Last night, we celebrated my roommate Joe’s 24th birthday, and it was a really nice, fairly traditional Nicaraguan party with lots of the friends in the neighborhood. We had a big dinner, cake, and then we all just hung out, had some drinks and talked/joked around for the rest of the evening.
Some of the highlights of the night included:
The fact that Joe requested gallo pinto – or rice and beans – as his special birthday dinner when we basically have that every night. I have to admit though, combining the two together and cooking them ‘gallo pinto style’ versus separate really is quite good.
The community involvement in the celebration – one of the neighbors brought over some tostones (fried plantains) for an appetizer, another let us use her grill to make the carne asada, and others brought the cake and some music to share.
A ten minute long argument over how to make guacamole between Kelly, who makes it like we would in the States with tomato, cilantro, etc., Henry, our Nicaraguan neighbor who insisted that was all wrong because here they use eggs in their guacamole, and Pedro, a Spaniard, who had a third opinion that I now forget. The whole thing was pretty heated (and hilarious) though.
Listening to both a rendition of Happy Birthday sung by Spanish speakers but in English (so heavy on the accents) and another version by New Kids on the Block circa 1991
Overall, it was just another really fun night, and I’m glad I was here to celebrate.
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