Maggie's Farm

When I worked in Latin America, for the most part I didn't miss American [U.S.] food. The tropical fruit was marvelous. At the time, mangoes [I once bought 4 mangoes for 5 cents US in Bolivia] were not available in most US markets. Tomatoes and chicken had much more flavor than in the US. And in Argentina, one could eat tomato salad without any danger to the intestinal system. I wouldn't have ventured to try tomato salad in other countries, though. I never drank coffee until I was in Colombia- marvelous.

Homemade Guatemalan tortillas were much thicker and tastier than the machine-made thin flavorless tortillas in the US. They actually tasted like corn.

But I did miss peanut butter, which was not very common in Latin America. Maybe it is today.