Just a little more food here. Chancho (pig) is served everywhere in little eateries alongside the roads. This one is on the autopista across the way to Turi. It's not uncommon see a line of cars along the highway as people pick up some food or sit inside the little makeshift resturant. When the Chancho is gone, everything gets packed up and it is all gone. No sign that it ever existed. This tastes so much better than fast food.
But I have to admit, I was a little excited to see this! Subway is coming to town.
TRIVIA:
The country of Ecuador is slightly larger than the state of Colorado.
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April 13
A big Thank You goes to Mrs Keith's Sunday School class! They were studying about missionaries and sent us some cards and drawings.
It took awhile to get to us. It also got caught up in customs about a month.
Buildings are hard to find, so keep praying for us please.
Thank you, we appreciate it very much.
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This week in April is another holiday week, so lots of places are closed and the city is geared up for fiesta.
We had just finished up a time of Carnival in February. Some other cities and countries have very elaborate celebrations. Here in Cuenca it is smaller. If you venture out into the streets you will most likely get caught and drenched with water or attacked with water balloons.
April 13 - -Today we had old fashion enchiladas. No pictures, we ate them too fast. Corn tortillas, fried eggs, cheese, onions, smothered in red chili and topped with lettuce and tomato. We were craving real red chili.
From NM, my mother-in-law over-nighted two pounds of red chili to Illinois. We browsed Walmart online and had one of our sons pick up a couple of things for us in Albuquerque.
This went to Illinois also. From Illinois it was picked up by a woman visiting her sister. She stuffed it into a bulging suitcase and brought it here.
WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE IS A WAY!
Some chili that was mailed to us got caught up in customs and has been there a couple of months. It might be sent back, but we are filing more paperwork.
The pictures of this market and the Guinea Pig are in the city of Gualeceo a short distance from Cuenca.
A day or so after our visit they were hit hard with much rainfall and flooding.
Travel is often hindered between cities by the heavy rainfall which creates mudslides and rockslides throughout the mountain roads.
I think we've kinda of drifted into food now.
Pictured here is Cuy, the traditional Andean entree.
We know him as Guinea Pig.
We have not had any yet. Our friend Sonja's mother-in-law raises them and as soon as the little fellas grow a bit more,
she will cook us up some.
I can hardly wait?
Here's a little closer view. Boy, these guys are big and quite a lot of work for these ladies.
Now all we need is some fry bread and green chili and it will be perfect!
