Tostones...

La semana pasada por fin use las tostonera que me regalo la Senora Maria! En el Whole Foods, el Mercado cerca a la oficina, vi que tenian unos platanos verdes que se veian deliciosos. Claro, casi $2 por libra porque eran platanos “organicos”; pero es el unico lugar cerca donde puedo encontrar los platanos; el Safeway de la marina no los tiene. Como me hace falta el Fiesta!

Para acompanar los tostones, puse a cocinar “Comfort food” latino: arroz con frijoles negros, carne asada, y tostones! Que comida tan rica, gracias senora maria por la tostonera! La proxima semana tenemos que hacer tiempo par ir a la mission, el barrio latino de san Francisco, porque ya casi se me acaban los sobresitos de goya.

Rough Translation ***
Last week I was finally able to use the plantain smasher Senora Maria sent to me with my mom. At the Whole Foods near my work I saw some green plantains that looked delicious. Of course they were almost $2 a pound because they were organic; but this is the only place nearby where I can find plantains, the Marina Safeway sure doesn’t have them. I miss my Fiesta!!

To go with the plantains I made latin comfort food; rice and black beans, carne asada, and plantains! How yummy, thank you Senora Maria for the smasher! Next week we’ll have to plan a trip to the mission, the latin neighborhood in san Francisco because I’m running out of my goya products.

***NOTE: so there are some words that really don’t translate well, such as “tostonera”. So I’ve decided to call it the plantain smasher!” On the other hand, “comfort food” is an American saying that doesn’t really have a Spanish counterpart. This whole dual language thinking can be a little tricky sometimes, I swear one day I’ll go to sleep and wake up talking in French because it will be easier!