Wednesday, June 8, 2016

UNIFE: Gastronomy Class


At UNIFE today, I would typically partake in the conversation classes we have with the girls outside in the courtyard, but today I ran into some personal issues – mainly with my stomach. You can’t blame me for needing to go. I would come out for the next half of conversation and immerse myself with the girls at UNIFE about their social lives. It was all about boys. They thought I was Brazilian, and apparently it’s not such a bad thing here in Peru. Falo Portugues? Mmm. Sim. Um pouco. Well, that was enough to swoon some of the girls at UNIFE which was completely unintentional. What the heck did I get myself into. But no I told them I wasn’t Brazilian but for some reason that piece of information went in one ear and out the other as they would continue to ask me to say more things in Portuguese. Like that was ever going to happen.

Oh look at that! It’s time to go for some culture classes. Today’s culture class was a gastronomy class. And let me tell you. This by far was the most interesting class at UNIFE. Only because I’m a complete foodie. The professor of gastronomy, I guess you could call him that, began to explain the various make-ups of Peruvian cuisine. Apparently, Peruvian food got its roots from all types of cuisines such as Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and African. Huh. Who knew? It was really interesting stuff because at that point do you really give it its own identity and label it as Peruvian? That’s like calling hotdogs and hamburgers American. We know it’s German, but no one is going to really acknowledge that because – ‘Merica.

I spent the rest of the day sleeping up until the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors were playing. My friend Mary calls me to meet up and watch the game at the bar. We ended up at some sports bar and it was absolutely lit. They had tower beers and wings. That’s really all anyone needs. What seemed to be a nice date night turned into a conjoined friends’ night out as I began inviting a bunch of people out to watch with us. It was fun and it was a good time. But no tower beer.

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