Cooking

Today I finally got my propane tank so that I could hook it up to my oven!  You have no idea how exciting this is for me.  I can finally bake again and I am now able to cook down at my house.  Up until this point we were eating all filipino food.  While I really enjoy all the food, (except the dried fish), I don't think I can eat rice again.  I'm sorry to all of my filipino friends, I know how important rice is to you, but I just can't eat it 3 times a day anymore.  I wasn't raised on rice and I really miss my bread. I am also excited because I have been trying to cook here but we are currently cooking over a real fire.  I have done it a few times and am slowly getting better at it, but the truth of the matter is that I suck at it.  The first time I tried to cook spaghetti it took me an hour just to boil water for the noodles.  I couldn't keep the fire going.  It is basically like camping and cooking over an open fire.  So now when I cook over the firewood the filipinos start the fire and keep it going for me...so I just cook my food.  But for instance, last night I cooked fried eggplant.  They weren't all that great and a lot of that is because the heat of the fire is never the same.  So I tip my hat to all the filipinos and other people of the world that cook over an open fire because it is definitely a skill.  I think I will stick to cooking over gas for now, but I do know that if I am ever in a place where I don't have gas, I know how to cook over firewood (it just may take me a while and not taste so good..ha ha ha).