Dalcahue...Salmon Paradaise!

Happy New Year to everyone! Compass of the North is Back! today travelling in Dalcahue, small typical village where you will find one of the best handicrafts, wools products, and of course the typical and unique Southern Salmon, cooked as in the old times! Artisans from around Chiloé customarily present their best at Dalcahue’s Sunday market, still its biggest attraction,

but this fishing village, about 20 kilometers northeast of Castro, is gaining importance as a base for sea-kayak excursions among the islands off the archipelago’s sheltered eastern shore.

Chapalele!... Fried mashed potato cakes with pork rinds! Woo-hoo!!

...In the Heaven! ...Mote con huesillo!!!! heee ha!

Mote con Huesillo, is a typical Chilean non alcoholic drink and dessert.
It is made from husked wheat (mote), mixed with sun-dried peaches (huesillo) that have been rehydrated in water for hours. The water in which the peaches were rehydrated is mixed with some sugar, and the wheat is mixed in a glass with the peaches and the peach-flavored sweetened water.This drink is usually sold on streets, from carts and stands, during the summertime. The boiled wheat and huesillos are also bought in markets for domestic preparation...you´ll need to try!

Most visitors come to Dalcahue (population 4,933) for Sunday’s Feria Artesanal, though a flood of imported kitsch has nearly inundated the quality basketry, wood carvings, and woolens that once typified this lively market.

Mid-February’s Semana Dalcahuina is the town’s major festival.

Nothing remains of Dalcahue’s palafitos, obliterated by the 1960 tsunami, but its 19th-century Iglesia Parroquial is one of the architectural monuments that helped the island’s wooden churches gain UNESCO World Heritage Site status.