Recorrido por Santiago de Chile y sus lugares principales

What does “mote con huesillo” mean in Spanish?

Walking through Santiago, the guide points out stalls selling “mote con huesillo,” calling it a national drink. It is not really a drink you sip plain — it is cooked wheat (“mote”) plus a whole dried peach (“huesillo”) sitting in sweet syrup, eaten with a spoon. “Huesillo” comes from “hueso” (pit, like a bone). On a hot Santiago day, a cup from a street stall costs almost nothing.

Spoken in the clip: “En las calles de Santiago podemos encontrar lugares donde venden mote con huesillo, que es una bebida nacional.” — “In the streets of Santiago you can find places that sell mote con huesillo, which is a national drink.” The guide then lists what goes in it: “lleva duraznos deshidratados, mote de trigo, azúcar... y canela” — “it has dried peaches, wheat mote, sugar... and cinnamon.” Plain examples: - “¿Quieres un mote con huesillo?” — “Do you want a mote con huesillo?” (offering one on a hot day) - “El mote es trigo cocido.” — “Mote is cooked wheat.” - “El huesillo es un durazno seco.” — “The huesillo is a dried peach.” Notes: Chileans say the full phrase together as one item — you will not hear just “mote” or just “huesillo” ordered on its own. “Huesillo” is “hueso” (pit/bone) made small, because the dried peach keeps its pit. This is a summer street-food staple tied to Santiago markets and plazas.