¡Hoy es sábado sabroso! (Today is savory Saturday!)
La fecha es el nueve (9) de septiembre/setiembre del año dos mil veintitrés. (The date is September 9, 2023.)
El plato de la semana es: perico. (The dish of the week is: perico.)
Perico (which means “parakeet”) is a scrambled egg dish popular for breakfast in Venezuela and Colombia. The Venezuelan version uses onions, while the Colombian version uses scallions.
Para preparar el perico necesitamos: (To prepare perico, we need:)
| tomate | (tomato) |
| cebollines | (scallions) |
| cebolla | (onion) |
| pimiento verde | (green bell pepper) |
| pimiento rojo | (red bell pepper) |
| aceite vegetal | (vegetable oil) |
| huevos | (eggs) |
| agua | (water) |
| sal | (salt) |
| pimienta | (pepper) |
Try your preferred style of perico using this receta (recipe). ¡Qué rico! (How delicious!) Practice saying the name of each ingredient as you incorporate it. To practice reading in Spanish, lee esta receta.
¡Que tengas un sábado sabrosísimo! (May you have a super savory Saturday!)
L. A. Feliz