Ajiaco is a traditional version of chicken soup from Columbia. Although several regions of Colombia have their distinct recipe the most famous is the Bogotano. It typically contains chicken, corn, at least two kinds of potatoes (one being papas criollas, a potato indigenous to Colombia), sour cream, capers, avocado, and guasca (Galinsoga parviflora), a weedy, aromatic herb common in all America that lends the dish part of its distinctive flavour. A bowl of homemade chicken soup. ... For other uses, see Bogotá (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the maize plant. ... For other uses, see Potato (disambiguation). ... Sour cream is a dairy product rich in fats obtained by fermenting a regular cream by certain kinds of lactic acid bacteria. ... Caper Categories: Plant stubs | Spices | Magnoliopsida ... Binomial name Mill. ... Binomial name Synonyms Tridax parviflora Galinsoga parviflora[1] is a herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae (daisy) family. ... Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA: hə()b, or əb; see pronunciation differences) are seed-bearing plants without woody stems, which die down to the ground after flowering. ...

In recent years, guascas have become easier to find in Latin American groceries in the US. Though purists may insist on using genuine guascas, gringos might substitute oregano in a pinch. Let the traveler be advised: soups called ajiaco can be found in other regions of Latin America, though some share almost nothing with the traditional bogotano recipe apart from the name. An American woman reads the Gringo Gazette in Cabo San Lucas. ... Binomial name Origanum vulgare L. Oregano or Pot Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) is a species of Origanum, native to Europe, the Mediterranean region and southern and central Asia. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ...

Ajiaco is also a Cuban recipe, a kind of stew. Cuban ethnologist Fernando Ortiz once defined the country as an ajiaco, alluding to the role that Spanish, African and Chinese cultures had in the definition of the national identity. For Cubans, ajiaco also means something that contains many ingredients. Ethnology (from the Greek ethnos, meaning people) is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the racial or national divisions of humanity. ... micheal holloway is a f****** d1** s***** Fernando Ortiz (1881 - 1969) was a Cuban ethnomusicologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture. ...