One of the great joys of Modern Digital Blogging is the ability to see exactly how many people are reading each blog entry, and, if they followed a link or a search result to get there, what that link or search result was.
Every day people are driven to my blog by the single post in which I made passing mention of Puerto Rican food (Nachos With Moses).
In an effort to take advantage of this phenomenon, I offer the following short essay:
MONDONGO!
by Morgan Phillips
Some men can live on arroz con habichuelas. Arroz con pollo. Not I. No, when my stomach rumbles, I understand its rumble-talk clearly: Give me mondongo! Give me mofongo! Give me a slab of albondigon, with a generous side of bacalaitos!
The rumble specifically demands a tray of arepas de coco and canoas and guanimes, which I will wash down with a hearty rabo encendido (with a chaser of sancocho de patitas)!
For dessert — yes, dessert — a bucket of barriguitas de vieja and a mountain of buñuelos de viento. Only then will my hunger be sated; my hunger for the foods of Puerto Rico, for Puerto Rican cuisine, for Puerto Rican food!
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By the way, I updated the “upcoming shows” page — a bunch of NYC improv stuff, and a singing show in MA on 12/13…
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The other thing that makes people look at your blog more is if you write more. I’m just saying.
Love, Daisy
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