I have never been much of a soup eater. That all changed two months ago. I have had soup everytime I've eaten lunch at my apartment or with the family downstairs. It's all homemade soup too, so I was enjoying it. As of two weeks ago, I have stopped finishing my soup. I had a strong six weeks of regular soup-ings, but my goodness, I do not want anymore! Todays was broccoli, carrots, and potatoes in clearish juice. O my goodness! Soup is such a big thing here. I have had so many different kinds, it's a little unreal. At week 5, I bought a soup cookbook, thinking someday I'll want to recreate my food from Ecuador. Today, I feel like that soupbook will sit with all of my other cookbooks, unused.
While food is the subject, let me tell you how sick of potatoes I am. French fries are pushing it for me on a good day. I'll eat a baked potatoe when Nanny makes it to where it can stop your heart..and that one time Lindsey microwaved one for a Saturday lunch break from Stein Mart. But really, I'm not a potatoe eater. Funny funny. I've eaten potatoes more than I have had soup. I've had a quarter of a potatoe in my soup and then little tiny potatoes (check the pic. those are from the Equator) on my plate with the rest of the meal. Potatoes originated here, so it makes sense to eat so many varieties, and with the altitude, one needs the energy. I need a break. I was doing good about not eating 'American' food and being adventurous, but have been slipping. Kind of makes me sad. I even had a dream that Lindsey and Laura brought me Mema's chocolate chip cookies. That's not even one of my favorites that Mema makes, but I guess I am looking forward to my version of 'normal' food.
Bread. O my. We occasionally buy loaf bread from the super store, but more often than not, my host mom buys loafs, rolls, etc, from the corner bakery. I eat bread for breakfast with some kind of spread and sometimes fruit, with homemade juice. I've stopped calling it dinner here because Camila (host sis) and Margarita (host mom) call it 'taking milk.' It's appropriate. We have hot tea, hot chocolate, or hot coffee (instant) with bread. Sometimes we vary the bread. Two nights ago, we had crepes to be filled with tuna and squeeze cheese (not like US squeeze cheese). Generally though, we have bread then too.
It took me about two weeks to adjust to our eating schedule here. In Norman, I was on my own schedule and really liked that. I'm looking forward to having celebratory fajitas with Lauren on the spur of a moment of joy, or 10:30 pm runs to get chips and salsa.
I'm not having a sad day, but these things keep creeping up.. like the cookies in my dream. In my defense, I dreamed that a guy in front of me on a sidewalk got pooped on by a bird, so that makes the cookie thing less dramatic.
Camila is listening to Weird Al's version of 'Blue' right now (Daniel is here and he's singing so loud!). This is a first, but she plays Katy Perry a lot, and The Jonas Brothers..and now the soundtrack from "Crepûsculo"...that's Twilight. (While I was rereading this to get the noticable errors out, she played "I Kissed a Girl," by Katy Perry just fyi).
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