▁on ion , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁half ▁of ▁a ▁hard - bo iled ▁egg , ▁ra is ins , ▁and ▁an ▁o live . ▁Many ▁Chile ans ▁also ▁throw ▁a ▁bar bec ue ▁for ▁the ▁F iest as ▁Pat rias . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁sales ▁of ▁meat ▁products ▁exceed ▁$ 5 0   mill ion . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁F iest as ▁Pat rias ▁the ▁preferred ▁drink ▁is ▁ch icha , ▁a ▁light ly ▁alco hol ic ▁be verage ▁typically ▁made ▁from ▁g rap es , ▁although ▁apple ▁ch icha ▁is ▁popular ▁in ▁southern ▁Chile . ▁Red ▁wine ▁enjo ys ▁popular ity ▁during ▁the ▁hol iday , ▁while ▁pis co , ▁the ▁so - called ▁" n ational ▁liqu or ", ▁becomes ▁secondary . ▁ ▁Alf aj ores ▁are ▁a ▁typical ▁dess ert . ▁They ▁consist ▁of ▁two ▁light ly ▁bread ed ▁cookies ▁joined ▁with ▁man jar , ▁a ▁sweet ▁filling ▁made ▁from ▁car am el ized ▁cond ensed ▁milk . ▁ ▁Use ▁of ▁the ▁flag ▁In ▁Chile , ▁it ▁is ▁mand atory ▁to ▁hang ▁the ▁Chile an ▁flag ▁from ▁every ▁building ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 ▁September ▁( and ▁ 2 1 ▁May ▁as ▁well ). ▁The ▁flag ▁should ▁be ▁in ▁perfect ▁condition , ▁hung ▁from ▁a ▁white ▁pole ▁or ▁from ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁every ▁building , ▁hor izont ally ▁or ▁vert ically . ▁If ▁hung ▁vert ically , ▁the ▁star ▁should ▁always ▁be ▁in ▁the ▁upper ▁left ▁corner , ▁visible ▁from ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the