Welcome Diaz Family!

 

Karla & Cecilia and their father, Arturo

Cecilia will be with us for one school year and Karla will live with another family starting on Sept 1st. They are from Mexico City and already have introduced us to so many hot peppers!

 

Gyro Park lookout

 

 

 

Lunch at the Prestige

 

 

Kokanee Park to see the Redfish spawning

 

 

 

 

I tried really hard to catch one jumping, but my patience ran out!

 

 

 

 

This was the only bear we saw :-)

Spawning channel

 

 

Brent woke us one morning at 6 am...because of this...yikes!

 

Orientation at Trafalgar for new students

Mr. Piro & Mr. Anast

 

Arturo cooked for us a couple of fantastic meals. Thank you to his mother who he phoned several times (to Mexico) for advice :-) He did a very good job!

Paella the first night....here Karla is preparing dessert. Evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk, limes and biscuits. Ceci made a tomatillo salsa. It was all so super yummy!

We also have family friends staying with us in various campers and some in motels....15 for dinner...

Lots of garlic cooked in hot oil until blackened then removed

Chicken thighs cut in half then browned in the oil

Some pork cut into pieces and browned in oil

Shrimp or prawns

Boil peas & carrots, set aside

Boil water with saffron threads

Boil artichoke and remove leaves

Slice green pepper into thin strips and boil for a few minutes

Start assembling....I turned my back for a moment and missed these steps. He's added the brown minute rice, saffron with water, and everything else. Then you let simmer for something like 20 min. I'll have to go ask again about these steps.

We forgot about the mussels!

 

The next meal is a traditional food served on Mexicos Independence Day, Sept 15

Because Arturo is returning home on Sat they requested this special dish.

 

Pozoles

Ancho Peppers, fry on skillet then add to pot cover with water and boil. He used 5 bags of this! Remove seeds and tops. Put into blender. Photo courtesy of the web.

Tomatoes were scorched and also added to blender along with a few million cloves of garlic!

He blended the stuff in the blender and then strained it all into the pot of boiling water. I stopped taking pictures at this point as things were getting somewhat crazy in my kitchen! In the pot are chicken breasts with bones, a couple of pork chops with bones and a cheesecloth with onions and garlic inside. Cumin added later. Salt to taste. Don't forget to add the hominy! The meat is removed, chicken shredded, pork cut up. Ladle into bowls. Add some meat then top with radishes, onions, oregano (we forgot this part), limes, Iceburg lettuce, tortilla chips.

Wow! Even the fussiest eater in the group liked this!

I stole this off the internet...kinda looks like this ;-)

Adios Arturo! Mucho gracias!

 

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