October 2011
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Sala de Urgencias
I am dancing to Nirvana with my hands full of soap suds. A deal has been brokered. I will wash the weeks worth of dishes piled up in the sink and Chelfa will cook dinner. It works for me, he’s a better cook anyway. The smells of chicken simmering in thick vegetable sauce fills up the house as I bang my head to the music, up to my elbows in the nastiness. “As an old memoriiiiiiiiia,...
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Receta - Empanadas
So I’ve gotten requests for the Empanada recipe. I was taught by eyeballing everything and I don’t have any kinda of measuring equipment so I’m making very rough estimates. If the consistency of the dough doesn’t seem right, use your instincts.
Mix together:
3 Cups of flour
1 Tbsp of sugar
A very generous pinch of salt
Add 2 Tbsps of butter and use your fingers to mush...
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Consejo Para el Extranjero en Ecuador -Parte 3
Todo es Relativo
Every time I get a new job here, inevitable questions follow about how much I’m getting paid. The answer is usually somewhere around $5 and hour but can be as low as $2.50 or as high as $10. Before you gasp in horror at the $2.50 an hour, allow me to break it down for you. There is more to it then that. True, in New York I wouldn’t take a job as a taste tester for...