In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork

In the colossus of beef, Argentines are increasingly turning to pork
Despite the significant rise in meat prices, some Argentines continue to enjoy asado regularly, while others are choosing more affordable alternatives. (Sebastián López Brach for The Washington Post)
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By Teo Armus.Gonzalo Hernández’s butcher shop is just down the road from statues of a bull and a cattleman, near a neighborhood that gets its name, Mataderos, from its historic role as the centre of the city’s beef slaughterhouses.But even in a cow-centric area in this beef-obsessed country, his customers over the weekend were increasingly lined up for a different type of meat: pork.“It used to be that this was something we sold as an extra, the same way we did with coal for grilling,” Hernández said, showi...

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