Buying Chickens in Peru
Usually, I do my poultry shopping at the market. When purchasing at the market, I get to pick out a nice fresh chicken and the butcher cleans it and cuts it up there while I watch. He’ll cut it up however I want – quarters, eighths, even 10 pieces if I ask. Then, I just [...]
To Forgive and Forget
August, it seems, is a month for forgiving. Various organizations have deemed that the first Sunday in August be called ‘International Forgiveness Day,’ while the 27th of this month is ‘Global Forgiveness Day.’ That’s a whole lot of forgiving to do in one month, but if you’re like me, you probably have a lot of [...]
Coupons for Cooking!
I know most of y’all come here looking for food and recipes, so when I came across these coupons, I figured I should share. Here’s a whole bunch of Campbell’s soup coupons – plus Pop Secret, Prego Spaghetti sauce and V8 juice products. The Betty Crocker website has a TON of great coupons available, on [...]
Living in Close Quarters
I’m a girl from the ‘burbs. While Cape Canaveral and Cocoa aren’t technically suburbs, growing up there was in many ways a very typical suburban type of upbringing. Until I joined the Army, I never really spent much time in a big city – Orlando was one of the biggest I’d ever seen, and news [...]
Palta a la Reina (The Queen’s Avocado)
Image via Wikipedia Peru has the most delicious avocados I’ve ever tasted. I’ve always been a fan of the fruit, but the avocados here are so creamy, so delicious. Just about any salad you get is bound to have some sliced up avocado on top. But one of my favorite ways of eating avocado is [...]
Free Stuff!
Everybody likes to get free stuff, so I thought I’d share some things I found on around the internet with you. Are your kid’s getting the summertime blues? If it’s the end of summer and you’re running out of things for them to do, try this free .pdf download from National Geographic – The Little [...]
Chicharron
Image via Wikipedia It occurred to me this morning as we ate our traditional Sunday morning chicharron that despite talking about it often, I’ve never actually given a recipe for it. Chicharron uses pork bellies, which is a very underused part of the pig in most Western societies although it’s frequently seen in Asian cuisines [...]
Peruvian Home Cures
Image by wynlok via Flickr Peruvians (and I’m greatly generalizing here) tend to have a distrust for doctors and hospitals. I’ll leave it to someone else to decide whether that mistrust is earned or not, personally, I’ve had nothing but pleasant experiences with medical professionals here. I have a theory that this distrust comes from [...]
Where I Break My Own Rule
So, remember Saturday? And my problems with the banks? (If not, you can read about it here) Well, after my cautionary tale about how it’s best to follow the rules, I went and broke the rules – and my own rule! – today. Saturday, Pedro at the Interbank in the Plaza Vea told me to [...]
The Perils of Peruvian Customer Service
Image by CHIMI FOTOS via Flickr Among expats living here in Peru, it’s fairly common knowledge that rules and regulations change on a daily basis. A common problem is trying to open a bank account. Some banks might say they can only open accounts for residents with a valid carnet de extranjeria (like a green [...]
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