Empanadas! Jacqueline (or “yacky”) taught me how to make empanadas this morning – empanadas “fritas”, yes, that’s right, deep-fried empanadas. Yesterday we made the filling of ground beef and onions, to which we added hard boiled eggs and olives this morning. The dough is straightforward – just flour and water. We kneaded and kneaded until it was supple, then cut it into circles. We placed the filling in the centre, folded the dough over, and pressed the two sides together. Jacqui boiled oil (I wasn’t allowed near the stove) and fried three empanadas at a time. Luckily, we had dough left over and made sopapillas – yummmmm.
Adios mios, were they good. As my hodad and I watched the news (Shocker! Same stories as yesterday!) because my homom and hobro were in bed, sick, I planned to only eat only three but ended up eating four and sneaking one more later.
It’s been a pretty quiet weekend. I sprained my ankle yesterday but I’m afraid to tell my hofam because they’ll fret over me and they’re already sick. Putting my hears of WEBMD medical training to use, I elected to send the weekend propped up in bed.
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