Here are some fresh chickens for sale. These are hens, so the orange globs you see (from large to tiny) are actually yolks in the chickens' ovaries. Chicken eggs start as tiny yolk sacs. As they leave the ovaries and continue developing, the yolks grow. Later, the whites are deposited around them and, even later, so is the material for the shells (which takes a little time to harden to what we're used to seeing). Thus, what you see in the picture eventually would have been the actual yolks inside shell-covered eggs and they can be used just as you would the egg yolks that you would take out of an egg.
Here is some of the produce: apples and peaches are from America, but the papayas, plantains, strawberries, avocados and blackberries are all Guatemalan.
Loroco is the edible bud and flower of a type of vine native to Central America. It's not as common where I am, but I did try a store-bought, commercially packaged dip that contained it once and I didn't like it at all.
Still, some people have said that those dips are a terrible representation of the true taste of loroco. The woman in the following video scoffed at the store-bought dips, as well, and offered a few suggestions for using the fresh flowers. What she obviously liked the most, however (since she said it about three different times with just slight variation) was to chop it up very finely and toss it into a sauté pan (in one version, she also added finely chopped onions and tomatoes) with some cheese or cream cheese and a little bit of cream and then to use that mixture however desired - in tortillas, in empanadas, just on some rice, etc. It was funny because, as you can probably tell, the woman who was selling the loroco said very little and didn't offer many ideas, but this other woman (who obviously likes loroco) just jumped right in and was so excited to offer suggestions.
The video is at:
http://db.tt/tN3RC5nw
Remembering the stromboli I liked the last time (I know - something Italian like that in Guatemala? Who would have guessed?), I had one again on this trip. Here it is with the dipping sauce, some steamed vegetables (that I requested instead of a salad) and the papaya smoothie that I got as my drink. Delicious.
Finally, I had been having a difficult time cutting Mimosa's hair and had only managed to get he back half done since she moved around too much. Even the people who have her brother had said she was impossible, but they tried again when I left here there while I was away and they managed to get it done. It's shorter than I would like, but that's because it had been so matted and the matting had to be cut off. Anyway, here she is now after the haircut, still looking as adorable as ever. She still has a little spot of motor oil visible on her head (since she likes to wander underneath a car that's parked just inside the gate) even after I gave her a bath.
Here is some of the produce: apples and peaches are from America, but the papayas, plantains, strawberries, avocados and blackberries are all Guatemalan.
Loroco is the edible bud and flower of a type of vine native to Central America. It's not as common where I am, but I did try a store-bought, commercially packaged dip that contained it once and I didn't like it at all.
Still, some people have said that those dips are a terrible representation of the true taste of loroco. The woman in the following video scoffed at the store-bought dips, as well, and offered a few suggestions for using the fresh flowers. What she obviously liked the most, however (since she said it about three different times with just slight variation) was to chop it up very finely and toss it into a sauté pan (in one version, she also added finely chopped onions and tomatoes) with some cheese or cream cheese and a little bit of cream and then to use that mixture however desired - in tortillas, in empanadas, just on some rice, etc. It was funny because, as you can probably tell, the woman who was selling the loroco said very little and didn't offer many ideas, but this other woman (who obviously likes loroco) just jumped right in and was so excited to offer suggestions.
The video is at:
http://db.tt/tN3RC5nw
Remembering the stromboli I liked the last time (I know - something Italian like that in Guatemala? Who would have guessed?), I had one again on this trip. Here it is with the dipping sauce, some steamed vegetables (that I requested instead of a salad) and the papaya smoothie that I got as my drink. Delicious.
Finally, I had been having a difficult time cutting Mimosa's hair and had only managed to get he back half done since she moved around too much. Even the people who have her brother had said she was impossible, but they tried again when I left here there while I was away and they managed to get it done. It's shorter than I would like, but that's because it had been so matted and the matting had to be cut off. Anyway, here she is now after the haircut, still looking as adorable as ever. She still has a little spot of motor oil visible on her head (since she likes to wander underneath a car that's parked just inside the gate) even after I gave her a bath.
If blueberry muffins have blueberries in them, what do vegan muffins have?