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[ francisco speaking spanish ] >> eric: a little bit more, especially in the back, in the neck, the back, that's it. yeah, yeah. on the chest, a little bit like that, yeah. >> francisco: hmm. >> anthony: we wanted a blessing for our cacao harvest, we got this. my aura is now cleaner than gwyneth paltrow's colon after a three-month juice cleanse. to a successful harvest. >> eric: yeah. [ francisco speaking spanish ] >> anthony: but we're not done. we gotta transport this stuff to our trees and finish the job ourselves. >> eric: i know you don't believe it, but the energy has changed here. i'm s...

Flounder ceviche. >> eric: i don't know what to tell you, man. it's damn good. >> anthony: mm. oh, that is good. >> eric: is this one very spicy, or no? >> anthony: you ever been spanked in your life and enjoyed it? yeah, me neither. i don't like pain. >> eric: except -- >> anthony: except -- >> eric: if you're spanked with a pepper. >> anthony: brutalized with a pepper, i like. >> eric: oh, that's -- that's really hot. >> anthony: tiradito of flounder, dressed with pecans, lime, aji limon, and sesame oil, which, clearly, eric likes. >> eric: ah, this is totally going to le bernardin. >> antho...

Immigrants came to peru in great numbers in the 19th and 20th centuries as contract laborers and farmers. and their influence is felt here, particularly in the food, to a greater degree than anywhere else on the continent. it's that influence, and the ingredients of amazonia and the andes, that really distinguishes the food here as something whoa, what is this, a tofu? >> eric: uh, no, queso fresco, no? >> anthony: this is a very kooky combination. i mean, is that pineapple? where'd that come from that's not traditional. >> eric: i mean, he looks asian to me. >> anthony: right. >> eric: so i b...

>> anthony: wow. >> eric: it's so good. >> anthony: so, has peruvian cuisine always been this diverse and this delicious and we're just discovering it, or has it changed over the last 15 years? >> coque: it's change -- it's changing anyway, but you know, what you're eating now, it's the traditional food. >> anthony: there's so many products in peru that are unfamiliar to people in the states.p;gfñ when you eat this food, it's not like, well, this is something like --  it's not kind of like anything. it's really all its own. >> marissa: there is a lot of ingredients, good ingredients, all yea...

Really use cacao for. >> anthony: before chocolate hit europe, this is what the aztec kings would drink. >> chris: right. >> eric: i'm a little bit jealous right now, since i have nothing. >> anthony: you'll get yours eventually. here you go. >> eric: gracias. muchas gracias. salud. >> anthony: that's good. salud. >> eric: salud. >> chris: salud. >> anthony: gentlemen, to an education. >> eric: yes. >> anthony: so, did we do the right thing? is it all right for two new yorkers to make money, however much or however little, off the work of struggling farmers in a faraway land? fortunato, ellobe...