P is for Pepino, a cucumber.
You know how certain seasons have smells associated with them?
Some of these are Mexican food aromas like Christmas is chocolately champurrado and steaming green chile tamales.
Summer’s fragrances in the kitchen are the sweetness of watermelon and lemony taste of crisp cucumbers. Since pepinos are plentiful in the summer, they make for a cool dish on a hot day.
The recipe is super simple:
Peel and slice 2 cucumbers into circles or spears, arrange on a dish with edges
Squeeze a large lemon or two limes over the pepinos
Dust the top of the pepinos with chile powder or Tajin
Refrigerate if you want colder cucumbers.
Cucumber water accumulates at the bottom of the dish, you can mix this with cold water for a cucumber drink.
Another version is a cucumber salad. Slice the cucumbers and quarter them, put them in a bowl, add lemon/lime juice, a dash of salt, chopped cilantro, and diced tomato, red pepper flakes or Tajin. Chill.
Onto the letter Q. Q is for Que and Qué?
¿Qué….? in a question usually means What? Quiero saber qué es….. (indirect question)
¡Qué…..! in an exclamation usually means How….! or What a ….! (the accent on the e means one’s voice raises higher).
que (relative pronoun used to introduce a subordinate clause) usually means “that”, but can also mean which, who or what depending on the context. (no stress over the e).
And if that’s not enough to remember, the slang phrase “Que qué?” means “Say what?!”
See you mañana.
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