Wednesday, August 15, 2012

3 Agosto
A list of skills I’m acquiring that will be most likely be useless in the developed world:
    How to make a toilet flush when the water has stopped running
    How to rapidly peel potatoes (for every meal)
    How to water the (dirt) floor
    How to effectively hand wash everything I own
    How to say “no” in Quechua
    How to comfortably sit 5 across in a normal sized car
    How to tell whether my Soles notes are counterfeit
    How to butcher a lamb
    How to prepare the organs of said lamb
    How to butcher a guinea pig
    How to remove the husks of quinoa
    How to coat the outside of pots with oil before cooking over an open fire
    How to cure alpaca meat
    How to select a good pig for purchase, based on the color of its teeth and whether or not it has bacteria in its throat
    How to adorn a cow for the festival of Santiago
    How to make adobe bricks for housing construction
    How to prepare a pachamanca (oven dug in the ground and lined with stones that cook the food)
    How to not eat the skins of any fruits or vegetables
   

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