Saturday, June 9, 2012

Mazamorra and More


Mazamorra de Maíz: This is a typical dessert in various countries in Latin America. The Colombian version is basically very well cooked white corn (for several hours) in water. It then will be sweetened with sugar cane or sugar and milk will be added. 

It may be common but we were just introduced to Mazamorra last Monday at the home of Gloria, a branch member.  If you think milk, corn starch and sugar you come up with a pudding like dish.  The mazamorra we had was more like cold corn soup with sugar on top (no salt).  It had soaked kernels of yellow corn in it.  The panela (brown sugar) was really interesting.  It is ground sugar cane pressed and formed into a round loaf about 3" thick and 6" around.  This was served in a separate bowl and you sprinkled it on your mazamorra according to taste.  I think I would have added a sprinkle of canela (cinnamon) too.

In our house we have single bulb light fixtures.  With the fluorescent bulbs we had quite a glare.  It was difficult to read under the lights.  Then Elder Oliver thought, "If Grandpa Grover were here he would have fixed those lights a long time ago."  So on one of his many trips to Home Center (Home Depot) to buy supplies for the missionaries, he bought a duel bulb socket adapter.  That improved things some, then he found yellow light flourescent bulbs.  That was sooo much better.  Thank you Grandpa Grover!  On a another trip he bought a shelf to make a bookcase out of our built in entertainment center.  Elder Torgerson is putting up bookshelves in missionary apartments.   Now we have a bookcase too!

Since I didn't bring any recipes I had to ask Liz for a brownie recipe.  I went on line to find an oatmeal cookie recipe and No-Bake Cookies.  Does anyone want to send me some recipes?  Quinton, do you have the no-bake cookie recipe? 

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