When in Bolivia, cook like the Bolivians!

So this week was our first in our new house and it we got off to a great start with our house being center of action in Cochabamba. It was just great. We met a woman, Marta, on the street last week and Jenny and Ann expressed interest in learning how to cook traditional Bolivian meals. Jenny and Ann said, come teach us and invite you family over!! Well- Monday Marta came over taught them how to cook, and brought her family. Her husband, two teenage kids, her nephew, his wife and 2 small children. It was so wonderful. They welcomed us to their neighborhood, and have invited us to a baptism and celebration for the youngest this Sunday. We are excited.

The meal is called Silpancho (google it) cooked with Yuka, rice, flattened/breaded meat, with ensalada and a fried egg on top, I highly recommend it, but it is hard as crap to cook!  When we moved in, we had this HUGE stone cutting board thing built in.  We finally figured out what it is for!  One thing is for sure, when you flatten your meat with a big stone it goes a lot further!