Over the last couple weeks I´ve learned about some of the traditional foods of the people of Nicaragua. Last Sat I went to the market with Yamilet´s mother, names Auxy. You can buy just about anything at several of the large markets in the Managua area. This one was in Masaya, a town outside of Managua, generally close to the project and where I am living. As you can imagine people are cooking and selling food everywhere. Including in the buses! While a bus is waiting for people to enter at a bus stop 3 or 4 people will walk through the bus selling water, pastries, fruit, small plates of meats, and special healing lotions and creams. So Auxy pointed out where they were cooking a meal called Baho. She asked me if I liked Baho.
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