Christmas this year brought me a great book from Bryce. "The Omnivores dilemma" is a book about how food is produced in the US, and likely similarly around the world. With this topic in the back of my mind, and the other challenges associated with food smell, appearance and the availability of key ingredients, eating here is proving to be a test! So far all of my cooking efforts have turned out to be vegetarian. Veggies sauteed in Marinara sauce over spaghetti, refried blackbean and sauteed vegetables in a quesadilla.
Shopping is interesting here, the market is one of my favorite places. I love the fresh fruits and veggies, my favorite so far are the small bananas. The first time we picked them up at the market, we bought them under ripe and they were awful! Very very starchy and not at all sweet, almost like a plantain. But i've had them before and they can be really good, so we tried them again, this time they looked over ripe and brownish, but they were amazing. They taste a little like an apple or pear in a banana texture and taste. mmm.
On the last trip to the market we were able to find some spices for our next pasta dinner, rosemary was in the flowers stalls, and oregano in the spice and dried peppers stalls. My next shopping challenge is to purchase some shrimp, chicken or fish at the market, stay tuned!
I will upload some pictures when Eric brings a card reader. He arrives tomorrow January 4th at the Huatulco airport at around 6 pm. We are excited to show him around PE, can't wait to see his reaction to this place :) should be priceless!!
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