Day 1

Hi's & Lows:  It was a kiddy ride today as I barely noticed that anything was different.  The LOW arrived in the form of a mild craving for cereal.  The HIGH was realizing that I can and should have as many Dali Korsanis (stupefyingly hot <but not the hottest> local hot peppers) as I want.  So I bought 1/2 a kg which was probably not very clever because I can only eat one or two per meal, chalk it up to a good day for the shop keeper who is now thinking "stupid foreigner..."

dhal bhat and dali korsanis

Breakfast:  Eggs and Peppers, that was easy, I would eat that anyway.  Wanted to top it all off with a glass a milk, but didn't.

Lunch:  This was harder because I am so used to dhal bhat (rice and lentils) for lunch that I really wanted some, however this day I had pork and greens.  The only mistake was salting the pork, because the greens had been cooked by Sharmila our house helper and when she cooks, global salt prices go up.  So I think in fact it was triple salted.  Tasty... a little bit too tasty because I ate it with four peppers and paid for it with fire-mouth for two hours.

Snack:  Local roasted peanuts.  And a bananna, and an apple, and a pomegranate. 

Dinner:  Thai Chicken Salad Cabbage Burritos.  Just use your imagination.  Cabbage instead of tortillas, the thai sauce minus the soy sauce and ground peanuts instead of peanut butter, and voila.

Today, I almost lost it when:  I came across a tupperware full of muffins in the kitchen...