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Ordering American Food in Peru

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      I had ordered all sorts of food in Peru. I had tried
chicken with a side of beans, beef with a side of beans,
alpaca with a side of beans, and beans with a side of
beans. I was starting to feel like a human bean and
decided it was time to see if I could find some
American food. I expressed my feelings to others in
our group, and they agreed.
      We hunted all over Cuzco. Thankfully, most of
the restaurants post their menus on their front window,
and many of those are listed in both Spanish and in
English.
      We hunted for a long time, and the best we found
was a pizza place. We were excited until we looked at
the menu. The bread was more of a taco, and there
were pizzas with beans and cheese; beans, rice, and
cheese; and three different kinds of beans with cheese.
      “Bean pizza?” I asked my colleagues.
      One of them shrugged. “It was bound to happen.”
      In all of our searching that night we didn’t find
anything, and eventually we had to settle for the regular
fare. That week we traveled over much of Peru, and

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