At this point, you would think I have learned my lesson regarding food here. I mean, seriously, I know better than to take a big portion of something that I'm unsure of. Yet, that still doesn't seem to stop me. Yesterday was an interesting food day. I started with french toast for breakfast. This french toast though was not as sweet as it is in the states (I've had sweet french toast here but this was different for some reason). It almost tasted like the egg was cooked in bacon grease first and then lightly placed over the bread (but didn't soak in at all). That was different but still ok. The interesting part came when I ate my third piece. It had salt on it. Now, that was weird. I've put salt on a lot here (that's kind of normal) but this was a stretch for me and I don't think I'll be repeating that anytime soon. Then, at lunch, I didn't really have anything unusual. I think it was soup (which was really good) and like fried squash (it looked like that but I'm not 100% sure if it actually was that; it was still good though). Then, I got offered Fanta. I'm not a fan of soda in the first place but I've had a lot here since that is what we've had at meals. Orange Fanta though is definitely not a favorite of mine. I drank the big glass of it because I didn't want to be rude and let it go to waste but I was working hard to keep a straight face and not a "echk" face! After lunch, we had some apples. I thought, yum, apples. I like apples. I got a bigger one (they were still all small though which should've been my first red flag) and realized with my first bite that it was ridiculously sour. Like Sour Patch Kids sour. I had to literally turn my head towards the wall as my lips and face puckered up! I only made it through a few more bites before I had to throw it away as all the kids were just munching away on their second and third apples!
Now, that was all the questionable food (aside from the bread I prepared for Claudia this morning that had the following layers on it: butter, pork liver paste, apricot jelly, and cherry jelly; my bread with butter and apricot jelly that had just been made the night before was fabulous). The really good food from Cathy, Becky, and Sammy has been awesome! We had eggplant salad one day that was delicious (with the eggplant grilled first) and then we just had tuna salad for lunch today that was also scrumptious! We have had all this fresh food and veggies with super fresh bread and it's been hard to stop eating!
Aside from the food, nothing too eventful has been happening. I went with Cathy to Rogova last night and shared some parenting information with the women there who meet for Bible study on Friday nights. It is always amazing to hear about the differences between countries, especially regarding parenting strategies, concerns/issues, and the kinds of resources they have (or don't have as is the case here). Today, we're headed back to Rogova in about 20 minutes for orchestra practice (finally there!) and services tonight. I'm for sure playing with the mandolin orchestra and Chad doesn't know yet if he'll play today. We're both playing a song though at some point tonight and tomorrow with him on the mandolin, me on the violin, Sammy on the piano, and Becky singing. It's going to be pretty awesome and hopefully, I'll get a good recording of it to post sometime in the next few days.
Off to practice for a few minutes. I hear Chad in the other room on the mandolin and he wanted to practice a little more before we leave!
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