Thursday, 10 June 2010

These can be eaten all day but this picture was taken at breakfast. This is a single meal cut into quarters. This a called an "Arepa", "Arepas" in plural. They are made from a maize flour mix, in this case filled with cheese. I have had them made toast style with toppings rather than fillings. They are simple and quick but tasty. This version is "una arepa delgada" cooked on a grill pan but they are also made "gruesa", thicker and smaller in diameter "al horno" (in the oven).



Again at breakfast, these are "empanadas de pollo (chicken)", a sort of crispy battered chicken pasty. I do like these. As a rule the Colombians are not inclined to spicy foods, they prefer meals consisting mainly of beans and rice. However, Cecy's mother likes spicy food so I get a little bit of a kick in anything that she cooks.
I have had more fruit juice here than I have previously in my life, but then there are three mango trees in the garden and other fruits freely available here too. There are guys that walk around the neighbourhoods selling goods from trolleys they call vendedores ambulantes. This drink is "mora con leche" (blackberry). I often have mango, obviously, "la guayaba" (guava) and "tomate de árbol" (mangosteen - had to look this up in a dictionary...I still don't know what it is in English but it is lovely).

A street vendor selling "coco con miel", little pots of honey covered coconut. I did sample a pot just for the sake of research. Actually, I was surprised to find I liked it. Probably a good idea to put it into small pots though, I think more than that could prove a little sickly.
Enough for today, I have a wonderful woman calling me. Nos vemos amigos.

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