COMIDA

I have so much to catch up on...I've been so lazy!! Life here is so different. Everything closes down at 3 for lunch and when I walk home from school I see tons of people sitting by cafes drinking wine, beer, and sidra. By 4 everything is empty because everyone is sleeping their siesta! The food here is also so different, all I eat is ham and bread! Every single meal comes with a big piece of bread. Sandwiches are called bicadillos and are made with baguette bread and one little pice of ham and cheese. Most bicadillos are made with dried meats, sardines, calamaries, Chorizo, or with tomato tuna puree. I'm dying for a sandwich with regular bread and tons of turkey and cheese and mustard!!The food isn't as flavorful and I haven't found anything spicy since I've been here. I bought hot sauce to put on my food and my family looked at me like I was crazy. We also eat a lot of dried meats. The meat isn't cooked but it's salted and dried. We eat salmon like this and all parts of the pig. Chorizo is also a very typical food here....I have learned to not even ask or think about what I'm eating, I just have to eat it. If we ever do it steak or chicken it is a very thin piece and fried. My favorite food here is a croqueta. It is like a mozzarella stick but filled with this creamy stuff and certain types of meats or fish. It's awesome, I could eat it all the time! A very typical meal here that is called El plato del pueblo is chorizo, a fried egg, and french fries. We eat tons of french fries and I really don't want to eat any more! Most things here are fried in a pan with vegetable oil. I don't know if thats healthy or not? Here they don't have a grill and I never see them use an oven so fried it is! Also I can't get used to the eating times. Lunch is at 3 and dinner at 10, way to late and I'm dying by the time it's time to eat! I'm dying for some American food with some spice and flavor!