Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Nicaraguan food, I am fat and tired of corn
Turns out Isabel puts cuajada, or milk curd in everything. And oil. One day my food tupperware turned on its side, and I found about 1/4 cup of oil in the plastic bag holding. No kidding. And when I opened it up to see what was leaking, thinking it must be some sort of guiso, it was just the excess oil draining from gallo pinto(rice and beans) and fried plantains. Gross.
The cows got into the corn 4 times this year, so it is a bad year, they will probably have to sell a cow to have enough food for the year, because they will have to buy corn. And so they are using up all of the young corn that was knocked down that they cant store for later, so it has been a lot of elote, and these young corn tortilla like things called wiwiri, which I used to like, but now I am sick of, and cuajada, and a corn porridge, and I never want to eat corn again.
Also nicaraguan food:
rosquillo: a shortbread-like biscuit made from cornmeal and either cuajada or vegetable shortening. Every region does it a different way. In Miraflor its pure cuajada and they bake them up soft. In other places its pure manteca and they make them small and bake them up real crispy like crackers. Some are sweet with brown sugar in the middle, and some are just plain. They are thick and substantial and good dipped in the sugary black coffee.
Nacatamales: Tamale with a gross pork and vegetable mix on the inside. And not just because I am veggie. Literally saw Jane pull out a piece of prk with hair still on it.
Quesillo: Tortilla with a flat round piece of cheese, some pickled cabbage, and a sour sauce that seems kind of like watery sour cream. Sounds bad but is good
Teas and herbs: When I was sick, letvia and Isabel were always making me tea, and heating up water with herbs in it for me to bathe, and rubbing Zepol( like vicks vaporub) on my back, and generally taking fantastic care of me.
zapote, sapote, mamones, nancite: random fruits, some of which are good, some of which are not. Mamones are like dry lichee nuts. I like them, but I think they have to grow on you. Be careful how you say it thought because momon is a bad word, mamon, is the fruit.
Thats all i can think of for now...
Love
Melissa
The cows got into the corn 4 times this year, so it is a bad year, they will probably have to sell a cow to have enough food for the year, because they will have to buy corn. And so they are using up all of the young corn that was knocked down that they cant store for later, so it has been a lot of elote, and these young corn tortilla like things called wiwiri, which I used to like, but now I am sick of, and cuajada, and a corn porridge, and I never want to eat corn again.
Also nicaraguan food:
rosquillo: a shortbread-like biscuit made from cornmeal and either cuajada or vegetable shortening. Every region does it a different way. In Miraflor its pure cuajada and they bake them up soft. In other places its pure manteca and they make them small and bake them up real crispy like crackers. Some are sweet with brown sugar in the middle, and some are just plain. They are thick and substantial and good dipped in the sugary black coffee.
Nacatamales: Tamale with a gross pork and vegetable mix on the inside. And not just because I am veggie. Literally saw Jane pull out a piece of prk with hair still on it.
Quesillo: Tortilla with a flat round piece of cheese, some pickled cabbage, and a sour sauce that seems kind of like watery sour cream. Sounds bad but is good
Teas and herbs: When I was sick, letvia and Isabel were always making me tea, and heating up water with herbs in it for me to bathe, and rubbing Zepol( like vicks vaporub) on my back, and generally taking fantastic care of me.
zapote, sapote, mamones, nancite: random fruits, some of which are good, some of which are not. Mamones are like dry lichee nuts. I like them, but I think they have to grow on you. Be careful how you say it thought because momon is a bad word, mamon, is the fruit.
Thats all i can think of for now...
Love
Melissa
