So what is "Mala Folla"? I had a professor explain it to me and actually means "with bad intentions". Granadians are INFAMOUS for having mala folla, meaning that for no reason at all they will be complete butt heads to you. For example, for the first few weeks of being here my friends and I spend a lot of time going a Cafe close by to where we live. The waitress there HATED US. For the life of me I could not understand why. We brought in 12 people every time we came in which is really good business for one cafe, and always ordered more then our share of drinks and always paid in a timely manner. But for no reason at all she would be a complete ass all the time. Aparently that is the granada no bull shit mala folla attitude. I wish you could see it in action. It's like seeing real life "grumpy old men" in action. I know, kind of random but this is a random post isn't it?
Spanish Morcilla Cocida... BLOOD SAUSAGE.
Sounds horrific right, but holy mackerel is this stuff good. I know how it must look to you... like dog poop, but I cannot even attempt to tell you how good it is. It's a sausage stuffed with pig's blood, rice, onions, and a bunch of spices. Most of the time it's got a little heat to it and it served with chicken and ham. You mixed everything together and eat it with bread or plain. It's AMAZING. It doesn't taste irony or salty like you think it would, its just like a really soft sausage flavor with a bite. Our senora gets such a kick out of Emily and I liking it that she gives it to us at least twice a week. I'm bring some home for you all to try because I know you are going to love it, (as long as you don't know what you are eating first). I really could eat this everyday, and the nutritional properties are ridiculous. I'm going to be really full of iron by the time I get home. YUM!
Dogs
I really wish my Aunt Donna could see the dogs here. I already mentioned that there is an abundance of dog crap in the streets, but you should see how well trained these dogs are! When I walk to school in the morning everyone is walking their dogs. Actually ALL DAY people are walking their dogs. It shows how lazy Americans are, these dogs are really well taken care of. When it rains they all have little jackets, or booties, or whatever, even on the big dogs, and their dogs never SMELL like wet dog. Ever. The thing that really weirds me out though is the leash laws, or lack there of. The owners will walk along the street of the city and the dogs just FOLLOW. They just sniff here and there and tottle along happy without a leash. They know better then to get to far from their owners but if they do it's a quick whistle and they run right back to where they came from. They sit down patiently if the walk sign is red and wait for it to turn green (another indication dogs can see color signatures) and never get into fights with other dogs. When the owner needs to go into a store, the dog either goes with and follows them, or they sit outside the door, or lay down while with owner shops, for hours if needed. It is so crazy! The weirdest this is that the puppies I mean.. really little new born puppies just KNOW what they are supposed to do. I saw one yesterday, barely trained who knew better then to go in the street or get to far from his owner. He waited outside while his owner got art supplies and played with a piece of paper on the side walk. It's just strange.... just shows how much we Americans know about training our dogs.
Anyways, who is coming to visit me? I could use a friendly face
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