El Fooding

Peruvian food is not especially varied, so mostly we eat the same four or five dishes over and over. We also eat lunch and dinner at the same two restaurants every day (because the program pays for it) which doesn't help. It's usually pretty satisfying, though. The staple food is Lomo Saltado, which is strips of beef cooked in a wok with peppers and onions and things. So far everything has come with either rice or fries.

I'm always after animals to check off my Carnivore Bingo card, and this last week I added a small, indeterminate rodent and a manta ray (in Spanish, mantaraya. Yep.) We also found a Kebab shop that was only open once, and they didn't have lamb, only chicken. But it was good.

Also this last week, I was heard to say, "I don't want to eat that; I just got over food poisoning" which is really a wonderful thing to be able to say. Proof that I'm living right.