In honor of Cinco de Mayo, and maybe partially due to the
fact that you cannot get Mexican food anywhere in Sofia unless you make it
yourself, the international crowd had a nacho competition. The residents of Pink House are known for
their general disdain of cooking, so we weren’t really all that excited about
making something, but we bit the bullet and decided on dessert
nachos.
Then, we were all in.
I spent Friday evening making flour tortillas and was up by 9 am frying
chips. That’s right, we made our own
chips. My roommate coated them in
cinnamon and sugar and then we started on the chocolate shavings (thank
goodness our neighbors let us borrow their food processor. It takes a looong time to grate chocolate by
hand), Crème Fraiche, and warm berry salsa.
It was a masterpiece of delicious bad for you calories.
We took our nacho entry to the competition. We didn’t get last place, but we were
robbed! First, creativity was supposed to
count. Second, we had a British judge
(no offense M, but what do the English really know about nachos?). Third, our nachos got rave reviews! We console ourselves with the knowledge that
we won the stomachs of the general public.
Anyway, it started to rain so we moved the eating to Pink
House for awhile. Then, I went with a
group to see The Avengers. Overall, it
was a good time.
