Here I Am

Before you read this post, I want you to find a recipe that you enjoy having for dinner and/or lunch and I want you to write it down and email it to me at lmccormick9@gmail.com ... we're starving. Your recipe cannot involve ground hamburger (because its about 85% ground-up tendon as I learned) or, most importantly, PASTA. oh my god if i eat one more 'roni I WILL shoot myself.

Back to the blog.Well things have been going pretty well since my last post. It's rained every day since last week, and will continue to rain until Tuesday! Ughh oh well.
A lot has happened since last update. We've done a LOT of exploring and a LOT of cooking. We actually kind of have a system down.. because we cannot afford to go out every night to dinner like the rest of our apartment, we've made friends who are in a similar financial situation (aka we're not millionaires...?) and we all get together and cook for the group of us. It's been working out really well and it's really economical to do it. For example, tonight we went to Chelsea's apartment, Carrie cooked the meal, and Jess and I paid for the chicken while the others paid for the vegetables and dessert. It works out really well and it brings a lot more variety to what I'm eating.

In other news, we found a SUPERMARKET. Of Stop&Shop proportions. It's really a co-op (local farmers sell their products to the supermarket to be distributed). It's less sketchy than the central market (THE CHICKENS. HAVE HEADS.) and there's a minimal amount of Italian that I have to speak there. Only problem? It's a solid 20-25 minute walk. Whatever, they had things I recognized and were much cheaper.

On another food-related note... there's no such thing as marsala wine. They'll look at you like you have about 12 heads. I even used Yahoo answers.. someone told me I had to go to the Marsala region of Italy for it. Any ideas?

Classes started. My first class was "Organized Crime: Sociology of the Italian Mafia". And I will now present to you a direct quote from my professor. "Mafia wars ARE permitted during class time, however please wait until the weather is nicer until you use water guns". Ohhhh I think I'm going to like it here. This class will be intense.. I have to do a 20-minute presentation, as well as a 10 page paper.. Not cool. I think we have a field trip for this class to somewhere Mafia-esque.

Second class was Italian 101. My teacher doesn't speak english. However, I can now spell my name in Italian and I can tell you that I don't speak or understand Italian. That's all I need right?

Today, my only class was "Current Trends in Italian Cuisine". My teacher is awesome and does pretty well with English but occasionally screws up slang and it makes for a good class. We made potato-leek soup. I have mandatory field trips to a vineyard and a fancy Mediterranean dinner. Paid for, in full, by Stonehill College. WOO.

Tomorrow I have classes 9-4:15 (Social Psych, Archaeology, and Italian again) and then we're making dinner with our friend Tony from Stonehill. Should be a good day... IF IT STOPS RAINING

Anyway dont forget to send me recipes please.. I'm serious.

I'm going to Rome on Friday morning at 7 so I probably wont update before that. Be back Sunday night ;)