Day 16: Papa Seca
ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS IN 120 WORDS
Readings for EFL Students
PAPA SECA
Grammar Point: Dependent Clauses
Most people grow potatoes here and sell them in coastal cities. Others prefer to make more money by selling papa seca. In order to make papa seca, people boil sacks of potatoes, peel them, cut them into wedges, and dry them under the sun. Once the potatoes are dried, they’re grinded into small pieces to get papa seca─which is sold at a higher price than potatoes. Since this is the dry season now, people are making papa seca these months; so, there are always streets with sidewalks covered with potatoes being dried these days. But if you see papa seca first on the sidewalks and later on certain meals for lunch, you may be reluctant to eat some dishes served in front of you! Happily, that’s not my case.
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