Similarly my impressions of eggplants and cats have evolved as well. I love the vegetable eggplant for its color and adaptability to any dish. Really it is a difficult vegetable to cook, so when I find recipes that work for it, I get very excited. The Spanish-version of eggplant that I enjoy is beregena rellena (filled-eggplant). Rosa, my host-mom in Madrid, made this plate frequently for Bianca and I; I always loved it. Here at my volunteer service in Almeria, we have a lot of eggplant. After peeling over 50 eggplants, after my right hand turned brownish-purple from the peel, my perspective have changed. Eggplant and I, we now have a love-hate relationship. Love to eat it, hate to peel it.
As for cats, well I don´t like them in general. Yet there are two little kittens that live on the edges of our house here in Almeria, who have found little hearths. Mostly they hang out observing from an exterior wall and run away when Christian, 9-years-old, tries to approach them. I have taken a liking to these cats because I relate them to my position here in Casa Don Bosco in the city of Almeria, province of Andalucia, country of Spain, continent Europe- miles and miles away from California. Because of a slight language barrier, I am like a cat here. I observe a lot. I look different and don't say a lot, thus on the exterior. I catch on to what is going on but I don´t have much response. And when groups of Spaniards approach me suddenly talking really fast with thick accents, I run away. Not literally, but that is a funny image.
I´m being dramatic, but all I have to say is that it is it is easy to put a tag on someone or something from a first-impression. It is harder to break that perspective, yet with an open mind it can be done. Honk for world peace!
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