Have you ever...

eaten a taco with onion rings on it? 

I glanced over and Tom was filling a taco; his first taco ever.  Karl had just explained how you take a tortilla, put some meat in the middle, top it with tomatoes and lettuce then fold it in half and enjoy.  Tom missed the fact that the onion rings and catchup were just a side dish, so those went into the taco too.  He took his first bite and smiled.  A success!







The evening began with a run to the market (well, actually we walked.)  Then, while Karl taught Nid how to make the meat, I taught Shar how to make tortillas.




"You're going to make rice, right?" Nid asked.  "We have to have rice to get full."  (While this sounds strange to the western way of thinking, if you've eaten rice with almost every meal for your entire life, it's a strange idea to have a meal without it.)  I explained that we normally don't eat rice with tacos, but we made some anyways because it helps the meal stretch.  In a dorm, you never know how many people are going to show up when the food is ready.  :)  The idea of a meal without rice made Nid's face crinckle up in confusion,  "Is that even possible, how are we going to be full?"

With rice on all of our plates, tacos and onion rings on the side, we all filled up quickly.  Towards the end of the meal, Nid said, "I'm too full of flour to eat my rice."  I just smiled.  It's fun to gently challenge ideas of how things "have to be."