Why do you think that ' s absurd to think ? <| sep |> Nah thats part of the fun . It was an election bet so it worked as a metaphor , no matter who won , everyone loses <| sep |> OK , so this point I can speak confidently about , as Argentina is the only Latin American country that I ' ve actually lived in , albeit earlier than you did I was there in 1992 . The country ' s history and culture have also been a major focus of my university study . Argentinean people do have an unusual relationship with food . For one thing , being such a huge beef producing nation , chicken at least historically was considered a delicacy something you would feed to company . So most people who were typically able to buy a chicken from a butcher in Argentina wouldn ' t need to stretch that bird to feed 8 people over 3 meals , so they wouldn ' t necessarily be planning to use or even want the organ meat and carcass that are so valuable for that . Also , as you probably experienced to some degree , keeping up appearances is very important to a wide swath of society there , so it doesn ' t surprise me that the typical practice is to discard the less desirable bits of the chicken and engage in a somewhat cavalier display of wealth in doing so .