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Chuño, the Glossary

() is a preserved potato product traditionally made by Quechua and Aymara communities of Bolivia and Peru, and is known in various countries of South America, including Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Northwest Argentina.^[1]

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Aymara
Bolivian cuisine
Dried foods
Quechua
Quechua words and phrases

Alstroemeria ligtu

Alstroemeria ligtu is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae, native to Peru, northwest Argentina and central Chile.

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Altiplano

The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Aymara language

Aymara (also Aymar aru) is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. Chuño and Aymara language are Aymara.

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Aymara people

The Aymara or Aimara (aymara), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. Chuño and Aymara people are Aymara.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Carl Troll

Carl Troll (24 December 1899 in Gabersee – 21 July 1975 in Bonn), was a German geographer, brother of botanist Wilhelm Troll.

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Chairo (stew)

Chairo is a traditional dish of the Aymara people, consumed mainly in Bolivia and other countries in the Andes. Chuño and Chairo (stew) are Bolivian cuisine, Chilean cuisine, Peruvian cuisine and potato dishes.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Department of Arequipa

Arequipa (Ariqipa) is a department and region in southwestern Peru.

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Department of Junín

Junín is a department and region in the central highlands and westernmost Peruvian Amazon.

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Department of Puno

Puno is a department and region in southeastern Peru.

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Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds.

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Food preservation

Food preservation includes processes that make food more resistant to microorganism growth and slow the oxidation of fats.

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Freeze drying

Freeze drying, also known as lyophilization or cryodesiccation, is a low temperature dehydration process that involves freezing the product and lowering pressure, thereby removing the ice by sublimation. Chuño and freeze drying are dried foods.

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Freezing

Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.

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José de Acosta

José de Acosta, SJ (1539 or 1540 in Medina del Campo, Spain – February 15, 1600 in Salamanca, Spain) was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America.

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List of dried foods

This is a list of dried foods. Chuño and list of dried foods are dried foods.

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Ocra (Peru)

Ocra (from Quechua "ayllu Uqra Katunki", named after the plant okra and the hacienda "Katunki" that used to be where Ocra is today) is a Quechuan Campesino community within the Chinchaypujio District in Peru and about 1.5 hours outside of Cusco; its central village is located at altitude. Chuño and Ocra (Peru) are Quechua.

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Pachamanca

Pachamanca (from Quechua pacha "earth", manka "pot") is a traditional Peruvian dish baked with the aid of hot stones. Chuño and Pachamanca are Peruvian cuisine.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Peruvian cuisine

Peruvian cuisine reflects local practices and ingredients including influences mainly from the indigenous population, including the Inca, and cuisines brought by immigrants from Europe (Spanish cuisine and Italian cuisine), Asia (Chinese cuisine and Japanese cuisine), and Africa (Maghrebi cuisine and West African cuisine).

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.

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Quechua people

Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru. Chuño and Quechua people are Quechua.

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Quechuan languages

Quechua, also called Runasimi ('people's language') in Southern Quechua, is an indigenous language family that originated in central Peru and thereafter spread to other countries of the Andes. Chuño and Quechuan languages are Quechua.

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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

The Revista Chilena de Historia Natural is a bilingual open access scientific journal published by the Sociedad de Biología de Chile covering research in many areas of biology.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Springer Science+Business Media, commonly known as Springer, is a German multinational publishing company of books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuño

Also known as Tunta.

Chuño, the Glossary

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See also

Aymara

Bolivian cuisine

Dried foods

Quechua

Quechua words and phrases

References