I am living with the Terán family which includes Luis and Martha, the parents, and their two sons, Lucho (Luis Jr.) who is 19, and Mario who is 17. Here they are at the airport in San Cristobal-
Luis, Luis Jr. aka Lucho, Mario, and Martha.
We live in San Cristóbal about a fifteen minute walk from the Malecon, the boardwalk/beachfront/park. It´s where we go so I can find the internet and post more blog info. Also, the best place to find ice cream cones for 80 cents.
Martha is a great cook and makes patacones, which are slices of green platano fried, then smashed a bit flat with a rock, ceviches from fish and lobster, and juices made from tomate de árbol (not like the tomatoes we put on pizza), guavas, limes, pineapple, coconut, and oranges. She also makes a sauce called “aliño” that is used in soup, chicken, and on meat. It can be used as a barbeque sauce. It´s made of red onion, green pepper, garlic, cumin, oregano, water, and a leafy green herb called “hierbita” which I have not seen in Oregon, but she substituted cilantro so I guess we can too. She puts it in the blender and it turns out thick. It´s stored in the refrig and it´s Martha´s secret ingredient.
Ceviche is made with fresh fish, bacalao or brujo, and lobster. She starts off slicing green pepper and tomato and red onion into fine slices. She rinses the onion in water to take away the strong flavour. Then she grates more tomato to get the pulp, leaving behind the skin and puts the rinsed onion, pepper and tomato into a large bowl. Then she debones, cleans and chops the fish into small chunks and adds it a bit at a time to about 4 cups of boiling salted water and cooks it for about for 1 minute, stirring it. She drains it, puts it in a bowl and adds the sliced raw vegetables, fresh squeezed orange and lime juice and salt to taste. She doesn´t add pepper. She serves it with popcorn and patacones.
We live in San Cristóbal about a fifteen minute walk from the Malecon, the boardwalk/beachfront/park. It´s where we go so I can find the internet and post more blog info. Also, the best place to find ice cream cones for 80 cents.
Martha is a great cook and makes patacones, which are slices of green platano fried, then smashed a bit flat with a rock, ceviches from fish and lobster, and juices made from tomate de árbol (not like the tomatoes we put on pizza), guavas, limes, pineapple, coconut, and oranges. She also makes a sauce called “aliño” that is used in soup, chicken, and on meat. It can be used as a barbeque sauce. It´s made of red onion, green pepper, garlic, cumin, oregano, water, and a leafy green herb called “hierbita” which I have not seen in Oregon, but she substituted cilantro so I guess we can too. She puts it in the blender and it turns out thick. It´s stored in the refrig and it´s Martha´s secret ingredient.
Ceviche is made with fresh fish, bacalao or brujo, and lobster. She starts off slicing green pepper and tomato and red onion into fine slices. She rinses the onion in water to take away the strong flavour. Then she grates more tomato to get the pulp, leaving behind the skin and puts the rinsed onion, pepper and tomato into a large bowl. Then she debones, cleans and chops the fish into small chunks and adds it a bit at a time to about 4 cups of boiling salted water and cooks it for about for 1 minute, stirring it. She drains it, puts it in a bowl and adds the sliced raw vegetables, fresh squeezed orange and lime juice and salt to taste. She doesn´t add pepper. She serves it with popcorn and patacones.
The parents have gone to the mainland for a week to see Luis´ father who fell off a horse. He´s still riding, or at least was, at the age of 82. Meanwhile, I´m staying with the two boys. Cooking is interesting. They called today ¨Survivor Man¨ Day 2. At least they liked my spaghetti.
Here is Lucho. He is great at figuring out how to use an I-Pod to copy stuff from my camera and the home computer (it´s much faster to write the entries at home and upload them at the internet cafes).
Here is Mario. Unfortunately, you can´t see his hair which he gels to the max. He looks like he has wings, but it really looks good on him. Check the painting of the sea lions (lobos marinos) in the background. Mario always has his cell phone and lives to play volleyball on the weekends with a bunch of guys of all ages, heights, and talents.
I teach at 7 am so we´ll sign off for tonight. Hasta luego from the Galapagos!!
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