2nd Floor Chili Cook-Off
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I like living in the Guesthouse. Sure, the bathrooms smell like piss, it’s apparently more expensive than comparable rooms for Dutch people, and I’m living in Amstelveen with a view of a giant, empty field. But other than that, I like living among only international students — who all speak, as my Argentinian neighbor put it, “Guesthouse English.” I have the rare opportunity to learn and grow from dozens of unique worldviews and cultural experiences every day. And, in a recent case, I had the opportunity to sample world cuisine in the comfort of what is basically my living room.
Despite DUWO, the housing corporation, having a “no partying” rule (yeah, right), we had a common dinner party on my floor about two weeks ago. What was supposed to be a smallish birthday celebration with lots of food expanded, in typical Guesthouse fashion, to a huge, crowded, and raucous party. With lots of food.
I made a humongous pot of spicy American chili with ground beef and quinoa that was demolished by the end of the night. There was a really spicy Cameroonian sauce, fried fish, quinoa patties/cakes, Chinese spicy chicken, boiled plantains, pastries, and more. I even helped my two Chinese neighbors bake a cake, that I couldn’t eat.
It turns out that plantains are absolutely delicious in chili. I never would have known without our kitchen party!
It was a fun night… the sort that I know I will miss when I leave the Netherlands.
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