North Carolina vs. Paraguay

So i´ve been living in paraguay for about 3 or 4 weeks now.  I´ve done a whole lot, and learned even more, and written on this blog very little...my bad.  BUT, i´d like to offer you a brief comparison on my two worlds.  I think you´ll be a little surprised just how similar they are...

1. Sweet Tea vs. Tereré

Any southerner worth there salt wouldn´t want to go a day without a tall glass of ice cold sweet tea....mmm....i can almost taste it now.  Any good southern americaner, specifically paraguayan, wouldn´t start there day with some hot maté or cool, refreshing, and minty tereré.  Man, this stuff is good, and no one goes anywhere without it...anywhere.  Bus drivers while talking on cell...and driving...have a cup in near at hand.  News anchors...sippin´and reportin´, same time.  it is awesome.

2. A lil´bit of chicken fried.

You think people in the south like to fry their foods, their veggies, there everything.  False.  People in paraguay know how to down some fried food.  Milanesa (aka chicken fried steak), fried mandioca (aka extra greasy cassava), fried er´thing.  Sometimes it weighs on the stomach...but for me, it nourishes the sould.

3. Cornbread is mas ó ménos Sopa Paraguaya

Ok...so this is a stretch, but...there is this soup here...that isn´t a soup...it is bread.  Yes this is the land where soup is bread an mayonaisse is salad dressing...don´t ask.   It is like cornbread, but thicker, and cheesier.  it is easy to get used to. 

That is the extent of the compare contrast that i´ve got today.

Also, quick wrap up of highlights of paraguay life

• 20 baby chickens...raise ´em, love ´em, eat ´em.
• i milked a cow today
• i´m making cheese tommorow

ciao for now.

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