But the saga continues...
Have you ever spent 6 hours making soup?
No, I bet you haven’t. But I have. It was supposed to be the best soup of my
life, but honestly it tasted just like every other soup. Except it took forever and a
day to make it. I’m pretty sure here they assume that if you put 8 kinds of
beans, corn, other exotic bean-like things, and enough grains for a grand total of 12, plus fish you have the best soup ever. I don’t completely agree, but
on the bright side? I learned how to make empanadas, with the cool little
fringy thing and everything!
Today like every day, I rounded up the cows
to milk them, and in the evening I herded the calves so that tomorrow we will
have milk. Although today as I was leaving the house, I was reminded “no te
olvides el machete!” Never in my life did I think I would ever hear those
words… don’t forget your machete. Generally its don’t forget your cell phone,
or your lunch, or your wallet. No, here it is more important that you always
have your machete. Safety first! (oh wait. we run with machetes in hand...maybe its not so safe...)Yes, I have decided that I’m living a strange
vacation.
Today i also learned that cows only like to eat ripe bananas. And that rain brings out the crabs, which to me didn´t make sense because the crabs live in water already...
On another note, I slept talked and walked last night. Now
my family thinks I’m really crazy. Well, they already knew i was crazy, i just I think I’ve got them pretty scared now. my mom told me to lock my door tonight. i´m still not sure how that helps, but sometimes i just go with the flow and do it despite my better logic.
I also learned how to make cheese. I swear
my family cheats. They use this packet of stuff, add it to the milk. Stir it in
an hours, and an hour later- presto! Cheese. No churn, no nada. One packet, a few stirs, and a bit of waiting and you have cheese. Not exactly fair, eh?
And finally, on another machete note, i would like to let you all know for your own safety, that some machetes have a blade on one side.
Others have a double sided blade. You should always check before you grab the blade. I
still have all ten fingers, but will always have a reminder mark on my hand because of this.
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