Delicious Cheese

Anyone who has lived abroad for an extended period of time knows that food cravings are an ever-present reminder of how far away from home you are and how different your host culture is. Although we’re fairly creative with local ingredients and we benefit from the Portuguese cultural legacy, enjoying things such as lettuce, olive oil, tuna, spaghetti and fresh bread, there are some things we just can’t get or make – most notably chocolate, liquid milk, and Janet’s favourite food… cheese. She was therefore particularly sad when a package from home containing parmesan failed to make it to us due to post office drama (see Christmas in May post). Our missionary visitors had heard the story and searched the city finding a kilo block of mozzarella to surprise us with. This has expanded our culinary horizons dramatically over the past 2 weeks. We have made pizza, lasagne (with homemade noodles), cheese bread, and cheese veggie burgers. Sadly we only have a small piece left, but we’re contemplating making a quiche tonight). You can probably guess what Janet will be searching for on her next trip to the city!