Peru Food

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The foods they eat in Peru are different from here. In Peru breakfast is usually eaten from 7:00 to 10:00 AM. It mainly consists of coffee/tea or juice with cold cuts on buttered rolls. Lunch is usually eaten from 12:30 to 2:30 PM. Lunch is a pretty big meal for Peruvians, it starts of with a small course like soup. Then once that course is consumed they eat a bigger course, usually stew or rice. A lot of people in Peru make enough food at lunchtime, to have the same meal at dinner. In Peru table manners are very important. You are supposed to finish everything on your plate. Also it is expected that you keep both your hands above the

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