The author is still in #Australia, so this isn‘t food from #Samoa. Nonetheless I feel compelled to post the dishes eaten in northeastern Australia: flyswisher stew, fried barramundi, snorkers and googs, roast chook. To be honest I haven‘t a clue what these are. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I‘m finally posting my September stats. A good month for me. And the tagged book was my favorite, which was for #whattheDickens
I read 4 Kurt Vonnegut books for #authoramonth,
3 books about #Nicaragua #foodandlit,
1 belated book for #Peru #foodandlit,
2 Louise Penny Three Pines books for #serieslove, &
1 book for work
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Awesome book coincidence reading this book for #foodandlit #Samoa and it crossed over into my reading Dracula for #hauntedshelf #blackcatcrew
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Still haven‘t started my book for September #FoodAndLit yet, but we had food for #Nicaragua tonight.
Gallo Pinto with cream and cheese.
It was very tasty, especially when paired with corn tortillas 🤭
Started Vela, a long epic poem about the life and adventures of mythic Samoan poet Vela, written by Albert Wendt, #Samoa's best-known writer. It is peppered with Samoan words, and I'll just have to go with the flow, enjoy the poetry, and accept that I won't understand every single word or concept. Getting a general idea from the context and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Samoa will have to do.
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Fingers crossed that I read more than 4 adult books and a children's book this month!
I also am delaying my #foodandlit Samoa selections until a later date. I'm still working on the last few countries. #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
This is hilarious if true! Australian Littens: is this true?
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My attempt at vaho/baho: steamed beef marinated in bitter orange juice (or here, a mixture of lime & regular orange) with plantain, green banana & yuca. Served with the white cabbage & tomato salad with lime dressing that seems to be a must with every Nicaraguan dish!
It's no doubt delicious when done properly but I had to find a workaround when it wouldn't cook & the result was disappointing.
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so-soWhen the author travels around #Nicaragua, the Cold War is still being fought on the ground there. The Soviets funded the Sandinistas and the US funded the Contras. He recounted talking to numerous folks, most supporting the Sandinistas, and told some of the country‘s history. Occasionally he‘d weigh in on his opinions, which I didn‘t feel were well-supported by his narrative. In other words, I would have liked more academic input to support ⬇️
The author is hiking in the woods of New Zealand. This would be a lovely quote but for the author‘s pettiness up to this point. He has brutalized the Māori and New Zealanders.
For example: “Others evolved into enormous and complacent specimens, like the spoiled and overfed children I had seen in Auckland…” & “the most terrible aspect … was that the New Zealanders themselves did not seem to know what was happening to them in their decline”
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