Beto Turns 30!

Juana´s boyfriend Beto (actual name is Juan Pablo – EVERYONE here is named Juan something or other…) turned 30 and to celebrate we of course had a massive meat fest at the Quincho in Tigre. Now that summer is here we can´t get enough of that place and the pool! You must know that Argentines are meat and potato folk and Beto is the carnivore of carnivores so this celebration required nothing less than about 6 tons of meat roasting on the parilla all day long. There were bits and pieces of darn near every little beast whoever walked the planet, some in full body form and others segmented, coupled with nuts and raisins then stuffed back into some slimy casing of another beast´s entrails. Yum… As appealing as all that sounds, my appetite was focused on the numerous cakes that adorned the table tops. Juana attempted to get me to do a Marylin Monroe style version of the happy birthday song to Beto but fortunately, as I carried out the cake everyone else chimed in with the Spanish rendition. Saved!