This picture is us today, minus the child. I used lard for the first time ever. Did you know you can buy it in the section with butter? I decided to try my hand at some Chilean cooking before we leave. I started with this delicious bean soup...
...and we finished it off with some fried apple fritters (hence the lard) that were quite tasty. I'm new to frying so it took a second to get the hang of it. And you'll have to imagine them because I didn't take a picture.
*Recipes for both dishes to come this week.
Here are a few more things we've been up to lately. This is another long post, so beware.
Friday night out at the mall. This is where I pay homage to globalization and it's ability to make me feel at home wherever I am.
Last Sunday we drove up the canyon with some people from our ward to check out a campsite for the upcoming Young Men's campout. Sunday drives are great.
Last week was the last week teaching English. Here are a few pictures of the school where I taught, sans students.
Yesterday we went
back to Pomaire with our friends Estefani, Diego, and Micaela...
This is us in our building's elevator getting excited.
Me and the friends at the fork in the road where we got dropped off by one bus and picked up by another.
Sweet Mica
Showing off my pastel de choclo... this creamy dish is made of corn, meat, hard boiled eggs, and other ingredients. It's basically an empanada without the crust. It is then topped with sugar and baked in clay bowls in a huge oven. I wish I could relive my first bite over again. So incredible! Maybe if you're lucky we'll make you some when we come back...
This is Dustin getting ready for his 1 kilo empanada. It was huge. Of course we shared both and couldn't finish either one. Very rich and satisfying.
The funny thing is that we have both had horrible stomach aches since last night. We're thinking it must have been one of those two things that we ate. But would we go back and do it again? Yes.
Us with our favorite Chilean-Peruvian-American friends.
I wanted to buy one of these huge rounds of bread but figured we probably wouldn't finish it before it went bad.
Pomaire is famous for its earthenware. There are dozens of stores that sell bowls, cups, pans, etc. for ridiculously low prices. I only wish we had more room in our suitcases. These vases below are less than $6.00 each.
The end.
3 1/2 (BUSY) weeks to go. Here's a look at what's on the agenda:
*A Chilean style Thanksgiving (TBD)
*Young Men's campout (Dustin)
*Lots of hanging out with friends
*Machu Picchu
*Southern Chile
*A Chilean Christmas (by us)
*One more final
*Lots of goodbyes and lasts
