AN ECCENTRIC PLATE FROM QUITO... PLATE OF THE MADNESS

This typical food was called "allcu locro" that a few ecuadorians knew. This custom has remaind in some of the villages in the southwest of Quito.

Its principal ingredient is a puppy.

After peeling the puppy fom its skin, its organs are removed and its cut into pieces. Seasoned with garlic, onion and salt and other condiments. Then potatoes are added to a pot with water, and all the ingredients tare cooked until its meat is soft to eat.

After it, its ready to be served with chopped parsley and a good hot sauce.

The book: "Secretos de alacena: una colección de platos tradicionales quiteños", collect all these kinds of traditional dishes almost from the XIX century, where you can find this "Plate of the madnees".

The people believed that this plate could heal the craziness.

Believe it or not, the puppies are part of the gastronomy of China, Japan, Korea, and some island of the South Pacific too.