Francisca Vallejos

Hello again! My favourite food? It's hard to decide on one because I like to eat a lot, but I think if you were to ask me seriously, it would be mashed potatoes.  First of all, potatoes are delicious in any preparation, but I think mashed potatoes are superior and can be eaten with so many different things: sautéed vegetables, sauces, eggs... You can even make "pastel de papa" with mashed potatoes. Wonderful. Another advantage of mashed potatoes? It's very simple to make: you need potatoes, water, milk, salt and butter. You also need a pot and an electric whisk (or a very powerful arm).  You simply have to boil the potatoes with water, add salt, and then you have to mash the potatoes with the help of the electric whisk. Add the butter and the milk and keep on blending.  And that's it, you have mashed potatoes. The best part? You can eat it with a fork or a spoon. Simple and delicious, one of the best meals there is. Ah, but since they are potatoes and have a high ...

Hi! My name is Francisca and today I'll write about a very important topic: Spoons. Spoons, as simple as they may seem, are a really useful artefact and, for me, are one of the most important inventions that mankind has made throughout history. They come in different materials and sizes, and every household should have at least one spoon, which shows their importance in everyday life. We use spoons for one of the most basic activities: eating. Well, in this case, it would be drinking. They are used for soups, for tea, for coffee (because, yes, there are different spoons for that), there are even spoons for desserts... Yes, special spoons for ice cream, for mousse, for custards. In short, a multitude of very good food. Another use for a spoon is for digging. You can make good holes in the ground with a spoon; it's like a mini-shovel, very useful. If I were to stay on a desert island one day and was allowed to choose a kitchen utensil to take with me, it would definitely be a...

  Hello again! As you already know, my name is Francisca. At the age of 6, after giving up my aspirations to be an astronaut - because I considered it something close to impossible to achieve and I have always given up easily, as well as thinking it would be too complicated and that space is a bit scary - I decided that I wanted to help people get better and that, together with my curious nature, led me to a choice of university career that lasted for 14 years: Medicine. Doctors were people who I found admirable, because they were dedicated to healing people and because they knew a lot about diseases, which is interesting to me even today. With this university major in mind, I took the "Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU)" three times, but my results were always insufficient to get me into medicine at university. My mother, tired of my multiple attempts, "suggested" that I enter the "Programa Académico de Bachillerato" at Universidad de Chile, as...