Emadepäev/Mother's Day

Head Emadepäeva!!! :)

Jõudsin hommikul telkimast (millest juba lähipäevadel :)), valmistasin salsarütmide saatel kiirelt koogi ja siis juba mu Ecuadori perekonnaga välja sööma. Emadepäeva puhul oli lisaks Maria Teresa kahele tütrele, kes meiega elavad, meiega liitunud ka ta kaks poega ning ühe poja abikaasa (teise poja abikaasa viibib hetkel USA's, poja ülikooli lõpetamisel). Meie kaval plaan varakult lõunat süüa töötas imehästi. Saime viimase laua, ent inimeste rohkuse tõttu tuli toidu saabumiseni röstitud ning suhkrus praetud maisiga esimene nälg kustutada. Edasi suundusime ühte pood/kohvikusse, kus müüakse Ecuadoris toodetud kohvi, šokolaadi, seepe, keraamikat ja igasugu muid asju, ka näiteks vihmametsas kasvanud kartuleid, mis on seest musta värvi. Pood/kohvik oli igati sümpaatne, vaimustusime trühvlitest ja granadilliseebist ning otsustasime, et tuleb mõni päev tagasi minna :) Õhtul sõime mu imemaitsvat kooki ja jälgisime valimistulemusi. Järgmiseks pühapäevaks tuleb aga uus kook meisterdada, seekord perekondade pidustuse jaoks :)

Mõnusat algavat nädalat!

L.

Koogi ettevalmistus/Preparing the ingredients for the cake

Pudrunuia asemel haamer :)/No masher, but we had a hammer :)

Mu Ecuadori perekonnaga/With my Ecuadorian family

I got back from camping early in the morning (more about it in the coming days :)), I put on some salsa music and made quickly a cake, after which we went out for lunch. Because it was Mother's Day, we also had Maria Teresa's two sons and a wife of one of his sons joining us (wife of the other son is in the US because their son is graduating from uni there). We decided to have an early lunch to avoid the crowds, it worked out well as we got the last table available. Nevertheless, there were so many families that we had to kill the hunger with toasted and sugar covered corn for a while. We then went to a shop/cafeteria, where they sell all kinds of products that are produced in Ecuador, such as coffee, chocolate, soap, ceramics, but also potatoes that come from the rainforest and are black inside. We really liked that place and agreed to go back one day, especially after we had tried the truffles and smelled the passion fruit soap :) We ate the cake I made and discussed the elections that took place yesterday after we had had dinner. The cake was delicious! I have to make another cake for next Sunday though - for the family event :)

Have a great week!

L.