Food in a bag a la peruana!

Yes, I know, I haven't officially blogged in a couple of months and LOTS of things to catch you all up on...but in the meantime, I found another entry to my "Food in a bag" post (which generated 4, count 'em four, comments--my highest number to date! :).

I'm in Peru for a couple of weeks traveling and saw the--in my opinion--the oddest choice of food item to put in a bag: eggs! While I can think of a "con" for this kind of packaging I'm not sure what a "pro" would be. Anyone?

More in the near future on Colombian destinations (Ciudad Perdida, Popayan, Putumayo...) and Peru (Lake Titicaca, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu, Nazca, the Amazon...). I'm heading back to teach in Cartagena for 2013 also; my 6 week visit has turned into over a year!

Food in a bag

I never thought about packaging ketchup in a bag before, but why not? It's like those ketchup packets you get at McDonald's, only on a larger scale, right? And if it works for ketchup, why not mayonnaise & mustard? Sour cream? And milk for that matter (which I'll admit I have seen before). Not just whole, 2% and skim, but condensed milk too. Be creative! Bag your water, your lotion, and your liquid soap while you're at it. It's convenient and space saving! The mayo, ketchup, etc., have spouts you can close; the milk, yogurt drinks and water don't. I'm working on a good system for those once opened, but so far binder clips are key.

Condiments!

Milk

Many of you know my aversion to buying water; however I was advised not to drink the tap water here. I had been boiling water but I couldn't keep up with my own thirst!

Ice cream sauces

Yogurt drinks.

OJ

Oatmeal, a very popular item (there's also milk with oatmeal, yogurt with oatmeal....)

Sour cream & alioli

Condensed milk, chocolate even!

Stuff in a bag: lotion

Stuff in a bag: liquid soap

Stuff in a bag: floor wax