Food Packaging

Before we came and also after we arrived we were warned about the milk in Chile. The milk is packaged in boxes of 1 liter and are kept on the shelf and not refrigerated. Everyone said it was pretty "yucky", but we found it to be just fine. Once opened we keep it in the refrigerator because we don't especially like to drink it warm. The ice cream comes in 1 liter tubs, and somehow it doesn't actually freeze hard. It is kind of "airy", but it tastes good. The local bread is more like rolls and when it is warm it is very good. When Ian was here we had some loafs of bread like you buy in the states and he always called it "human bread", so that is what we call it now. But we still use it for things such as French Toast and grilled cheese sandwiches. The food here is generally like in the states, but a little more expensive at the grocery store. Fresh fruits and vegetables are cheaper at the "Ferria", which is what they call the outdoor market.