Bonds of brotherhood
I had to be that big sister who had to be my mother too, because my mother was working and my father too, it was my turn as big sister to take care of both of them, it was an enriching experience but also quite strong, it was a lot of pressure to take care of me to also take care of someone else, I remember those days and I qualify them as strong days, where I had to learn the hard way, I had no experience in taking care of anyone but it was my sister who needed to be taken care of, my parents only told me what to do in those moments but it is difficult to remember with clarity every word of my mother or to know exactly that the theory is the same as the practice.
There were things that I didn't know how to solve by myself like making food and bathing my sister, it was hard for me because it is not easy to take care of someone being so young, I was 9 years old although I already knew between the good and the bad, it was not easy for me to take care of a 3 year old baby. With the lessons I learnt looking after my sister I gained the necessary experience to understand how difficult it is to take care of someone in your care, having to take care of us is not easy and having to take care of someone else is even worse.
My personality gradually matured, those thoughts of a child were transformed into a teenager and also certain traits of an adult, although I didn't want to change that way, it was the different situations I experienced that led me to these changes.
My friends, they were also determinant, always looking after me and my sister and also helping me from time to time in the whole process, my friends for me are other sisters who have given me life, those days of madness and fun and long nights of girls, they were fantastic.
I had everything that a normal child could have had, every experience every experience is part of who I am today, every stumble and even every bad time, everything is worth for me, I learned that I could not discard any lesson, those words of my grandmother and many adults, were also part of my upbringing, my foundations today are solid created from my own experiences and others in an observed way.
Those experiences that I was able to learn on my own gave me to understand that if I "played with game, I would get burned", I also knew that I had to act right and everything would go well, those times that I didn't would end badly.
I could see how my friends ended up suffering for someone who didn't care about them or ended up in arguments with their parents in an unnecessary way, only to regret having said words that they didn't really mean, it was pathetic and the worst of all is that after having said something that caused harm, it's not worth apologising for.
If there were many experiences and if you ask me which one I would choose, then I would say the experiences I learned with my sister, they were special lessons, learning to take care and protect my sister, feeding, bathing, dressing, sleeping and going to the toilet. It was a beautiful stage that today has helped me to be a better person. Today it seems incredible but I saw the same look of love in my niece's eyes towards my daughter, knowing that my daughter will have someone who will take care of her at all times and will teach her just like I did with my sister somehow reassures me a little.
Nowadays society has changed a lot, especially because the danger is latent every day in the streets and even in the home. That is why it is important to take care of ourselves, to dedicate time to teach ourselves and thus be better people every day, it is a lesson that we must put into practice.
playing together and enjoying together makes sense, taking care of each other and learning from each other at the same time, will prepare them for a not too distant future, the lessons are better if they are learned together, because the more people there are, the more they learn, knowing that they can take care of each other strengthens the relationship of sisterhood between them.
endless moments that they can enjoy, many parties that they can go to and so many laughs that both will share, nights where they will only need one to listen to the other, sad days where the only thing that can comfort them both will be their company. that is sisterhood, that is family union.
the only person who should be afraid because they are together is me as a mother because they invent a lot and you have to be very careful with those, because children do not measure the danger and only think about doing things, followed more by an impulse than by sanity. i say this on the basis of, today while we went out to the park i left them alone for a moment and they almost ended up in a water fountain, luckily i got there in time.
The fights between cousins or sisters can't be absent either, this is normal if it's true that siblings fight a lot but they also learn to take care of each other, I think it's more of a stage than anything else, Zoe and Tifa do fight but for silly things like a doll or because one does something that the other doesn't want to.
my family has taught us that we should always take care of each other, being united everything is simpler, upbringing is vital for a good education and to be able to care for others is the biggest battle that we can fight as people, an experience of my life I learnt at a very early age with my friends at school who found it difficult to share with others and one day they ended up denying water to a girl who did not have any, which caused me a lot of annoyance and I really learnt there that selfishness does not bring anything good.
To be able to share teaches us that if today we don't have anything, maybe tomorrow we will, or, it happens the other way around, that tomorrow we will have something but others have nothing, to think in that moment to share is the greatest victory that someone can have, to help others is so easy and costs little.
Walking in the park. (Niece)
My sister knows how to enjoy herself with her daughter, especially because whenever she has some free time she goes out and shares with her. Personally, I think it is great that she can spend quality time with her daughter, especially because it serves as a learning tool for both, both for the child who experiences new sensations, new objects and new behaviour every day, and for my sister, who as a mother strengthens her bond and develops a greater understanding of her daughter's tastes.
The relationship between mother and daughter needs a lot of love, a lot of bonding, especially because the baby is a girl, the relationship between mother and daughter is always affected by the character of both of them. That is why I believe that being able to have a good bond with your daughter can make any relationship between the two more bearable.
Today afternoon, we went out to enjoy a different day, going out to the park for the baby is great, for us adults it is another day, this is because for the child everything is new and he wants to be in contact with his environment, especially if he likes it and feels at ease. Being able to identify what our children like is fundamental because we can make the most of this prior knowledge, whether it is to use it as reinforcement or as punishment for having done something wrong.
The times that I have had the opportunity to take my niece out on the playground she has shown me different sides, yesterday she was very giggly, which is strange because most of the day she is obnoxious. I think it was because she was happy to be out of the confinement of the house. Although she is small it is remarkable to see how she is looking for a way to be taken out of the house and I think it is normal, they are not used to being locked up and this pandemic has made it so. The fact that they can't go out is even more negative, all children in these early stages want to know and are very curious about everything. So it is normal for them to be a bit tearful and sad at the moment because they have not been allowed to go out or do anything.
Perhaps they can appreciate the smile that my niece had, a child's smile is very expressive, you can see their mood and even more so if they don't know how to speak properly. At times when I told her that we were leaving she would start to cry and look at me with little "I didn't do it" eyes, as if to say "Auntie, not yet", it's hard to resist that.
I just especially like the way my niece is, she is very independent and wants to do everything on her own, from eating, to taking a shower and riding in the park. Although this independence is innate or so it seems, as she is not a child who spends the day without someone spoiling her or trying to spoil her.
Children at that stage just want to play, my niece is no exception, if it's up to her she spends most of the day playing and enjoying herself with her toys. The only thing I didn't like about this attraction was that my arm was already hurting and my niece still wanted to keep going round and round. Several times I tried to tell her to stop and she just said "no, no, no, no" too funny really.
Another aspect to mention is that when she saw me rolling the wheel she wanted to do it by herself, so much so that she got down and told me to sit down so she could turn it. That's why I say that my niece surprises me sometimes with her way of being, she is very intelligent.
My niece is really charming, she has an angel face that doesn't even break a plate, she is also very funny, every time a photo is mentioned she poses for one as if it were so, she is used to taking photos thanks to her mother, I am not saying that it is not a good thing but as a parent we should make sure that our child knows certain limits.
The way in which we perceive our environment is so different, I can give thanks because through my daughter I was able to reawaken that inner child that we all have, or rather our essence about life, to be a child is to live in fullness, not knowing everything, but happy, I wish we adults would live that way, which is very difficult to imagine.
Also my niece has a great sympathy, that is to say almost all the older people stopped to talk to her as an adult to which she responded as if you knew what she was saying.
The magic of a child is in their imagination, if I could get into my niece's thoughts I would see a totally different world, that's one of the things I like to take her for walks, even if they seem like simple things to me, for my niece it is the greatest joy.
From the first moment we found out that Zoo was coming into the world, our hearts leapt with joy. The desire to be able to meet her was very big, that imagination was bigger every day, the curiosity to know how she would be, although her father my brother-in-law said that she would look like my sister, the girl ended up looking much more like him.
Another point to highlight is the good energy that my sister and my niece transmit, there at first glance anyone can see how much my sister loves her daughter and above all the sacrifice that exists for always wanting to give her what seems best.
Even though trust is everything in a mother-daughter relationship, strengthening these bonds depends only on her mother, that is why it is so important to know how to manage a relationship so that it works, it must have a good solid base and with people who will stimulate our baby later on.
"P.S.; to be able to take each of the photos I had to take at least 20 photos, and if you ask me why I like to do things well, especially when our daughter is the one at stake".
Relationships must be strengthened, in life, to be able to have a good relationship with the people we love is fundamental, to be able to help each other out of any maze, many people believe that walking alone is much better, they deceive themselves.
Strengthen your ties with the people who love you, at the end of the day it is important to trust someone who will give you security.
And as every day for my niece ends with a great sleep, something I envy is the ease with which she falls asleep and it is not tremendous. I love my niece and most of all she is more than she is.
One thing I don't like about going to sleep too early is that when the child wakes up, it's almost as if nothing is happening, the same energy and the same women.
(Eng/ Esp)🍰Delicious mango cake//Delicioso bizcocho de mango.
As usual every weekend I prepare a delicious dessert, today was no different, especially because my younger brother is celebrating his birthday, his favourite dessert is mango sponge cake, taking advantage that we are in season of this delicious fruit, although I must say that I had some uncertainty if it was going to be good because it is the first time I prepare it myself. My mum will be the one to guide me in this recipe. So I hope you like it and you can make it whenever you want.
Como es habitual cada fin de semana preparo un delicioso postre, hoy no ha sido diferente, sobre todo porque mi hermano pequeño celebra su cumpleaños, su postre favorito es el bizcocho de mango, aprovechando que estamos en temporada de esta deliciosa fruta, aunque he de decir que tenía cierta incertidumbre si iba a quedar bien porque es la primera vez que lo preparo yo. Mi madre será la que me guíe en esta receta. Así que espero que os guste y podáis hacerla cuando queráis.
**Ingredients** / **Ingredientes**
2 cups of wheat flour.
1 cup sugar.
3 ripe mangoes.
2 eggs. butter.
vanilla, cinnamon powder.
2 tazas de harina de trigo.
1 taza de azúcar.
3 mangos maduros.
2 huevos.
mantequilla. vainilla, canela en polvo.
First I took the 3 mangoes, washed them very well and cut out several pieces and boiled them for 5 minutes, then with a strainer I was able to strain all the fruit and I got a magician's cream.
Primero tome los 3 mangos los lave muy bien, recorte varios pedazos y puse a hervir por 5 min, luego con un colador pude colar todo el fruto y me quedo una crema de mago.
It is important to strain the mango well, so that it does not have any pieces or bromos that could end up damaging our dessert, this is also very simple and easy to do, it will not take more than a few minutes.
Es importante colar bien el mango, para que luego no tenga algun trozo o bromos que luego terminen dañando nuestro postre, ademas esto es sumamente sencillo y facil de realizar, no llevara mas de unos minutos.
I took 4 tablespoons of butter and added it in a bowl, then I added 1 cup of sugar and started stirring with a paddle until everything was incorporated.
Tome 4 cucharadas de mantequilla y lo agregue en un bowl, luego le agregue 1 taza de azúcar y comencé remover con una paleta hasta que se incorporara todo.
I then added the 2 eggs, followed by a dash of vanilla to taste and started stirring again. It is good to whisk until it becomes like a kind of cream and the smell of the egg has disappeared because of the vanilla.
Luego agregue los 2 huevos, seguido de un toque de vainilla al gusto y comencé remover nuevamente. Es bueno batir hasta que vaya quedando como una especie de crema y el olor del huevo haya desaparecido por el de vainilla.
After mixing the flour with the other ingredients, I added the mango cream that I had reserved and began to give enveloping movements to incorporate everything, then in a pan with butter and flour I added my mixture and let it cook for about 35 minutes.
Después de haber mezclado la harina con los demás ingredientes paso agregar la crema de mango que tenia reservada y comencé a dar movimiento envolventes para incorporar todo, después en una bandeja con mantequilla y harina paso agregar mi mezcla y dejo cocinar por 35min aproximadamente.
While the cake was cooking, prepare some caramelized mangoes to decorate the cake, take strips of mangoes and add sugar and cook over very low heat until caramelized and remove from heat, reserve.
Mientras el bizcocho se cocinaba prepare aparte unos mangos caramelizados para que fuera la decoración del bizcocho, tome tiras de mangos y le agregue azúcar y cocine con el fuego muy bajito hasta que se caramelizo y retire del fuego, reserve.
After the 35 minutes have passed, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool for a moment, unmold on a plate and add the caramelized mangoes on top of the cake as decoration, ready to taste.
Después que paso los 35min retire del horno el bizcocho y deje enfriar por un momento y desmolde en un plato y le agregue los mangos caramelizados arriba del bizcocho como decoración, listo para degustar.
For a first time I think it was good, taste and texture ideal, well guys until next time, I hope to continue sharing dessert recipes. And today, well today my brother ate something really tasty.
Para ser primera vez creo que estuvo bien, sabor y textura ideal, bueno chicos hasta la próxima, espero poder seguir compartiendo recetas de postres. Y hoy bueno hoy mi hermano comió algo verdaderamente rico
Still learning from a bad moment
Welcome to this article dear friends, today I want to talk about something that happened to me personally. Something like a life lesson, the important thing about these events is to make the most of them, because it is not common and I can't only see the negative side of things.
For several days now I have been feeling a kind of tiredness, my body was somehow trying to tell me that something was not right, on the other hand, I was being too stupid not to notice it, my work stress was somehow directly affecting my whole organism and I was innocently not feeling certain hormonal changes.
This happened because less than a month ago there was a change of boss in the company where I work daily, my job is to supervise the production of products as well as that each worker in that area complies with the established, example good performance, punctual arrival time and behavior in the work area.
As with all supervisory positions, I am required to do a little more than the rest, due to these demands I stopped eating on time, my rest time was decreasing to nothing, with the days I was gradually feeling the fatigue in my body, I thought it was just wear, I did not do more care and continued with my daily routine.
Approximately 8 days later I had my first collapse, my body stopped responding and for the first time I felt like I was trying to do something and I couldn't move as usual, I felt scared, I panicked and this didn't help much, some colleagues came to help me sit down and relax a little. During that same day my body started to regain its energy and I thought that what had happened would never happen again.
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That's what I thought, until two days ago I had another episode, my worried boss has given me 15 days off, where I have to do some tests looking for an explanation to what happened, today I finished doing some tests, I just have to wait, I am a little anxious, I really hope it is not something very bad, I would not like to have to change the way I live because I like it, but if necessary then I will do it.
I also share the study I attended a psychotherapist, I had not gone to one before until now, my EXPERIENCE has been rewarding, I feel somehow that in my first session which was more of exploration I touched some points that normally I do not do and one of them caused me a lot of discomfort, I do not know what is happening there, but according to the specialist it is some open process. The interesting thing about all this is that this process is not what I mainly went there for but somehow it is latent there and that also indirectly affects my thoughts and my personality.
***Short introduction***
Part of my open process is because since I was little I had very little communication with my parents, most of the time they were working and I was alone most of the time, during all my childhood and part of my adolescence it was like that, at the moment of arriving at the High School I tried to involve my parents more in my affairs, I mentioned to them what was happening to me at school and also the good grades I had, although it was in vain my parents did not notice my desperation for the lack of attention and lack of affection from both of them.
As the years went by I realised that no matter what I did I was not going to receive their attention as I wished, or at least that is what I thought, according to the specialist part of that lack of affection and attention today has led me to a point of emotional stress where my whole life has been based on an attempt to demonstrate all that I have achieved so far.
***What I think...***
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I think so many things, including how our psyche acts, I really had no idea how something from childhood and adolescence is still latent in my thoughts and therefore in my personality, I also think that now that I know the reason for so many sleepless nights without being able to sleep a little is a product of the same, so much thinking led me to a gorge, the worst thing is that for so many years I did not know the weight I carried emotionally and that it was caused without wanting to, I would not like to say that my parents are to blame although it is the reality, not all people know what it is to be a father or a mother, we can have the material we can have the economic resolved, but how important it is to be able to have a life free of affective deficiencies and marks in childhood, these two big variables bring with them a quantity of illnesses and bad development of the personality of many people including me.
Today knowing my latent lack of affection I understand so many behaviours on my part, I was just my child self trying to go out and look for what was taken away from me since I was a child, the love and affection of my parents, sometimes just a hug from a parent can be more stimulus than any gift. That my dear readers I learned late but true, as it takes a "well done" or an "I love you son" or maybe not a word but a hug or praise or any positive encouragement from my parents would have changed everything.
I am not sad to tell you this, on the contrary it gives me strength and above all it helps me to better evaluate everything that is happening to me, it is important to be able to look for the positive side. It is important to be able to look for the positive side. Now that I know that I am suffering, I should continue attending therapy until I can be at peace with myself, not only that I would like to continue attending therapy because it helps me to feel good, to be able to understand so many processes and look for so many answers that did not make sense, now today I understand that my questions were being badly evaluated and that I should reform the way in which I was perceiving my environment.
Part of my therapy is to be able to drain everything that I feel and to be able to express it helps me to make sense of my thoughts, some of the words of my therapist stayed with me, among them "We must learn to give form to our problems, otherwise, how will we know what we are facing? The way I find to be able to give form is to write, to count with you my dear friends a part of me and with a lot of hope to be able to solve things, looking to improve my lifestyle.
***Several weeks after what happened.***
I am back in my work area doing my duty I can't change the fact that everything that happened although it seemed bad, had a happy ending, I can't say it wasn't worth it either because I would be lying. Today I am a new girl with a positive attitude and dynamic thoughts, in search of my Happiness.
My great love is at a distance
Every day that passes for me is one more day being far away from someone to whom I gave a big part of my life, that person that in spite of not being next to me I can feel the warmth of his body next to mine, My jhony even being far away I can feel him so close, with a long distance love I learned so many things that perhaps, having him close would not be so, we can be going through so many difficulties and we could not see even having him so close what you learn to see with other eyes at a distance.
With my great love so many kilometres away from me, I learnt to value even a message, a short and simple hello, or maybe even a good profit, even a I miss you, they have more meaning for me, it is not easy to be able to love someone that you see very few times a year or none, this is my story, one that despite so much time apart still lives, has the fire intact, my thirst of wanting to love him for life remains the same, today I write with my heart in my hand a love story that makes its way every day.
Most of my friends say that they love their husbands, although they prove the opposite, with the passing of time in my long distance relationship, I learned that any greeting is worth, any word has meaning and just listening to his voice can make me nervous, With the passing of time I also learned that love is more than just a feeling, it must be truly felt and also demonstrated every day, my jhony is there for me every day even though we only talk by mobile phone and I can see him through a video call, for me it has great meaning. When you really love, everything is worth to fight when everything seems impossible and for love nothing is impossible if two people love each other they can keep trying, trying to fight for what they feel, my long distance relationship made me mature, it made me see life in a different way, everything has been very different to my other relationships, despite being so far away, I can feel his love for me, I can feel his affection and above all I can feel that he really misses me without having said it.
I have been struggling with this distance for approximately 3 years, of which I have only seen my great love 5 times, it seems little but for me at least it is something, every day that passes I wake up thinking when will be the next time that I can see him, that I can touch and feel his skin, smell that perfume that he always uses and that I like so much, hear his voice close to my ear, I do not lose hope and every day it grows more although many do not believe it so. I hate to hear from people I know that maybe I'm wasting my time, I don't have an opinion in anyone's life, I don't know why they do it in mine either, what is certain is that my love is still intact waiting for that day to come when I can embrace my great love again.
John always says that my way of loving is quite poetic, to see me and laugh is very common in him especially when I start to be cheesy and dedicate poems and writings that I do for him, although he laughs he knows deep down that he likes it and that if I stop doing it part of what he loves about me maybe he would die. I must also say that I love the way he treats me, I always feel that I am his queen and he is my beautiful prince.
To love nowadays in this new society seems so superficial that we forget what really matters, to undress our senses only some people can do it, to feel that someone really causes a tingling sensation in you is good news, because it won't always be like that. I have a theory about love, I think that when you really love people must fight, search and persist, especially when you are at a distance it becomes a test of steel, to be away from someone really teaches you how much you can be without seeing them and still continue loving, how much we can trust that person even without knowing what they are doing and what I like most about love at a distance is the way in which we seek to keep alive the fire that unites both, maybe this sounds very poetic and overrated, but the reality is one, people easily forget how to fall in love again every day to the person they have by their side by the simple fact of having already conquered, with this long distance love I learned that love is demonstrated and not only to fall in love or to give to understand that you really are with that person because you love them, maybe if it is true that we stay where they treat us well but above all we must think that we are doing to continue sowing that great love and water it every day with acts and vows that solidify what is already written.
The month of december for me has great meaning, my great love has his birthday and it is also a month that brings a lot of joy and family unity, to share that day for me is something unique, as well as feeling loved by him, I remember that day as if it was yesterday, that day I wanted to make a surprise to my jhony so I decided to invite him to my house and prepare a surprise with balloons and lots of sweets, also a cake, I had to be quick because he would arrive in about 3 hours and I did not know exactly where to start, I must thank my sister in law who joined me and between the two of us we were able to make this surprise, what i can't get over is that jhony almost died of fright when he arrived home and saw me thinking that i would be at the university and not exactly at home, it was such a surprise that i had to look for something to calm him down because he got too excited and started to feel bad, what seemed to be a surprise for him ended up becoming a surprise for me, that's how everything happened, on the other hand to be able to spend the day of his birthday I liked it a lot, to have travelled from one country to another to be able to be with me that day was the biggest act of love that nobody had done for me, a big part of these acts are those that define his love for me, not everyone makes such a sacrifice and much less to travel from one country to another.
relationships always have conflicts and constant ups and downs, but our relationship does not work that way, it is based on conversation, being able to say everything and whenever something we do not like to comment it helped us to solidify our relationship, couples should look for strategies if they really want to live together in a positive way, that is why we always see how many relationships end up breaking up, although there is love it is not everything, we must have a greater commitment more with ourselves than anything else, because setting an example with actions is better than saying it with words that lack meaning and are often hollow.
being attentive and in particular is one of the things i like most about jhon, he always looks for a way even when he is far away, one of the most beautiful things about a long distance love is that you don't know what to expect until something happens, because we don't really know what that person is doing, it puts our sense alert and makes us happy.
this time it was me who was surprised, i didn't expect to receive this gift but jhon is a specialist in that, that day we were celebrating another month together, how i would have wanted him to be there in person to hug him and give him a big kiss. Despite being far away, jhon and my mum came up with the idea of a family lunch, my gift on the other hand was designed with my personalised name and as I like it with lots of balloons.
He knows how to undress my senses, it is not necessary for him to touch me much less to tell me anything, just by seeing him my heart beats stronger, just by listening to him my mind goes out of control, that is how strong is the power he has over me. The relationships in my family have not been like the family, to tell the truth I am the only one who fights every day to continue with someone I do not see much but I can say that even if he is far away I am loving him with my soul.
this photo also has great meaning, i remember that day jhony had told me that he had to look for some rules that he had sent, after waiting almost half a day they still didn't arrive and my time was starting to decrease because they were taking too long, the only good thing about all that was seeing that balloon and his writing. on the other hand, our relationship helped us both, because we both came from suffering a little in love, i wasn't sure i wanted to have something with him especially because he wasn't my type.
many times we don't like someone and when someone asks you if it's something of yours you end up shouting Noooooo! but we really know what we are saying because then that woman can fall madly in love with that person, that's how my story happened.
I didn't think about falling in love much less in someone who wasn't my type, it all started with a balloon, a red balloon that called my attention and that with the passing of time not only called my attention but my senses were already losing control after several months that stranger that I didn't like had become the one that today is my great partner.
"In the coldness of my heart there is only something that can cause me the opposite, it's called feeling, it happens that the coldness of my algae needs warmth to survive".
**Challenges in the distance**
While a couple has challenges, when you are at a distance these challenges become more complicated, but if there really is that love everything else will be worth it, in my case every day is strong not being able to see my partner and above all it is much stronger to have to see him only by video call and even worse not knowing when the day will be when I will find him again to be able to embrace him.
On the other hand there is also the time factor, time is often good but not so much, as many people lose half of their life trying to live a life that after many years does not have a happy ending is common to happen especially when there is no good vision of life within the relationship, I know and understand that if I want the best for my relationship I must look for my partner, so probably very soon I will go to live with him. Also time allows us to measure how much it is worth fighting for the relationship we love so much, I can love someone very much but if the relationship becomes monotonous, time will be the determining factor to determine when it will end.
**relationships are on silk**
I always say that in a moment we can be super good in our relationship but just as we are good in a second everything can change either because something that thought infinite ended up changing to a point and end, many times couples fail to channel their emotions and gather everything into one forming a kind of tornado that takes everything in its path and finally leaves nothing to pick up.
Just like silk, a relationship is sensitive and is exposed to any external agent that can break it and this is how it works, especially in love, almost always relationships end because of things that happen outside the relationship, for example, friendships, families, other people, the ideal as a couple is that we maintain a good relationship and that it is fluid with nothing to hide, probably this way we will be able to overcome everything.
with the years that i have been with my partner i can say, that we have had strong moments, of anguish and also of much joy, that as there are good things in a relationship there are also days that are the opposite, that if we really want to continue with that person we will do whatever is possible to always be with them, that if we really love we will fight every day to fall in love again with that person, a love does not fall, much less wither, a love is watered, a love is nourished by positive things and finally these two people end up forming a family as a sign that both have decided to prevail together.
Have a happy day, do not let your love relationships end, look for ways to fall in love again with your partner and keep the essence of love alive.
The BEST of Venezuelan Gastronomy
Today I am extremely happy because it is finally the turn of **one of my favorite communities** to be featured in the Impulso Comunitario Contest of #OCD and as I am a faithful food lover I could not fail to participate and share with the whole community one of the most delicious dishes that has the ***Venezuelan gastronomy***. https://ecency.com/hive-174578/@ocd/ocd-community-boost-contest-11-highlighting-foodies-bee-hive https://ecency.com/trending/ocd
Before I begin, I must say that the gastronomy of my country is greatly characterized by being very colorful and attractive to the eye and it is considered one of the most varied in the world, a product of the great miscegenation that occurred in the colonial era. At that time, the indigenous gastronomy that populated the current Venezuelan territory began to fuse with European and African gastronomic traditions and it is then, from here, that Venezuelan cuisine evolved and developed a wide range of aromas, flavors and colors since with the arrival of new races and traditions also came new foods and "culinary techniques" that with the passing of time became characteristic and traditional in our territory.
On the other hand, it is very normal that every time we talk about a particular dish in our country, we associate it to a specific region of the country or to a festive time of the year and I dare say that is why many of us find it difficult to choose a single dish as our favorite among so many excellent dishes we have. Probably if you were to ask a Venezuelan abroad, what is the food he or she misses the most from Venezuela? With complete and absolute certainty he/she would answer: "la arepa", "las empanadas" or even "la hallaca". And yes, all these typical foods are a delight and I really love them, but in particular there is one dish that takes the first place in my heart and I will tell you what it is.
Imagine a **sort of Pancake** bigger than the traditional ones and made with **very, very, very tender and ground corn**, have you imagined it yet? Well, basically that is a ***CACHAPA***. But hey, wait a minute! The cachapa doesn't come alone because we usually spread it with a little **butter** and fill it with some kind of **fresh white cheese** from our country like ***Queso Guayanés*** or ***Queso de Mano***, because yes, here in my country we love cheeses and we have different kinds with very different textures and flavors. Cachapas are also usually filled with fried pork or any other type of meat, but I definitely **prefer the traditional ones that are filled only with cheese**.
**Reasons why I love Cachapas** I have plenty of them and one of them is that the combination of the sweet flavor with the salty flavor is something that simply is the glory for me. Besides the fact that this **combination of flavors and textures** is unparalleled, the flavor of the corn together with the creaminess and softness of the cheese simply leaves your mouth diluted in all this **explosion of flavors**. For me it is a complete delirium the simple fact of perceiving the smell of corn when the cachapas are cooked, then savoring that soft consistency and delighting with that golden color of the cooked dough is what I consider one of the greatest pleasures of human existence.
The original **cachapas** only contain corn kernels and sugar but there are some people who have adapted them and add eggs and even a little flour to the mixture to make it a little more "manageable". To be honest, I have only made them twice in my life, this would be the third time. I must admit that I still haven't managed to make them as delicious as the ones sold in the local food stores, but it is really worth it to prepare them at home.
**INGREDIENTS**
✔ 7 to 8 cobs, this approximately equals 4 cups of corn kernels.
✔ 1 cup of water or milk (I recommend using milk because it gives a better flavor to the preparation).
✔ Sweetener to taste (I myself do not use sugar, so I used 3 tablespoons stevia extract).
✔ 1 pinch of salt
✔ 4 tablespoons of precooked corn flour (in case the mixture turns out very liquid).
✔ 250 grams of Guayanés cheese for stuffing
**PREPARATION**
The first and really the most fastidious step is to husk the whole cob. Here we must be especially careful not to slice our fingers with the knife. Some people use canned corn to save themselves the work of shelling, but I prefer to use natural corn.
Then, we will place the corn in the blender together with the milk and start grinding. Then, we can add the sweetener and the pinch of salt. If the mixture is too liquid, a little flour can be added to thicken it. The consistency of this mixture should be thick and lumpy.
And then what remains is the easiest part. To cook the mixture, the frying pan or budare that we are going to use must be very hot and it is necessary to grease it with a little oil to prevent the mixture from sticking and then everything becomes a real mess. With the help of a ladle we will take a good portion of the mixture and we will spread it as much as we can, the idea is that the cachapa is not so thick, it should be 1 cm thick at the most.
Let it cook for a few minutes and cover the pan to cook the cachapa faster, when the mixture begins to dry on the surface it is time to turn it over to cook on the other side. Here the real litmus test is to try to turn the cachapa over and not let it fall apart in the attempt. I always say that the first one is the test and then we will get the hang of flipping it.
Now, all we have to do is spread a little butter on our cachapa and fill it with a good piece of fresh cheese. And the only thing left to do is to enjoy this gastronomic delight.
**RESULTS**
And this was my golden and delicious end result. You really have no idea how delicious the aroma is while the cachapas are cooking. That aroma, along with the golden surface and the sweet-salty mixture are like a kind of gift from the angels.
With the quantities of ingredients mentioned in this publication, the mixture yields perfectly to prepare 8 to 9 cachapas, ideal for about four people.
This may sound a bit cliché, but I have to thank #OCD for this initiative. It's nice to show a little bit of the traditions of my country, because as a good Venezuelan I love to let the world know the great things that my country has. I also find it amazing to learn about the traditions and cultures of other countries.
Thanks for reading this post. ***See you next time!***
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