Giant NALCA leaves
Nikon D7500 / nikkor 18-55mm / Portrait of 
- English
We had a lot of fun with these giant leaves of the Valdivian jungle in the north of Chilean Patagonia, one of the places with the most rainfall in the world, ancient trees and forests cover the mountains and volcanoes of the Andes mountain range.
These plants also known as Pangue are edible, I knew this thanks to Karl a Chilean friend with whom I traveled for a while on a bicycle, he stopped on the rubble slope, took out his razor and cut the stem of one of the leaves, what He opened and ate the meat that was inside, it was refreshing and juicy, a little sour, the truth is that I liked it.
You have to know how to handle them well, the leaves are rough and have thick hairs, and at the time I was in the area (southern summer) they were full of poisonous worms that eat nalca leaves. Undoubtedly they gave a prehistoric and picturesque aspect to the landscapes, it was like being in the Jurassic Park movie, but without velociraptors.
my Chilean friend Joche, we travel a few weeks with him, was like a little brother
- Español
Nos divertimos un monton con estas hojas gigantes de la selva valdiviana en el norte de la patagonia chilena, uno de los lugares con mas precipitaciones del mundo, arboles y bosques milenarios cubren las montañas y volcanes de la cordillera de los andes.
Estas plantas tambien conocidas como Pangue son comestibles, esto lo supe gracias a Karl un amigo chileno con el que viaje un tiempo en bicicleta, el se detenia en plena cuesta de ripio, sacaba su navaja y cortaba el tallo de una de las hojas, lo abria y comia la carne que se encontraba dentro, era refrescante y jugosa, un poco acida, la verdad que me gusto.
Hay que saber manejarlas bien, las hojas son asperas y tienen unos pelos gruesos, y en la epoca que estuve por la zona (verano austral) estaban llenas de gusanos venenosos que comen las hojas de nalca. Sin dudas daban uj aspecto prehistorico y pintoresco a los paisajes, era como estar en la pelicula de Parque Jurasico, pero sin velociraptors.
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