Well, I just finished a little
mini journal on one of the other places that we visited...but I would be remiss if I didn't recount some of the more ... uh ... interesting experiences that I've had while here.
The first day we went out to visit with the orphans. 4 of the Madres there were having birthdays within a month's time, so we brought a cake and had a little celebration for them....they also had a celebration for us and had made us some lunch (chicken and rice) ... there were little bowls of salsa (ooooh, fresh salsa!) and some other little bowls of roasted peppers.
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| Our Seafood Surprise |
Well, someone asked why no one was eating the peppers. So, I cut off a piece. These peppers didn't look any different than the pickled peppers that I used to eat in Saudi...except that they were roasted. So, I cut off a piece about 1/2 inch thick and a good silver dollar round. Then, I popped it into my mouth, chewed it up and swallowed it.
"That's not so bad." I said. Then, a burning inferno came up from the depths of my stomach...it crawled it's way up my throat and set fire to my mouth. I've eaten (and enjoyed) spicy food before, but this was beyond anything I've ever had. I could feel the heat radiating through my body...it made me sweat and my face was red for a good 1/2 hour afterwards. We laughed about it, and I thought it was done. BUT...then we went walking that evening...even 4 hours after, just the motion of trucking it up the hills here was enough to slosh around the pepper juice in my stomach and I could feel the burn start again. lol
Then, yesterday my instructor told us about how great this little seafood place was.
"They have this thing that has avocado, some cilantro, some shrimp and clamato juice over it all" sounded great. So, away we went. She orders one (grande) and the waitress says,
"Mixas??" and Toni says, "
When in doubt, say ci!" so...we did.
What we didn't know was that "mixas" meant that your lovely shrimp dish was mixed with octopus, clams and something that looked like leftovers from an anatomy class. It was a horrifying concoction that came to us! I tried, I honestly tried to eat it....but even after trying to dig out just the prawns, I couldn't do it.
What an experience!!
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