A little bit about the food in Ecuador... It is bien rico! They eat a lot of fish here in Guayaquil. We will often have shrimp, seabass, or tuna. They eat rice with nearly every meal (lunch and dinner). Not a lot of beans, which makes me very happy:-) They are masters at working plantains and yucca into all sorts of dishes. Fruits and vegetables are very inexpensive here. So we eat a lot of fruits that would be a "luxury" back home- mango, papaya, pineapple, watermelon, etc..
I've really been enjoying working in the kitchen. It's a great crew. I usually work with the group that preps the food. Today we cut 110 lbs. of pork into little cubes. It took 3 of us more than 3 hours! Here they call pork "Chancho". By the end of it we were joking that we had "chancho elbow" or "chanchonitis". I'm quickly learning that working in the kitchen is not for the feint of heart!
We've been having fun swapping bible trivia too. Here's one for all of you... In which 5 places has the Governing Body ever resided? and here are some photos from the kitchen...
mmm, chanco chops n 'nanners! thanks for our "branch visits", keep 'em coming when you can!
ReplyDeleteps- do you get a piece of "pie" when you answer the kitchen/bible trivia? what color is the g/b catagory? etc... inquiring minds wanna play...i loves me my kidlets!
you want to come to Salinas and spend a few days on the beach..talk with Tony at the branch and ask for bill y sujin from port angeles :)
ReplyDeleteawesome pictures and it's so great to see that you are doing so great. i'm happy to hear your comments about working in the kitchen. its hard hard work but lots of fun, too. brought back some memories.... enjoy!
ReplyDeletethat comment shows how to use great twice in one sentence. nice.
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