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2017-08-11

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Sending, bringing, consuming and researching food parcels

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In 2008, on my first fieldwork visit to Andean Ecuador, I (Diana) encountered, hanging in the window of a carrier agency in the city of Cuenca, a picture of a roasted guinea pig stuffed with hominy and ready to be sent to the US. The sending of food parcels from this region--locally known as Austro--to the US has long been common practice for local families with members abroad. In particular, guinea pig--locally known as cuy-- is a culturally-loaded foodstuff throughout the Andes (Archetti 1997),widely consumed in festive and ceremonial events in Andean Ecuador, and which reportedly ‘travels well’ (Abbots 2008).

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Cuina equatoriana, Comerç d'aliments, Cuina de l'Amèrica del Sud

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Ecuadorian cooking, Food trade, South-American cooking

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MATA CODESAL, Diana and ABRANCHES, Maria. Sending, bringing, consuming and researching food parcels. Capítol del llibre: Mata Codesal. Diana. Vol.  Abranches, num. ) Food parcels in International Migration, pags. Londres: Palgrave Macmillan. [consulted: 13 of August of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/223739

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