Gustavo
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252 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 25 Mar
Gustavo’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I think Astrid really does want me to be on the studio for an hour. We're talking about things that are important to know if you're going to be in a relationship with a Venezuelan. Now, you know, Astrid, Ale, and Gustavo are taken, so none of us are on the block, but just in case. We've been talking through some of the things we just got done with cuisine.
Tecanos are my favorite Venezuelan import to this household. For real?
There was a time during the pandemic when I ate cachapas every night, probably for three or four months, every single night. A cachapa is a corn cake that is fried, and then you put butter and you put cheese on it. So it's like cornmeal, butter, cheese. You can put lots of different stuff on it, but that's how we prepare them here.
The butter and the corn. I want to tell the Americans what this is like. This is like going and getting a really good corn on the cob and then smearing it with salted butter. And it's so delicious and juicy and wonderful. And then you put on top of that the white cheese.
Yeah, like a fresca cheese, like something that's native.
Sometimes.
What is your favorite Venezuelan food?
It's mixed together?
Okay, so it's like a dish. It's a dish, yeah. It's really good. So let me ask you this. The shredded meat that's like marinated in something?
You know, the other thing that I don't care for is plantains. I know a lot of people love plantains, but... Man, that's really mean of you. I know. I think if Astrid had to claim a food. You have to work on that.
But yeah, I think plantains is a staple. But to me, it's a sweet food. So it doesn't go in the hearty category, if that makes sense.
It's more a dessert for you? I prefer having ice cream with plantains rather than meat with plantains.
Yeah. I see Aster eating steak and plantains, and I'm like, that's like putting chocolate on an hamburger. I don't get it. But some people like that combination while they're sitting there. I prefer to split my meals up, and that is a very American thing to do. You have your salties, and then you have your sweets, or you do it the other way around, whatever it is. You don't mix those two together.
Very rarely happens. And I think as close as that comes for me is a cachapa. Because it's a little sweet. It's got the butter that's salty. Yeah. And then you've got the cheese that adds a little bit of flavor to it. I one time made them. Have you had roti? Do you know what roti is? No. Roti, the soup, the spicy soup that's made.
I think that's the one thing that surprises me about you and your father and I guess Venezuelans in general, including Rafael, is you have such an aversion to spicy foods.
Yeah. You know, no Venezuelan man that I have known really well has liked spicy foods. Yeah, it's more a Mexican thing, not Venezuelan. It really is a Mexican thing. And if there's one thing your dad loves, it's Mexican food. That's right. There's one thing that Daniel loves. It's that Mexican food. That's right. What did he tell me one time? He said he was working in Mexico.
What's the story he told?
Oh, he did? Yeah, yeah, he did. Your sister has always told me that he's not a fan of tacos.
Yeah, the lamb tacos. Oh, yeah, they're very good. The street tacos. I think Astrid has been secretly saying that because she doesn't want me to go have tacos. I'm talking to Astrid about that. I think Astrid is using Daniel as an excuse to get me out of Mexico.
Not only are they beautiful, but they tend to be pretty intelligent, too. That's right. That's for sure. They do, they do. That's right. All right, moving on. Social life. Venezuelans enjoy socializing and often gather with family and friends. I find this to be true, and here's why I think this is so important to the Venezuelan people, especially now.
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