Rain

Rain, rain, go away...
We cannot play croquet today:(
This weather is so weird. I was just sitting outside and all of the sudden it starts to rain. Not rain like gushing, just a good sprinkle. It is humid, the outdoor temperature is still 70 degrees.
We had our last class today. I told all of our teachers that we are the best cultural students they will ever have! At least that's something. We will all go to lunch January 5th. Nothing fancy, just a little shop we found that makes fresh empanadas. Not pre-made and frozen. The best ever empanada was filled with dulce de leche and chocolate. Wow! Second place for me goes to palmettos and Salsa de Golf. Salsa de Golf is a very popular mixture of ketchup and mayonnaise. We heard that someone at the local Montivideo Golf Club mixed the two together and pronounced it "Salsa de Golf". It is very popular, Hellman's sells it in a squeeze bottle.
Last night Allen made dinner. He made a Hungarian dish that we learned to make from Frushi, a Hungarian exchange student. It is one of our favorite meals. Of course they don't have the right type of Hungarian spice, but we found something close. It is nice to live with Germans, because Leo showed Allen the proper spätzle technique. Yum. Allen has already amended his recipe to use the new spätzle recipe.
Tonight we are having fresh fish with Leo and Mecki and Francisco. We are going to make chocolate chip cookies for dessert. We brought chocolate chips from home. Chocolate chip cookies are pretty American. We just went to the Disco to get the rest of the ingredients and we could not find brown sugar. Hmmmm. The closest thing we could get was unrefined raw cane sugar cubes. They look brown. They are really hard, but Allen is going to rehydrate them. They cost $11.00 U.S. that should make four batches. We better make some cookies to give as gifts as we travel along. The pie turned out good, so let's hope the cookies do too.
It is interesting to find out what the challenges are going to be when doing a project. If I ever move to a different country, it would make sense to live there for awhile to figure out what I would need to import. If it was to be Uruguay, I would need Goop brand glue, brown sugar, Crisco, Franks Hot Sauce, and everything electronic. Tools, computers etc. I am sure we will have a longer list as we head out on our own. On the flip side, I am bringing home dulce de leche, grappa meil and I would love to bring home a cow. I might not eat beef at home again.
Tomorrow we are going to rent a car and head North! Not too far North though.