It's 1am on Wednesday morning and Sarah, Lisa, and I (Deb) prepared the food for lunch on Wednesday at 2pm. With the help of Sister Maribel, we cut up the vegetables consisting of carrots, onions, and celery, which went into our casserole. The chicken was still frozen because we bought them on Monday and had to freeze them rather than place them in the refrigerator because the refrigerator is old and does not maintain a safe refrigerator temperature.
The city water is contaminated with bacteria and other things we don't want to know about. It is only given to each house for about an hour a day and stored in a large reservoir. Because of the poor water, we had to put four drops of iodine in about 6 cups of water to rinse our vegetables. We cut up caigua (pronounced kai-wa) for our cold salad. Caigue belongs to the cucumber family and it becomes hollow as it matures and can be eaten cooked or eaten raw. We cut it up into small pieces to dress with Peruvian limes which look like key limes. By the way, the Peruvians call the limes...lemons. We squeezed enough juice to make Peruvian Lime Pie. Lisa made the delicious buttery crust and we assisted with everything else. It was after 1am and Lisa was waiting for the crust to finish baking and cool slightly before pouring the lime contents into the pie dish. It was a very long night for all of us because we knew we had to get up by 6:15am because at that time, we had to finish making the meringue and cut up the chicken and seasoned it with Penzy's spices Lisa brought from home and the casserole was ready to go. During our break at 10:30 we placed our casserole into the oven and prayed for a miracle.
We had much to do today because we had six classroom visits.
Our dinner was served at 2pm. Father Jaime, the assistant pastor from St. Francis Church, joined us for a fun time. The main pastor had gallbladder surgery and was still recovering. We served our caigua salad with broccoli, chicken casserole and wine. For dessert, the lime pie with a chocolate as a backup, just in case the pie was not eatable. La comida era deliciosa!
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| Peruvian Lime Pie |
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| Chicken Casserole |
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| Left to right Lisa, Sr. Matilde, Fr. Jaime, Sr. Paula, Deb, Sr. Monica, Sarah |
The pastor is a very hard worker. Because the head pastor was recovering from surgery, Father Jaime had to officiate at nine Masses on the weekend as well as doing daily Mass at one or two locations. There is never a dull moment for him, staying busy with his parish membership from early morning to late evening each day.
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