people ask me fairly frequently what we eat in our house. it's more than common curiosity - it's the opportunity to confirm that the american diet consists of nothing more than pizza, mcdonalds and coca-cola.
when i tell them we eat rice and beans almost every day, it's like i've killed their childhood dream. i assure them, however, that just because we don't eat pizza every night and my kids don't have every single happy meal toy ever made, doesn't mean that i actually cook.
during the week, i can't cook. the heaviest meal of the day here is the mid-day meal and i'm not in the house to prepare that. our babysitter takes care of it. she cooks much better than i do.
and by the weekend, i'm not in any kind of mood to cook. and when i teach on saturday mornings, forget about it.
i refuse to frequent the american chains, but that doesn't mean i'm immune to some "fast food." our favorite place is ola pollo - walking distance from our house and super cheap. not really that fast, but quicker than me cooking.
they specialize in rotisserie chicken - you can get a whole bird with fried plantains and a bottle of soda for less than 10 dollars.
on saturdays they pump these chickens out like nobodies business. and for good reason - DELICIOUS.
i'm always kind of reluctant to smash "nueva york dreams" - (your kids can go to college for free, free-housing is a dream, dominicans are treated with much more pride and dignity than haitian immigrants here, etc...) and even this one kind of kills me. i see their faces drop when i say no, i don't know the last time we ate mcdonalds.
but at least i can cheer people up with out constant consumption of fast food .
3 comments:
Yum! Nothing better than roast chicken :)
Roasted chicken is way better than McD's. There used to be a place in Santo Domingo called Pollo Al Carbón Con Wasakaka that was very good. Thanks for the blog posts. Chris Kelley - Framingham
Love it. You're gonna have to buy me some when I come for Christmas. And some fried chicken too. It's delicious too.
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