Last night after shift we went to a cooking class. Our leader Bryn takes spanish lessons and through the school they offer different activities so we decided to try out cooking class. We had no idea what to expect but we were excited!
(volunteers here right now. Karissa, Sarah, Annie, me, Elizabeth)
We walked in and they greeted use very kindly. We went into the small kitchen where they had all he ingredients out and ready for us to put together. We put on our aprons and got to work!
This was our recipe that we were about to make. Can you read it? Yeah me either. Luckily since it was a school they knew a little bit of english and were able to help us through it.
Here we are during the preparation with our teacher/chef.
After all the ingredients were mixed and ready we then had to put it into this leaf and fold it up very carefully. After it was folded they got put into a steamer and cooked for 30 minutes. They then took us into a separate room and explained to us all about the recipe. Its a traditional Ecuadorian appetizer. They read the history in spanish and then read it in english. We then waited for a little and it was all finished cooking. None of us had any idea what is was going to taste like so we were anxious.
They set up this cute table for us to eat. They said that this food is always served with coffee and tea. I don't think they realized they were teaching a class to a bunch of mormons who don't drink coffee or tea so we kindly rejected.
Bon Appetit! We were a little nervous to take our first bite not knowing what to expect. As far as my experience has been, I'm not the hugest fan of typical Ecuadorian food. But we were pleasantly surprised. There really isn't an American dish that is similar but if I had to compare it to something I would say it tasted like corn bread.
It was a fun experience!
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