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one night we pulled into our hotel in a small town
named Yucay. Right next to our hotel was a restaurant
with a sign written in both English and Spanish. The
sign read, “Peruvian and American Food.”

We couldn’t believe our luck. We looked at the
menu, and it had line after line of the regular Peruvian
foods. But then there was the “American” section.
Underneath it there was a single item, and it plainly
read, “Hamburger and fries with side salad.”

I questioned the waiter as to whether this truly
was an American hamburger and fries. He beamed
proudly. “Of course. Our cook go America and learn
cook American food. He say nothing more American
than hamburger and fries.”

I couldn’t believe it, an American hamburger right
there in one of the tiniest Peruvian towns we had been
in. I placed my order and waited with great
anticipation. The others in our group were much more
skeptical.

“Do you trust them when they only have one
American item?” one in our group asked.

“I’m sure they are just trying to do one thing
well,” I replied.

The rest of our group all ended up ordering

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