A Little Taste of Home

After a month of living and eating Peruvian culture Laura, Millie, Natalie and I decided that we should share a little of our culture with the staff. We invited all the staff members over for dinner Saturday night. We spent all afternoon preparing our menu for the staff which included appetizers of salsa, deviled eggs and garlic bread. Then a main course of BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches, what's in that rice, roasted veggies and caprese salad. We even had a request for desert pancakes (a staff favorite!) It was so funny to watch the staff eat and try to understand the food that we were serving them. It all started with the deviled eggs. Being in a very Caltholic country, they did not approve of the food's name. Alejo, our driver, decided they should be called huevos de Jesus (Jesus eggs) not huevos diablos (devils eggs, the closest translation we could come up with). That started quite a fun conversation :) When we brought out the main dishes everyone loaded up their plates, then again and again. We finally decided it was time for dessert but the staff wasn't finished with the main course. They were taking the extras and wrapping them in napkins to take it home. It reminded me of when I go to the elderly home and they shove potatoes in their pockets in case they don't like lunch. The pancakes came out and boy could these little Peruvians put away some food. I think everyone one had at least 2 pancakes on top of their 3 helpings of main courses! All in all it was a great night sitting and talking with the staff and seeing them outside of their work clothes. They let loose and we had a wonderful time talking, laughing and sharing about our cultures. The only sad part of the night is we were to busy talking and eating we forgot to take a picture of all of us together :(