Honduras is not known for its cheese.

December 31, 2011

We don’t drive much because we are not insured on our university-owned vehicle till January 5. So we brave the highway only as far as church, the mercado, and Zamorano’s campus. Today we took another auto tour of campus, made exciting because the children don’t have to stay buckled and we see lots of interesting animals and plants. The new creature of the day was a large rodent, what we think might be a cavi. We’ll have to look it up.

We buy a lot of our produce from the supermercado on campus. Zamorano is an agricultural school that follows the “learn by doing” model. The students are involved in all the farming, which includes hogs, chickens, goats, dairy cows, bananas, cacao, berries, and tropical fruits we don’t yet recognize. They grow, process, package, and sell the food. We bought a jar of their mango jam and another jam from a tropical fruit we don’t yet recognize. Their produce is organically grown and very clean.

However, their cheddar definitely isn’t made with the same recipe as Tillamook’s. It is super sharp, with overtones of blue-ness. As Stuart remarked, “Honduras is not known for its cheese.” It does taste great mixed in and melted with the refried red beans that come in a foil pouch. We’re thinking we’ll have to bring some of those pouches home. Buen provecho!