Well, today wasn't as much of a party as you would think it would be. I went to El Centro to go to mass at the Cathedral. It was really interesting. Something must have been going on because (as you can hopefully see) the mass was being filmed and the bishop presided along with four other priests. The congregation was full, and I guess there were groups there. I think they were school groups but I'm not sure. They had like, signs and uniforms and things to identify themselves as a groups. I was so pleased. The whole congregation went up for communion. It's the most important part of mass, and not everyone goes up all the time, which is a shame. The churches don't decorate for Lent but the priests wore purple so that's a good sign. Then I walked around and had ice cream. Peruvians love their ice cream. You can get ice cream at every restaurant and all the stores have D'OnaFria ice cream you can buy. If not D'OnaFria then Lamborgini ice cream. I don't know. It's interesting. The ice cream's not the best I've had but it's really good. I took a while and ended up at the Santuario de Santa Rosa de Lima. I was disappointed that it was closed by the time I got there because I wanted to go inside, so I have to go a different day. I took the public transportation there and back. I had a little trouble getting there, but Carlos helped me out. Then on the way back, I was on the wrong side of the street but the bus driver corrected me, lol. So, when I got back, I decided I couldn't wait any longer to bake, so I walked to the grocery store. When I got there, I realized that I forgot to write down the translation for some of the ingredients, so I basically had to guess. I eventually figured out what the baking powder was. I bought what looked like baking soda, but when I got back, my roommate and I found out it was like, ground up freeze-dried potatoes or something. Speaking of roommates! My two American roommates came last night. They were here last year, and Natalie was giving me tips and stuff. They're both really sweet. They didn't have chocolate chips so I bought a bar of chocolate. (I ended up with extra which made me excited, lol) And I couldn't find brown sugar, so I decided to use Lucuma syrup. Lucuma is very popular in ice cream and other things. I wasn't sure how it would go, so I just decided to go for it. After dinner, I finally baked my cookies. I was not only looking forward to the cookies themselves, but to the baking. I haven't baked in so long, so I was super excited to go again. The cookies turned out alright, it looks like. I used some kind of Peruvian chocolate. Idk. It had a picture of Machu Picchu on it. The chocolate wasn't very good. The batter was good tho. Except, I was short of butter and I forgot to put less flour in but it seemed to me like I needed more flour anyways, but I think I put too much flour in because my cookies turned out really fluffy. The pan also burned the bottom of the cookies. Other than those two facts, yes, Lucuma syrup is an acceptable substitute for brown sugar when making chocolate chip cookies. In conclusion, today I invented Peruvian Chocolate Chip Cookies. But next time I'm using a different chocolate.
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