Griselda, my godson’s mother, invited our her home for lunch on our last day in Jinotega. She made an amazing pot of chicken soup with countless vegetables. Here she stokes the fire to get the soup boiling.
Back in the kitchen, she and one of her girlfriends make chicken meatballs to add to the pot.
Truly the best soup I’d ever eaten. I was hungry and it was so filling.
She also served boiled taro root, which I hadn’t eaten since Africa. It is chalky but good.
And these boiled plantains were sweet and perfect naturally — like a yam.
In a non-traditional moment, we hit a great pizzeria in Granada for lunch yesterday. After a week of rice, beans, chicken and more rice and beans (called pinto gallo in Nicaragua), thin-crust pizza, bruschetta and fruity cocktails were heaven.
Yum.
~K