Today my aunt was making us feel at home, like she has the whole week we’ve been staying with her, and she was going to make tostones since she bought plantains yesterday. When I heard the word plantain the first thing that came to mind was mofongo. I innocently asked if we could make mofongo with those plantains, trying not to sound too picky or ungrateful because I don’t eat tostones, we are guests after all, but she said that we could.
And today I got the chance to make mofongo for the first time. I had wanted to do this since I first tried it, but it always seemed like a very complicated process. I learned today that it was not complicated at all. Yo peel the plantain and cut it into pieces, heat, then smash it all together in the pilón (mortar and pestle)
and mix with garlic, salt and voi là, we had mofongo!
*Mofongo has more ingredients but we didn’t have anything else so we improvised, but it was good.
That little bit of mofongo tasted even better because it felt like home because that’s what mofongo is, just a little piece of home. I tried and had only eaten it in Puerto Rico and that’s what it reminds me of.
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I’m an aspiring writer still looking for exactly what I want to write about, with a lot of creativity, imagination and desire to write.
I studied Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University where I explored many different sides of writing through my classes and extracurricular activities in order to narrow my search for an identity as a writer.
I have written for Citrus TV Noticias and La Voz magazine, both of which gave me the chance to explore different mediums in which to write in. Through Citrus TV Noticias I also gained experience in translating from English to Spanish and vice versa, which is also something that I would be interested in working on since I am fluent in both of these languages. I was also an intern at Syracuse University Press where I got hands on experience in what goes into actually editing and publishing a book.
Through out the last four years I have faced a lot of challenges, which helped chape the person I am today. After being in a tragic car accident, being in comma, having a Traumatic Brain Injury, and being in therapy for over a year, I am a new me, willing to face challenges and knowing how to deal with them. I want to write about my accident and life after it to help others, show them it can be done and help in any way I can.
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