My walk to school:
This river is the border of San Isidro and Coronado. I cross it every day. It is very clear and always tinkling with pretty sounds.
Near school...lone purple hanging out.
Wisteria at the school garden.
Interesting dog breed mix that caught my eye. Ticos seem to love dogs, and the dogs are especially well trained. I think Ticos seem quite relaxed and present, unlike many USA'ers and the dogs pick up on that? Also, maybe Ticos care a lot to train their dogs well?
I discovered the primary way Ticos keep the grass VERY short...weedeaters. One day there was a team of weed eaters taking care of a primary school near Academia Tica. No wonder they use weed eaters...there isn't a way to mow the narrow strips whether they are hilly or not.
In the ditch above, the water was running clear and went under this driveway where suddenly it was white as milk...?
Making huevos relleno with the rest of the cabais peppers to accompany our french toast (top of photo).
I did it wrong but oh well...taste the same.
Fried elote (pumpkin) cakes from my teacher at school. We share a love of food and cooking adventure. These are served with ice cream and dulce de leche FROM A BOTTLE! (pictured above with the French toast)
The burgers I nicknamed "the mess" aka "Eat it like a Carl's Jr. ad". Yum!!
Biscuits in our new "smaller than USA" air fryer/bake/toast oven. They didn't rise well but they were very good and tender. I think the butter added the extra tenderness.
The accompaniments! Chocolate gravy in Costa Rica! YES please!
Japanese Poke Bowl...delicious! The meat is fried pork with a little spicy sauce. This Tico's kitchen was spotless, and he was SO kind...he reminded me of my friend Alex.
Our first Chinese, Tico-style. These two ordered "sin" (seen) rice; meaning without rice. Each plate came with a large bowl of sauce, and they dipped the meat in.
Craig had fried rice with "bacon", however it wasn't like bacon as we know it. This food experience rated a little low for these guys. I had my Japanese instead.
This plate is from a cute little kitchen near Academia Tica called Ciao Cocina. Again, run by one Tico guy. It was fabulous and fresh. He has a new menu almost daily that he posts on a low chalkboard easel outside. Clark had fish tacos and mine was pollo con camote fritas (chicken and pan-fried sweet potato). These potatoes were done the way Clark's nana taught me minus the brown sugar and cinnamon! Few people cook them this way and it's the best (in my opinion). Also, I frequently get these words mixed up...zapatos (shoes), zapotes (sweet potato-like FRUIT), camotes, and pizotes (racoon). AH!! We will be returning here!
Dessert: maiz (corn) cakes. I love the way he twirled the leaves on the uchuvas! So creative!
New fruits:
Sandia (watermelon). Not the sweetest but super juicy and still tasty. We ate it all.
Passion fruit (related to the granadilla)
I love this in my yogurt, which by the way, is the best yogurt I have eaten in my life. There is a large diary company here called Dos Pinos. They produce LACTOSE FREE products, including Greek and regular yogurt along with yogurt drinks. Amazing!
This stuff comes out like slimy eyeball goo but tastes great. I love the crunch of the seeds. The little nodes inside are neat looking. At school, David brought some granadilla to share. That is a type of passion fruit, and he told all the students to grab it out with their fingers. Some of the kids weren't too sure about that. It looked like a line of snot with seeds!! Haha!
Random interests:
A salamander we saw at the burger shop while waiting.
If you ever visit Costa Rica, come here for ice-cream. Sorry Braum's. This has you beat! Can't wait for our parents to try it. These are all over Costa Rica.
Bright foliage on our drive back from Poas.
If you zoom in, the orange of the trees might pop out.
This is a doll representing a woman from a Latin myth called La Llorona. Clark and I listened to the story in the USA on a podcast "Simple Stories in Spanish". A church friend has this doll and explained it is La Llorona. I couldn't believe the connection! Here is some information about La Llorona. La Llorona - Wikipedia
A fun visit with church friends:
The family has a beautiful and extensive garden!
The girls wanted a "fireside". We thought because it was Sunday they meant a little spiritual meeting, but they meant a bonfire with huge marshmallows. Haha!
Cute dogs!
Speaking of dogs...hotdogs here have this plastic like coating. We can't decide if it’s
supposed to be eaten or not? Some people eat it, some people don't?
Rosabel had an opportunity to try judo with her new friends. They are generous and friendly to include our family in these activities.
More adventures coming up next week!!
I loooove your stories.
ReplyDeleteAnd you should remove the plastic coating from your hotdogs hahaha. Some have a thinner coating made of collagen or something like that that you can eat. But the one in the picture is plastic.
This is VERY helpful information Indira!! Thanks for checking the blog out!
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