Volunteers can stay for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of eight, and will need the hard work to burn off the big, fire-side dinners, including game stroganoff and local stews served with millpap, a mashed potato-like maize.

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The estofado course also included a sort of dressed-up mashed-potato dish and a pork dish and a beef enchilada with mole negro that was indeed the superior mole negro that Abigail had been instructed to find.

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The nutty, vaguely familiar taste of mustard seed and the earthy smell of curry leaves waft from the fritter, but vada pav approaches perfection because it mingles potent flavors with so many comforting textures: squooshy bread, creamy and slightly lumpy mashed potato and a hint of crunch from the batter.

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Empanada making and eating is followed by a main course of thick cut fillet steak, mashed potato and roasted vegetables.

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Favorites: roast chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and a wild mushroom jus, and poached skate in a spring garlic broth with potato gnocchi and asparagus.

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Favorites: roasted stuffed chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and a wild-mushroom jus, and poached skate in a spring garlic broth with potato gnocchi and green asparagus.

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