well where to start. this week has been a busy one. first we had a week of Nepali lessons in the mornings, afternoons were leading a relationship seminar for the local youth group (they are awesome btw), and nights it shuts down completely here. Nobody goes out past 8-9ish except the tourist drunks. Also went to church in Nepali, english and a youth service -- so cool! I loved it.
Met up with some frieds we met at the seminar and then they taught us how to make a traditional Nepali dish - momos :) They are like meat peroggies/ wereneki. The girls we met took us (Becky and I) to the markets at around 12:30 ish, we got onions (the main ingredient), coriander, hot peppers, tomatoes, some spice stuff, and meat....
The meat story - so we went down to the lower markets and got to this "beef market" and entering in I walked over some bones in the mud, entering in saw meat (some as big as me) on hooks, slabs on tables, organs everywhere hanging too, and so we go over to this one shop part and get a slab of beef - they got it for us, chopped it up -- ended up like ground beef, and wrapped it in news paper and gave it to us. well the girls also needed something else... pointed to a hoof/leg with their umbrellas and talked something in nepali and the butcher grabbed the leg on the table *it was from the knee down* and brought it to his block of wood / stump, and started hacking at it - bits of bone and blood flying/spraying... and put all the chunks in news paper and gave it to us... I was kinda grossed out since he took some of the fur and skin off it and the tip of the hoof... sick.
so we get to the apartment - where we are making the momos and start making stuff.
making the dough out of flour, water, baking powder, and salt and water.
the filling we were chopping like 14 onions and adding the coriander, meat, and salt.
they then made a paste and got out this block of rock, and another rock... put the peppers, tomatoes, salt and coriander on it and smushed it up into a paste.
so we then got the dough rolled it out and filled little dough flat things with it and viola! put them in this weird pot over top this other pot.... and cooked...
later on I found this other pot had the foot in it and that is the soup they served us. oi. so I drank stuff that came out of a foot/leg. oi. oh and one of the guys started knawing on a bone later too with soup...
cleaning up I found out that out, also it looked sooo gross! it looked like toes and skin and bones in the pot >_<
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ok well then, that is the momo experience.
I am heading out to the villiages tomorrow and I need to go prep some stuff for that. I will be there for 6 days and it's going to be a lot of trekking up hills and stuff.
Take care guys :)
Aria
6 comments:
I hope you got the recipe for that leg soup. I know dad will want to try it at home. Mmmmmm.
Momo's sound like pot stickers. We have them at camp once in a while. And ,amazing coincidence, Gail gave me some to take home today and we were eating them while we read your blog.
You are wonderful. I love you honey.
Mom
they were good pot stickers stuckers too! spicy!
oh man, sucking soup off bone bits is a little creepy, but oh well, i am glad you ate it anyways. we ate egg rolls too, those were nice! I will email you a wishlist with moms email :D
awwh poor aria...leg and toe soup. hope you dont get too sick..the meat there doesnt sound to appitizing. i hope you are doing well. we miss you, and pray for you. keep up the good work! Matt and Katie
To all who read this. Yes it might seem gross and all at least Aria will have some experiences what she can carry for a while. Just be thankful that she is being looked after and that she is enjoying a part of the world that a lot of people would shudder doing. I can say good on you Aria as you go through this time. All the neat stories you wiull be able to share later on and how God protects you all the way. Keep up the great workn and pressing into what He has for you. Chow and Shalom Phil
yum yum slurp slurp
my dear Aria. so good to read your blog Iam at your mom's I brougt some cabbage rolls and we are having pasta with a special gravy' plus a few other goodies my car is running fine for which iam gratful; I am keeping well and counting the weeks when you will be coming home much love and prayers grandma A
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