Being here is giving me the chance to be creative and I’ve had the opportunity to cook again and it’s something I’ve really missed. Breakfast, lunch and dinner we grab a cauliflower, carrots, some herbs, fruit from the garden and create some great Ecuadorian specialities. In the basic kitchen (of course with the necessary blender!) we prepare some amazing things.
And we make bread and we toast coffee. And I sit down to a cup of real coffee something I have not drunk in months. And I paint ceramics and we make granola and chiplote (sweet chilli) sauce and my hands are on fire for two days. I cut up a shopping bag full of chillies.. safe in the knowledge I have protection.. a mask, goggles and rubber gloves. Only unfortunately the gloves we also use for weeding and with the heat of the sun and my hand profusely sweating inside, the hot chilli is activated. I am convinced for two days that I have an allergic reaction to latex, not a problem I’ve experience before, but we realise after some spot testing and many hours of my hands in bowls of water, that yes, indeed it was the mountain of chilli that was to blame. Still it tastes great, if not a little on the picante side!
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