The “listicle” is a journalistic convention used to tie up space without doing a whole lot of work.
Top 10 Lists are a good example. Still, they’ve got their uses, so I figured I’d do my own listicle –
“Paraguay was the first place I…”
Ate, in no particular order:
- mandioca
- mandio chyryry
- cow neck
- fox
- tripe
- cracklins
- pig face
- cow head
- Deep fried tortillas
- Chipa
- Mbeju
- Blood sausage
- Deep fried corn cakes
- Joint of cow
- Homemade cheese
Paraguay was also the first place I:
- Rode on an oxcart as a daily means of transportation
- Cleared land with a machete
- Was accused of being a spy
- Nearly severed my toe with an axe
- Saw monkeys running around free
- Got bit by a dog
- Took terere (but not maté – that was something I did stateside)
- Saw a toddler joyfully jump into cow pies
- Played piki volley (volleyball with your feet)
- Drank water directly from a hole in the ground
- Washed my clothes by hand
- Killed, cleaned, and cooked a chicken
- Killed a pig
- Pet a capybara
- Used a hammock for a bed
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