Churascos, Firecrackers and Soccer!

We are getting ready to participate in three Guatemalan traditions tonight - eating churascos, blowing off firecrackers and playing soccer. The team from Westpark Christian School in Manitoba is here, and they are in for a treat! Churascos are thinly sliced BBQ beef served on a bed of cabbage and onions with frijoles, peppers and tortillas. The meat is soaked in a marinade before it is barbequed over a wood fire and is really tasty. The entire meal is eaten with your fingers and that is all part of the fun. The drink we will have is Horchata, a rice based drink with tiger nuts, cinnamon and sugar. After supper we are going to light a few strings of firecrackers in the field behind our house and then we are off to the Chancha to play soccer against the grade 11s! It should be a lot of fun!