Colombian street food is a mix of tradicional and non-traditional snacks. For example, the typical hot dog may seem like a tradicional snack, but Colombians have add a different twist to it that make give them a local spin. There are two ways to eat hot dogs here:
- Raw Hot Dogs
I did not know it was ok to eat hot dogs raw until I moved to Bogota. Apparently, hot dogs and other forms of raw meat are perfect to eat alone. They even come individually packed in easy to carry sizes, which are designed to be convenient as an on-the-road snack. It may be surprising for some to be on a bus and see someone pull out a pack of raw sliced ham and take a big bite out of it as if it were a full meal. Other common situations where you would see this is while on roadtrips where there are limited choices for food. Since your only stop for miles may be a gas station, there is an opportunity to buy a raw packag of hot dogs and snack on them for the rest of the ride home. It is a weird snack, but the raw hot dogs are really good!
- Street Hot Dogs
The street version of the hot dog is very special to Colombians. Even while living in the U.S., I saw places that specialized in Colombian hot dogs and Colombians would serve them this way while at BBQs and community events. The Colombian hot dog is good, but it comes with a lot of extra ingrediants that you may not be used to. These extra ingrediants include: - 4 different types of sauces (ketchup, mustard, salsa rosada AKA pink sauce AKA ketchup & mayonaise, and tartar sauce?!?!?!?),
- potatoe chip crumbs (for extra crunch),
- quales egg
- cooked onions
- pineapple
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