I still have so much to share throughout my journey of discovery in Venice,Rome and Geneva, Switzerland. The beautiful and meaningful part about "homestay" did not just stop at what i did in Marco's house.
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| Sara, my master, preparing pasta for continuously since morning. |
Marco's wife, Sara, is a mother of 4 and a chef for thousand people whenever there is a Bazaar or charity fiesta. Cooking for her is not just a passion, but it also enable her to get together with her mate and be merry while preparing dishes for guest. All income,be it drinks or meals will go into donation through the church.
I may have language difficulty with them however, each and everyone seems carrying their duty diligent and sincerely. So the food presented maybe simple, but it seems to me the best dish i ever had.
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Check out the amount of drumstick and chicken breast to be barbequed. Check out the other side of chicken was the tenderloin beef and pork ribs. Imagine you are preparing this, so imagine standing in front of the charcoal for more then 5 hours.
Lucky the weather was cold. So the charcoal served 2 purposes. To keep warm and to cook. |
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| So the preparation of charcoal is at the other end, no strong fire to the meat so there were no wastage of over cook chicken or burnt pork rib. |
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| Young and old, father and son , all are involved in making this fiesta a success.You bring the fine charcoal and i will do the best pork ribs. |
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| On the other hand, in the kitchen, the women are preparing wedges, chips, onion ring and each and every duty is being done diligently. |
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A wonderful side dish that went very well with my chicken BBQ. But i really cant remember what was the name. :(
I will ask Marco and re caption this photo. |
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| The kitchen tool.... |
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| And wallah, here i was.. dancing through the night with the Cowboy dancers.. we had so much fun with the instructor. |
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Uno, due, tree, quattro ...girare... anchora anchora ..
So it practically means "1,2,3, turn, again and again", although language is the barrier but those steps doesn't seems hard and anyone can easily join in and have fun. |
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| This is Martha and her husband.. they both are volunteers in the fiesta. |
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| Martha daughter, with Deborah ( Marco's daughter) they are just naturally beautiful |
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| Kiss kiss.... beauty |
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Thorn among the roses ? Nah... make a change "Rose among the thorns"
Experiencing the livelihood, community services and being part of the volunteers, enriching myself with life of Venitien community is one of most meaningful travelling experience i ever had.
"Anchora, grazie miller Chef Federico, Marco, Sara, Debora, and their beautiful family members of Micieletto" |
