What’s a Fiambre?

Time for my weekly Hola or Buenas Tardes,

We left for the CCM this morning at 7:30 and got home around 3:00 so now Dad and I are in relaxing in our recliners reading and writing emails for a couple hours. It is nice to have a little down time after a week at the clinic and this week we worked Friday morning also.  It has been a little cooler here the last few days (58 degrees, I know, we are getting a little spoiled) so we threw another blanket on the bed. It is a good thing we will be coming home in the Spring and not Winter!

It was a pretty usual week so I will go right to sharing some pictures with you. We don't take too many pictures of the people begging on the streets because we see plenty of them.  We would love to give to all of them but that isn't possible.  Here is one picture Dad took in Antique, it looks like his leg has been burned, but I'm not sure.  We see a lot of men with walking difficulties, or without part or all of a leg.  There are sooo many motorcycles down here and they are always dodging in and out of traffic that I have to wonder when I see one of these men if they were in a motorcycle accident.  We have come upon about four motorcycle accidents just after they have happened since we arrived.

 

This is one of the little kittens I showed you earlier.  He is sitting on our picnic table while we are eating lunch, they are always so hungry and they know there is a chance for food if they show up while we are eating.

 

This is a little food cart, we see them all the time around the city and they are all named "Granizadas".  Sometimes you will see a very petite little lady pushing it around with all her might.  

 

One day we had four serving Sister missionaries in our clinic at one time with their companions, most had wisdom teeth problems.  One set had already left when we decided we needed a picture of the group.

 

I just think the little girls in their Tipico clothing are so adorable.  Here is another one.  

 

And last, here are two photos that were taken of people in the area.  The little boy reminds me of Owen for some reason.

This Wednesday is All Saints Day here and they hold a very big Kite Festival in a town near Antique called Sampango.  All the Senior Missionaries are going to spend the day there.  I will for sure take pictures and send some next week.  On All Saints Day the tradition is to go to the cemeteries and clean up the area where your family graves are and then the whole family gets together for a big picnic, kind of like our Memorial Day.  As the story goes many years ago a large family got together and as they sat down for the picnic the wind blew the tablecloth and mixed all the foods on the table together which is how their traditional dish for the occasion was created.  It is called Fiambre and is a cold dish of all sorts of cold and pickled foods.  As I look at the pictures I see a lot of meats, cold cuts and sausages, small pickled cobs of corn, asparagus, eggs, etc. Everyone has their own special recipe. Last year they tell me when they went out to eat after the Kite festival one of the missionaries ordered a Fiambre and then passed it around so everyone could taste it.  It wasn't a big hit then, so I don't think I need to try it.  This is one picture I found online.

 

Have a great week and a fun and safe Halloween and remember to check in with your Father in Heaven quite often.

     Love to all,   MOM/Grammy