We invited our Finnish family for a Mexican fiesta complete with (terrible) tequila,
delicious Mama Weimer's famous chicken enchiladas, vegan lentil tacos, hot and spicy guacamole, fresh homemade salsa, and Mexican and American beer (yes, both Budweiser and Corona). Charlie and I prepped much of the food Friday night and then worked to finish up everything on Saturday.
It was a feast! We both really enjoy hosting dinners, so it was all very fun. But, shopping for the ingredients was an adventure. We managed to find a can of green chilies (for enchiladas) for 4.80 euro on the one shelf dedicated to processed and canned food from the U.S. in
CityMarket (the name
of the BIG hypermark in town). We went to
Alko (the State-owned liquor store) to purchase tequila and we bought the "best" on the shelf for 39 euro...a bottle of
El Jimador (cheap tasting tequila that gives you a hangover after the first shot). But, we needed tequila, a Mexican fiesta is not complete without tequila. Oh, and we scored a big can of
Rosarita's refried beans from our Fulbright friend, Elizabeth. Her husband visited from the U.S. and brought over two big cans and we were the lucky recipient of one can. Woohoo!
The night was filled with games (for those who know me you are not shocked to see games at a dinner party), the Finns quizzing Charlie on his Finnish language skills, lots of food, cigar smoking (only the men participated in this activity), and laughter. It is always fun hanging with our Finnish family. We will see them again at the university Finnish family friendship Christmas party on December 12. Yeah!
We invited our Finnish family for a Mexican fiesta complete with (terrible) tequila, delicious Mama Weimer's famous chicken enchiladas, vegan lentil tacos, hot and spicy guacamole, fresh homemade salsa, and Mexican and American beer (yes, both Budweiser and Corona). Charlie and I prepped much of the food Friday night and then worked to finish up everything on Saturday.
It was a feast! We both really enjoy hosting dinners, so it was all very fun. But, shopping for the ingredients was an adventure. We managed to find a can of green chilies (for enchiladas) for 4.80 euro on the one shelf dedicated to processed and canned food from the U.S. in CityMarket (the name 
of the BIG hypermark in town). We went to Alko (the State-owned liquor store) to purchase tequila and we bought the "best" on the shelf for 39 euro...a bottle of El Jimador (cheap tasting tequila that gives you a hangover after the first shot). But, we needed tequila, a Mexican fiesta is not complete without tequila. Oh, and we scored a big can of Rosarita's refried beans from our Fulbright friend, Elizabeth. Her husband visited from the U.S. and brought over two big cans and we were the lucky recipient of one can. Woohoo!
The night was filled with games (for those who know me you are not shocked to see games at a dinner party), the Finns quizzing Charlie on his Finnish language skills, lots of food, cigar smoking (only the men participated in this activity), and laughter. It is always fun hanging with our Finnish family. We will see them again at the university Finnish family friendship Christmas party on December 12. Yeah! 
2 comments:
I'll bet your dinner was delicious. Knowing you, fun was had by all. It's too bad everything is so expensive.
Yes, "expensive" is all relative, right? When you live in Finland nothing is expensive if you do not compare it to the prices in the U.S.
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