Cusco is two whole miles above sea level (think of Denver, then double it), and I've found that the altitude is the perfect excuse for all your problems. Hey, it worked for the Colorado Rockies for years. Tired? It must be the altitude. Hungry? Must be the altitude. No appetite? Altitude. Seriously, though, the altitude does affect everyday life. On Friday, I got sicker faster than I ever have before. I was feeling perfectly fine all day, by early afternoon, my throat was a little scratchy, by the time my three o'clock class rolled around, I didn't think I was going to make it. I figured at the rate I was getting worse, I would be dead by the weekend. (I was fine by the weekend, but I did take it easy.) Sore throats are a common symptom of the high altitude, as are nose bleeds, judging by the spots on my pillow.
You know those high altitude cooking instructions on the side of a box mix that you never pay attention to? Yeah, I wish I had those. Cooking is a pain. It takes forEVER for water to boil. I attempted to make brownies a few weeks ago, completely from scratch. (I even had to grate my own chocolate since cocoa powder and chocolate chips don't exist.) The batter was amazing, so I had high hopes for the finished product. I should have just served shots of batter. The brownies were not good. That's something I'm going to have to work on, because 6 months is far too long to go without brownies.
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I am emailing you a high altitude baking recipe for brownies. You will have to use the 10,000 feet high recipe, and hope for the best since you're at over 11,000 feet. This information is from a book we have at the Dacula library called Pie in the Sky. It used to be on an endcap and I always though, "Who needs this in Dacula, GA?!" So check your email!!
You have no brownies?!?!!? That must be terrible, cause i know that us at TAB are bad without your brownies...and we even have Betty Crocker at Publix!
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