Yum!

MONDAY, FEB.18
 
We had a wonderful time with our Monday night Bible Study group of Ildiko, Szilvi and Paul. The two ladies also brought some wonderful gifts: home grown honey, and home-grown and canned lecsa, a delicious mixture of onions, tomatoes and peppers (looks a bit like salsa). You heat the lecsa and stir in eggs to scramble it and presto, a yummy late dinner!

TUESDAY, FEB.19 COOKING CONUNDRUM!
 
Cooking is always an adventure! You never know which of the 4 gas stove elements will work! Yesterday only 1 worked, then today Dave got 2 to work, but at least the oven is always reliable (now that I know exactly where to have the dial). The 6 teens in our afternoon English Club loved the chocolate muffins!

While we teach the teens, Shaun and Sondi have about dozen children they teach English to in the former pub, attached to our apartment.

Half an hour after the teens left, Dave had a wonderful evening study with our friend Karchi. 
 
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 CULINARY CREATIVITY 
 
The chefs and waiters class where we spoke invited us to be part of their yearly competition among themselves to see who will be promoted to a higher level in their in-school training. It was a real privilege to be one of the few people to be at the lunch, part of the competition!  It was an extravaganza of culinary creativity the likes of which you would see in the most expensive and upscale restaurants anywhere! They have a magnificent kitchen to work in and master chefs who teach them, and this is in a secondary school!!

 

 
Our personal waiter was Ildiko

 and our personal chef was Alexandra

While Dave and I ate at our private table, judges were walking around, judging the waiters on everything from pouring drinks to explaining the meal (English was difficult for Ildiko), and how we responded to what she did! The food was done to absolute perfection! 
 
After lunch we took our first solo bus trip out to Shaun and Sondi's and from there went to Monistoripati for the children's English Club. Today I told the Bible story of Jonah. The kids were a bit more squirmy today, but loved the pictures, and their hands kept shooting up because they thought of so many questions about the story so they were obviously paying attention.