The Mini Adventures of Me

Mini Adventure #1  (food!)

I've set myself a new challenge.  I'm going to prove to myself (and maybe some other people) that it's possible to eat well, have fun, and explore even when you're dirt-broke, reading 300 - 500 pages for class every week, and working two jobs.

You're right, I'm crazy.

But really, I'm going to do it.  The Mini Adventures of me will be things I eat, see, hear, and, well - experience.  It might be something I plan, it might be something cataclysmic going down, or it might be something small and interesting I notice.  If I focus on the beauty and adventure of the small things, maybe I'll learn to appreciate them more.

So.  We begin.  :)

My first Mini Adventure is something New Mexicans are known for - green chili.  As far as I was concerned, chili was something with beans that came in a can, and  you heated it up and ate it on Halloween.  But here, green chilies are amazingly tasty peppers that have been roasted, peeled, and put on something to jazz it up.

My first encounter with the stuff was at the Frontier restaurant, right next to campus.  I had something called a Fiesta Burger, which is essentially a delicious cheeseburger - with green chili on it.  Oh. My.  Goodness.  It is quite possibly one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life (shawarma is still a bit better IMO)!!  After that I had it on an enchilada, also from the Frontier (don't worry, it was a different day), and I decided I MUST have this green chili in my life.

I went to the grocery store and bought a jar of it (in mild, because I'm still acclimating).  Since then I have eaten it straight out of the jar, substituted it for pickle relish in my tuna fish, and slathered it onto grilled cheese sandwiches.  My housemate keeps laughing at me because if something is bland or boring, I just pull of the jar of chili.  The stuff is amazing.  I'm definitely bringing my parents some when I visit .  And chocolate from Trader Joe's.  But that's another adventure.  :)