{"id":4005,"date":"2018-01-21T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2018-01-21T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:59:07","slug":"the-rso-barbecue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dknolte.com\/?p=4005","title":{"rendered":"The RSO Barbecue"},"content":{"rendered":"

RSO<\/strong> stands for Regional Security Office<\/em>.\u00a0 It is the office in charge of all things relating to security at an Embassy\/Consulate.\u00a0 It is also the office that I work under.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the RSO had a BBQ for all its people and I, of course attended.\u00a0 As with any Brazilian BBQ, the meat just keeps on coming.\u00a0 There is only one other place on Earth that I have eaten more meat in one day, and that is the backyard of a good man know as Ron Luke.\u00a0 (my brother-in-law)<\/p>\n

I took several pictures of the meat before, during and after cooking.\u00a0 See below:\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>I added some of Terese’s chicken wings and they disappeared before I could get a picture of them, except in the image above, in the shiny bowl.<\/p>\n

I cannot express to you the amount of meat that was cooked.\u00a0 As I stated before, the Brazilians cook meat in such a way, that it is shared by all as the meat is cooked.\u00a0 When any is ready, they will place it on the counter and cut it into strips.\u00a0 People will come around and grab a strip or two to enjoy.\u00a0 The process of cooking is part of the social aspect of the BBQ.<\/p>\n

And the people …\"\"<\/a>What you see is just a small fraction who attended.\u00a0 The local guard force (LGF) is under RSO so many of them came with their families.\u00a0 Below is a picture of me with two couples.\u00a0 The two men I work with often and I have great respect for them.\u00a0 The two lovely ladies are their spouses.\"\"<\/a>Now the next picture I am posting is one of my favorite families:\"\"<\/a>The tall husband with the thin face is Tommy Hale.\u00a0 He is the Office Manager for the RSO.\u00a0 I call him Professor Hale and he calls me Dr. Nolte.\u00a0 Of all the people I work with, he helps me more than I can express.\u00a0 He has a very dry sense of humor, and is ornery at the core, where you don’t see it.\u00a0 He is an American.\u00a0 He told me where he lived, California being one state among several others.\u00a0 He said he drove through Amarillo Texas one day and got a ticket; that’s all he remembers.\u00a0 Since he speaks Portuguese, I get him to do translating for me.\u00a0 When Camila leaves me a note I will take it to him to decipher.\u00a0 After he paraphrases what she says, I will detect a very slight smile on his face which tells me the next words out of his mouth will be … if you pardon the expression, BS.\u00a0 Usually, it is something like:\u00a0 … and she says you are a sexy hunk of a man.<\/p>\n

I can honestly say that my respect for Professor Hale is enormous.\u00a0 I will always find an excuse to drop by the office just to visit with him.<\/p>\n

… and then at the BBQ yesterday, I met his wife, Lucy and daughter, Lula.\u00a0 I fell in love with both of them.\u00a0 The discussion I had with Lucy was both serious and comical.\u00a0 She has it in her mind that I will find a lovely Brazilian woman and marry her.\u00a0 Much was discussed yesterday with her, but the last words to me before she departed, was, “I will be at your wedding.”<\/p>\n

I am planning for a wingfest in the next few weeks and will definitely invite them.<\/p>\n

In other news, I have a batch of beans cooking away and have added several super-secret ingredients.\u00a0 I will let you know how they came out.<\/p>\n

MotherDear, I received your pickling recipes and find them tickling.\u00a0 Especially the watermelon pickles.\u00a0 Perhaps I can conjure up some in time to bring them to you for the reunion.\u00a0 We will let Marsha judge them.<\/p>\n

As I stood in my kitchen cutting up chicken wings to pre-cook, along with ribs brought home from the BBQ, and chopping up onions, peppers and garlic for the super-secret ingredient beans, I realized I have never in the past spent so much time in the kitchen as I do now.\u00a0 Perhaps someday, I will become a world renown chef!<\/p>\n

… it would be another adventure of Life.<\/p>\n

Kick butt, D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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