Speaking of food, I've been collecting some recipes of traditional Peruvian dishes to cook once we get home. They are crazy about their carbs here. Every meal usually has rice and potatoes and bread. Erin's in carb heaven.
Some meals I'm planning on cooking:
- Lomo Saltado - It's like a beef stirfry with potatoes. It has strips of tenderloin beef with onions, peppers, potatoes, and some spices served with either rice or spaghetti.
- Papa Relleno - A stuffed potatoe. I'm planning on taking the leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving to make this. You take the mashed potato and add egg to it. Form it into a potato shape and dig a hole out in the middle. Feel the hole with carrots, onions, and cooked ground beef. Roll the potato in some flour and fry it. Nice.
- Causa Limena - Another potato dish, kind of like a potato quiche with layers of mashed potato, avocado, and chicken salad served cold.
- Cuy - Guinea pig. I'm going to go to the pet store and pick up a guinea pig to cook. You just skin it, put it on a stick and BBQ it. Just kidding...that's gross...we haven't been brave enough to try cuy...we learned our lesson from the ceviche.
The first things we'll eat when we get home? Sushi and a nice big salad. We can't eat the lettuce here because it doesn't get clean.
3 comments:
That stir-fry sounds awesome! How's the Spanish going?
Muy bien gracias Emilia! Love you!
Peru sounds cool but I wasn't sold on it as a couples destination - until you started talking about potatoes! Now we have to visit. Yes Incan ruins are fun to see I'm sure, but eating potatoes like that, amazing!
Seriously, I think you'll regret not at least having a taste of George the Guinea Pig. He'd be cooked, right?
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