¿Cómo están? Well, here are some pictures from last weekend as promised. Anna and I were invited over to Zack´s host family´s house on Sunday to have a traditional sea food dish called "Cocimiento." They live in Caldera which is a little beach town about an hour drive from Copiapó. They asked if Anna could show them how to make an Apple Pie because they wanted to learn how to make it. Their son was sick with cancer in the late 90´s and so they moved to Tennessee and lived there for four years so that he could go to a children´s hospital there. Anyways, so they were missing Apple Pie and once they heard that Anna can make an excellent pie they asked Zack to see if we could come over and have a food exchange-they teach us to make Cocimiento and we teach them to make an Apple Pie.
Here Anna is hard at work.
Pisco Sour
Suzette, you asked about what a Pisco Sour is? It is Chile´s famous alcoholic drink made with Pisco (hard alcohol made from grapes), lemon juice, powdered sugar (or a sort of sugar syrup), sometimes frothed egg whites, and chilled. I think that you guys would like them!
Here is Glenda, Zack´s Chilean host mom, making Pisco Sours.
Cocimiento
Here is Zack, Anna, and Glenda in Glenda´s kitchen.
Here Anna is finishing up her Apple Pie.
Ta Da! Cocimiento made with a varitey of sea food, beef, chicken, and potatoes. I liked it for the most part, but Anna loved it and it is her favorite Chilean dish so far.
Me right before digging in!
And after eating a delicious soup we had Apple Pie and coffee! Well, not real coffee, but NesCafé...almost coffee :).
Well, I need to go now, but I hope that you guys enjoyed the pictures! Food from another country is always interesting to me since it says a lot about a culture and it was very fun to exchange recipies and share an afternoon with a really nice family. Ok, well until next time!!
Food from other cultures is very interesting. Last Valentine's Day when Uncle Warren and Aunt Sheila (Anna's Uncle and Aunt) were out , we all went to an internatnional dinner out at Camp Emmanuel. It was all authentic South American food. They served six different appetisers, an avocado salad, bread, main course with potatoes and dessert. The names were all in Spanish so we were not sure exactly what we were eating. The dinner was a delicious pork with very yummy spices. The appetisers were a little odd though. Some really great, some unusual. The plantains are an aquired taste I think. It was fun to taste it all even the stuff I didn't like so much.
ReplyDeleteThat seafood dish did look realy yummy. What a great idea to do a cooking exchange and share recipies. I'm having a hard time imagining what hard alcohol made from grapes would taste like. It sounds good, it has lemon juice, but I know it can't be lemony or Anna wouldn't like it. Can you bring us back some?
How fun to be able to exchange recipes and cultural stuff. The pie looked yummy. You can bake a pie for me anytime, Anna. And the Cocimiento looked like an interesting mix of food. Would love to try that sometime. Continue learning and hope the last months of your time in Chile is fun. Have loved reading your blogs. Thanks for taking time to share.
ReplyDeleteFeliz Cumpleanos, Anna!! I suppose that was not even close, but I wanted to be sure and wish my favorite niece a very Happy Birthday! And 25 is not too bad - I am TWICE as old as you and I still feel young.
ReplyDeleteLove to you both.