Comments on: Ajiaco Bogotano (Colombia)

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:38:47 +0000

Hi Mauricio,

I went on a quest to find guascas this past weekend. i was able to find dried guascas in Queens at a Colombian grocery store named Rivera Grocery. It’s located on 82nd street right off the 7 train. Good luck!

By: Sunday Night Songs « Ksenia DV

Sunday Night Songs « Ksenia DV — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:22:23 +0000

[...] a small porcelain angel that I unceremoniously dropped and broke an hour or two later.They fed me ajiaco, my new favorite [...]

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 20:24:23 +0000

Hi Tom. I’m not sure about this vendor. I recommend ordering guascas from AmigoFoods.com or Hatogrande.com. (I have no affiliation with either site.)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:42:09 +0000

Is that a real store?

Emerging Markets

4826 Trail Run Ct
San Jose, CA 95136
United States

Domain name: EMERGINGMARKETS-US.COM

Administrative Contact:
Rios, Oscar
4826 Trail Run Ct.
San Jose, California 95136
US
4089307964 Fax: 408-6293951

I did google search (streetview), and that address is a house not a store.

Also, I called that number and the recording message only repeats the # and does not even say the name of the “business”

At this point, I’m not sure if that’s a real business or a scam. I wanted to buy guascas from that site, but it does not seem to be a real business, and there are not online reviews either. They seem to accept paypal. By the way the price went up: 1.99 .

By: Lucrecia

Lucrecia — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 04:46:25 +0000

Here is a Colombian recipe of chicken with Guascas.

http://maelisa.home.sprynet.com/recetas/pages/pechug.html

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 02:15:18 +0000

Kristin,
If and when you go to London, ON you can find papas criollas at the Hernandez Variety on Thompson Road.
Julie

By: Diane

Diane — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 03:08:09 +0000

Well, I have a jar of dried Guascas that I brought back after living in Bogota in 1978. I have the cookbook from the Bogota American Women’s Club and made ajiaco many times in the 80′s but haven’t made any for a long time. I think my jar is expired, but I keep it in the cupboard as a souvenir.

The best ajiaco we ever had was out at a restaurant at a ranch in the hills. Good times. Thanks for the memories.

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:59:31 +0000

Try http://www.emergingmarkets-us.com/Products-Colombia.html you can order pretty much all products even frozen ones online.
They have guascas for 99 cents each pack.

By: wendy

wendy — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:46:42 +0000

have always loved the smell and flavor of quascas. just wondering . . . are there any other colombian recipes that call for quascas?

By: Jeremy Bond

Jeremy Bond — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:31:28 +0000

i am living in bogota right now and am kinda a cook at heart and learned from my mother in law here that with the guascasare for the last 15 to 25 minutes and while cooking the chicken use a whole pack or bundle of cilantro and some onion.