have wine I can't function so I'm kind of
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drowsy half asleep but we don't want to miss the action cuz this is really quite
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special so we are on our way you can already see lots of horses down there
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yeah we'll see what this is all about we had a few fences to get in not very
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funny
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okay
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Oh
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the meat is obviously the major draw to the barbecue festival but another reason
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to visit it is to watch the Hina Diana which is kind of like a rodeo
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they had horse races bareback riding and all sorts of competition where the
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Gauchos showcase their bravado
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one lower that's what you have to go you fit you fit go Sam that's awesome
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well now we're gonna take a little walk through the party ground and show you
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some of the different food options that you have here as well as beverages and
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desserts so you have lots of different stalls some of them are selling today is
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french fries you name it they've got it here
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lots of artisanal beers oh yeah what's a beard nice cake and you can get
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raspberries with cream just raspberries aren't seasoned and of course this is in
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addition to the argentine asado which is the starfish yeah
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as you can see lots of food options especially if you're craving something
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sweet midway through the afternoon
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so we were just walking around the food section of the fair slash party here but
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there's another section or you can also buy all kinds of souvenirs
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knives leather goods jams cheese's salami but like fancy stuff to take home
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not to eat on the spot so we're gonna go show you that it's on the other side of
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the grounds well yeah it's been pretty cool so far we've really enjoyed it
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we've tried a lot of food here listen there's lots of different styles of
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music not just Argentine music from Patagonia but all over the country and
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also music from all over Latin America really
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aside from the artisanal market where they were selling all sorts of
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handicrafts and handmade goods there was also a mini carnival for the children
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they had different games and rides so it was an event for the whole family
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and that was our day at the biggest Argentine barbecue festival here in the
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town of Cholila Patagonia for any foodies out there let me just tell you that this is
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one of many festivals dedicated to food and drink across the country there are
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fiestas dedicated to wine beer salmon goats chocolate you name it
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basically any excuse to eat and drink so if you'd like to see some more food
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festivals covered here on this channel just let us know in the comments below
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until next time
