Comments on: Spud Sunday: A Chilean Tale

By: Butter

Butter — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:44:15 +0000

Hello there Daily Spud – I came back to this page to get this recipe again! I can’t wait to make these again :) They have been on my mind forever!

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:28:18 +0000

Hey Butter, thank you and love what you’ve done to the empanadas! We’re heroes all ’round :)

By: Butter

Butter — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:18:02 +0000

I have died and gone to heaven – these are so ridiculously delicious! I made these tonight my friend….you are officially my hero! I added bacon and instead of the cottage cheese in the variations I added white cheddar….OMG!!! Will Tweet a pic…Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!
- Butter

By: Bystander

Bystander — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:19:10 +0000

Nice to find your blog! I am enjoying the recipes.
Encourage everyone to go in for the contest. That is a great vineyard in a gorgeous setting with a fantastic restaurant. If anyone there wins I will buy them the best empanada in Santiago when they come! How’s that for added incentive!

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:51:50 +0000

Hello Bystander, thanks so much for stopping by and filling us in with a little local empanada and potato knowledge. Much appreciated!

By: Bystander

Bystander — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:29:30 +0000

Hello from Chile! You would never find potatoes in an empanada here, but they look very good anyway. The most common filling is “pino”, a mixture of mince and onion. Cheese ones are often made with puff pastry. Seafood ones are popular too.
Sitting firmly on the fence here, you find the small, multi-coloured ancestor of today’s potato on the island of Chiloe, Chile and in the highlands of Perú.

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:11:36 +0000

jenn: it does sound like fun, doesn’t it!

Tangled Noodle: well, I think you would have to have some wine with these, really – I’m sure Santa Rita have something suitable in their cellars :)

mghrte: aha, Sligo strikes again I see

gastroanthropologist: wish I had some left, wouldn’t mind some hot out of the oven now myself!

Jenni: potatoes wrapped in dough, sure what’s not to like? :D

sippitysup: you flatter me sir :)

Sophie: why thank you dear

By: Sophie

Sophie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:54:22 +0000

Your empanada’s look excellent to me,..I so love your filling too,…

MMMMMMMMM,…georgous!!

By: sippitysup

sippitysup — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:26:33 +0000

Empanadas are very common in street carts here, but I have never seen such a pretty one as these. GREG

By: Jenni

Jenni — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:20:50 +0000

What a cool contest. You go, Santa Rita Wine folk!

I do love me some empanadas. They’re the South American version of samosas. Which I also love. Potatoes wrapped in dough? Don’t mind if I do!