Halloween Costums*

Today is a special day. Why?

Because is Halloween :S , a Traditional night that children and young people celebrated since XIX century.
This people decorated their houses and streets with a typical Halloween symbols, for example: witches, black cats, pumpkins, candles, masks, parties and pranks, etc.
Halloween appeared in the U.S. during the late 1800's.
In 1848, millions of Irish emigrants poured into America as a result of the potato famine. With this sudden influx of people, the holiday of Druidism found its new home on alien shores.

-Halloween symbols:

Pumpkins have been an essential part of Halloween celebrations ever since, they were cut with faces representing demons and was originally intended to frighten away evil spirits. It was said that if a demon or such were to encounter something as fiendish looking as themselves that they'd run away in terror.

Black cats were considered to be reincarnated beings with the ability to divine the future, and also, the people believed that these creatures could communicate with the spirits of the dead.

To witches, Halloween is a festival of the dead, and represents the "end and the beginning of the witches year. At this time is considered the best time to contact spirits.


Well, to have a horrific Halloween :)

Marseille =)

In this picture you can see this fabulous city near the sea. This city is Marseille and I love it for different reasons. On the one hand, because I like this landscape, it’s very exciting see all the city from height. In this city there are mountain and sea, and it’s more or less like Barcelona, but there are more immigrants. Also it’s very big, there are two zones, normally like all cities, a good one and bad zone, someone told me the bad zone is very dangerous, especially at nigh, because there are a lot of drug addict and another bad things.

On the other hand, it’s special for me, because my special French friend lives there and he shown me the best landscapes, for this I have really effect with this city.

And, If you go in Marseille, I recommend you to go to shopping because there are a lot of fashion shops, go to beach, discotheques, restaurants, big stadium, etc.

It’s very touristic city, similar than la Costa Brava.

In my opinion, the only bad factor in this city is the cars, because all people feel stress and all Marseilles’ are impatiens when they stay in the bypass and highway.

So… patience with this Marseilles =)

Guacamole recipe =)

Today, I want to put a guacamole recipe because if you want, you can do this typical mexican dish.
Guacamole, is originally from Mexico, I know this dish because my aunt is mexican, ans she tell me this famous recipe for mexicans. The name is derived from two Aztec Nahuatl words:
- ahuacatl (avocado)
- molli (sauce)
The trick to perfect guacamole is using good, ripe avocados. Check for ripeness avocado and pressing the outside. If there is no give, the avocado is not ripe yet and will not taste good. If there is a lot of give, the avocado may be past ripe and not good. In this case, taste test first before using.

Well, the ingredients are:

2 ripe avocados
½ red onion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
1-2 serrano chiles, stems and seeds removed, minced
2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon of fresh lime or lemon juice
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
A dash of freshly grated black pepper
1/2 ripe tomato, seeds and pulp removed, chopped

Method:
1 Cut avocados in half. Remove seed. Scoop out avacado from the peel and put in a mixing bowl.
2 Using a fork, mash the avocado. Add the chopped onion, cilantro, lime or lemon, salt and pepper (be careful) and mash some more.
Keep the tomatoes separate until ready to serve.
3 Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole to prevent oxidation from the air reaching it. Then put into the firdge.
4 Just before serving, add the chopped tomato to the guacamole and mix.

So, enjoy your meal =)