Food has always been and will always be the key to my heart, that and kisses, can’t go wrong with food and kisses. After a particularly tough week, I asked my dear friend Sam to please make me some mangu. Back in the days when we used to work together, on saturdays we would each indulge in the Dominican staple. When that delicious dish was delivered to the branch, she and I, being the aplatanados that we are, would rush to the backroom to fill our hungry and waiting bellies. During the 15 minutes that it took to indulge in it, no words were spoken. Who needs words when you have ahs and yums escaping from your lips in between bites and the occasional humming?

Those memories came rushing back as I sat in her kitchen eating my mangu con queso frito, huevos y salami while receiving baby kisses from Audrey. It’s always the little things that stick with you and Sam that will forever stay with me, I got my favorite two things in one morning. Sorry Elmer, but I really needed my mangu and baby kisses that morning.

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, here is a picture of I had:

And if you are interested in how this is made go here for the recipe, http://www.dominicancooking.com/532-mangu-mashed-plantains.html