Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Making Chorizo
Yesterday, we spent about 9 hours cutting dried chiles, peeling garlic, and grinding spices for chorizo. Bernardo and Anna make it every two weeks to sell as their source of income. Today Anna is sick so I got to help Bernardo make chorizo. We started this morning with 4 pig legs and spent a couple hours cutting almost 90 lbs of meat. I´ve never cut meat from the bone so that was a new experience. Unfortunately it´s raining today so the solar panels aren´t working and we can´t use the electric grinder at the house. So we brought everything into town to use their office which has electricity and a computer. We´ve been grinding meat and chiles for about an hour. Work on farms is definitely repetitive but Bria and I are enjoying working with our bodies and it´s fulfilling to be able to see the direct results of what you do. I think after all this work I´m going to have to eat some of the chorizo...
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4 comments:
Hi you two, I'm so glad to hear you have a temporary home, even if it is challenging your vegetarian diet (I am eating my veggies while reading your blog). All is well here. Love to you both,
Carolyn
Hola! You gotta love the irony of two gringo vegetarians working on an organic farm making chorizo. If you were in Spain, it would be el 'chu-tho chori-tho'. Try saying that quickly three times!
Love, Steve
Holy Cow! and I thougt making even just salsa here was hard. Good for you both for taking this on!! I'm very impressed!!
Aunt Dickie
I thought you were vegetarian...even if you're not, what a crazy experience! I always thought it would be a more well-rounded fooding experience to understand where the nourishment comes from. Kuddos to you for taking that to heart!
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