Thursday, February 11, 2010

It's like on MTV Cribs

This is what we have in our fridge and our cupboards!

Top Shelf: Brown Eggs (the only kind I've seen here) and Extra Yellow Butter
Second Shelf: A bag of olives, Brie, Cheddar (A note on cheese, they really only have Queso Fresco, everything else is garbage.)
The Freezer: A Turkey (It's not ours, it's the landlords), that thing wrapped in tin foil is a chicken.
Top Shelf of the Fridge: Bread, yogurt, beer
Second Shelf: Water, Milk, Juice
Bottom Shelf: Ground beef, left overs, and a cantaloup
In our cupboard: quinoa, black beans, brown sugar and regular sugar (the sugar is like cane sugar which is cool but not the same), flour (most of the flour has baking powder in it already... weird) rice, pasta.
A whole myriad of things: snacks from the plane, granola, oatmeal, chocolate bars (because there are no chocolate chips), syrup (for granola), walnuts and prunes (also for granola)
Then we've got some tea and coffee filters and our small collection of spices!
*Side note: those three little jars are a house warming gift from Maria Jose and Casey! They're filled with Cumin, Aji powder, and Oregano! Thanks Guys!

And that's it. Just thought you'd want to see =)

MULUB,
Taylor

Mystery Fruit #2, 3 and 4

Ok, well we know that the Kiwi is a Kiwi. All of the others, well, we're not quite sure.

The little banana looking things were filled with orange seeds that tasted kind of sour. Ryan mashed them and tried to make a juice. Meh, not so good.

The green and brown thing that looks like a mini-watermelon tasted like a pear combined with something else, but I'm not sure what. We sprinkled some brown sugar on it and it was pretty tasty.

The red things that look like sea urchins were by far the best thing we ate. You peel the spiny skin off of them and the inside looks like an eyeball. Yes this part was slightly unappetizing. They have long seeds in them and the fruit is around the long seed. They taste like nothing that I've tasted. They're sweet, in a good way, and have the texture of those little onion things that come in a jar that are sometimes served with cocktails. Regardless, I liked them best and I'd like to figure out how I could bake with them.

Has anyone seen any of these before? Or better yet, has anyone made anything with these before?

Thanks! MULUB,
Taylor