Day 161 of 185

Day 161: Nogada Season With a Picky Teen

At a restaurant in Puebla one September, Damián (A), a teenager, tries chiles en nogada, a seasonal dish of stuffed chiles in walnut sauce topped with pomegranate, with his father Abelardo (B).

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.

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  1. A

    Pa, ¿qué es esta salsa blanca? Se la voy a quitar, ¿va?

    Dad, what's this white sauce? I'm going to scrape it off, OK?

  2. B

    ¡No le quites la nogada! Es de nuez de Castilla y solo se hace en temporada.

    Don't take the nogada off! It's made with fresh walnuts, and it's only made in season.

  3. A

    Es que está dulce, y hasta la carne trae fruta. ¿A quién se le ocurre?

    But it's sweet, and even the meat's got fruit in it. Who comes up with that?

  4. B

    Dicen que a unas monjas poblanas, hace más de doscientos años. No pidas otra cosa hasta que lo pruebes todo junto.

    Some nuns in Puebla, so they say, over two hundred years ago. Don't order anything else until you've tried it all together.

  5. A

    Va, un bocado. La nogada sigue sin convencerme, pero la granada está buenísima.

    Fine, one bite. The nogada still isn't doing it for me, but the pomegranate's really good.

  6. B

    Qué bueno que por lo menos te guste la granada. Y pásame tu nogada, que eso no se desperdicia.

    I'm glad you like the pomegranate, at least. And pass me your nogada: that doesn't go to waste.

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