Ep 3. Unboxing our spice delivery from New York
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Ep 3. Unboxing our spice delivery from New York
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(Recorded on June 5, 2021)
Our Auntie Sonia bought and carried a suitcase full of spices for us from an Indian spice shop in New York!
We're resorting to import because Costa Rica is a country of 5 million people that doesn't necessarily grow or import these spices for the native cuisine and we'll need these flavours to be true to form.
In the end, about half of our haul gets confiscated by border agents trying to protect the local ecology. They especially focused on seeds, whole leaves and bark because they could be regrown or carry parasites.
Pro tip: only bring powdered spices into Costa Rica or risk them being seized at the border.
Still, it's instructive to think of the long chain of contact that put these spices in our hands from a field in India to a surf town in Costa Rica.
Getting a partial delivery will now spur us to be creative and adjust just like cooking has always been - you hope for a full pantry but have to adapt to what actually shows up!
We also come to terms about cooking some recipes from our family traditions for the first time and unsupervised by our moms.
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