A few nights ago my host mom calls me into the kitchen for dinner, just like any other night. After a long day at school, it felt good to sit and eat with my host family and listen to them talk. As I walked into the kitchen I saw Quinoa and Chicken already on my plate. I was so excited cause I love quinoa and you really can't go wrong with chicken. We all begin eating and 5 minuets into our meal my host father asked me if I liked the food and if I had ever had "this" before. He points to the Chicken on my plate and without even thinking about it I responded by saying "of course I've had chicken before".
It seemed like a fairly obvious response to that question, but to my surprise my family began to laugh at me. I'm trying to think about what could be so funny the thought strikes me that maybe what I'm eating wasn't Chicken after all. In all my confusion and now curiosity, I laughed as well and asked "what is it?". My host father, still chuckling, said in English "It's Rabbit"! For people who know me, imagine my face at that moment. For those of you who don't, just know that I can't really hide the expressions on my face really well. So, my face must have looked surprised or blank or something different than what it was cause they all broke out into laughter.
Now, I had already eaten some of it and couldn't tell the difference between the rabbit and chicken before, so I simply kept eating it. I've never been a picky eater and have definitely become one of those people who will try anything. My food motto: If you don't tell me what it is until after I've eaten it then I really can't complain. In all honesty, it didn't taste or look any different but all I kept seeing in my head afterward was my cousin Ariana's bunny Chichi and Thumper from Bambi.
All in all, it was definitely yet another experience that I am happy I've had and it will be a moment on this journey I will laugh about for a very long time. (Sorry I have no pictures, not that you would want any!)
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