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Post by hwinpp on Jul 28, 2010 10:08:19 GMT
Imec's lamb chops, where does he get them from, is this some Canadian standard? Everytime I order lamb chops in a restaurant (nearly always imported ones from NZ) I end up kicking myself because they're so miserable... The rockets contain 3l, that's three Cambodian jugs/ pitchers. Cost 5.50USD and you get a free salad
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 28, 2010 14:24:10 GMT
About caraway in the hot cabbage slaw: sure, that's a viable option, but note that I already used fressh dill, of whch we have bushes of them. Both dill and caraway might be excessive. Oh, sorry -- I wasn't critiquing your recipe, just musing about all its possibilities, particularly since my dill isn't growing all that well, maybe because of too much rain and cool weather this year. Doña Cuevas tore all the basil plants from the garden lot as they were being attacked by a plague of insects. I can almost guarantee the insects are grasshoppers. In my yard, the evil beasties hatch out and quickly turn into Italian gourmands, after the first flush of them eat all the petals off the zinnias. Food-related: the fact that they're hatching means it's chapulin season in Oaxaca. Saturday I bought a nice batch of them, partly because I like them and partly as vengeance. The rockets contain 3l, that's three Cambodian jugs/ pitchers. Cost 5.50USD and you get a free salad *furiously does math involving recouping cost of plane ticket, etc. from money to be saved on beer and food*
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Post by fumobici on Jul 28, 2010 14:47:26 GMT
Hmmmm. This talk of the tomatoes locally available in Mexico being often of mediocre quality is baffling. Trader Joe's earlier this summer was selling "heirloom tomatoes" from Mexico that were absolutely fantastic. Odd looking for the most part, lobed, twinned, oddly shaped, blotched with strange colors like purple and intense green, often very seedy, but almost uniformly delicious. Really delicious. I wish I'd taken photos, but one day they just disappeared.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2010 16:59:00 GMT
Somebody stole them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2010 23:07:03 GMT
Heirloom tomatoes are always weird looking,all the more flavorful,the more perfect looking a tomato,the more tasteless Leftover brisket of beef sandwich,and a cucumber salad. Too hot to cook anything today and in a hurry.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2010 1:22:04 GMT
Mmmm ~~ I just came home from having my dinner. I was taken out to a lovely seafood restaurant. We sat outdoors, the soundtrack was hits of the 80s, and I had a favorite dish -- filet of fish al mojo de ajo, meaning it was gently sauteed in garlic-infused oil and topped with lots of browned garlic.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 29, 2010 2:53:39 GMT
Um, where was I? Oh: We never see any tomatoes that good where we live. We are lucky if we can get round, hydroponically grown tomatoes.
Yes; Bixa, some evil bugs now, then come the grasshoppers later. They need to eat everything in sight to fuel their fervid humping.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 29, 2010 2:57:06 GMT
We had a single guest for comida today. We seerved her Salade Niçoise. We drank some Pinot Grigio. Dessert was an Apple Crostata with pecans and raisins. It was quite the do.
I hope to have photos available later, when la banda angosta permits me to upload.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 29, 2010 3:08:26 GMT
*puzzles* ees the humping and not the hopping?
That sounds perfectly lovely -- lucky lady guest!
DonCuevas, I realize this is a giant pain to even think about, but .......... Charlie and I are on the same server because of where we live, so can pretty much track the ups and downs of how much service they trickle out to us. However, I think a combination of ones particular computer + browser also affects service. I use firefox happily, Charlie has to use Chrome to get the same results, as ff just doesn't function right for her. Have you flirted with alternate browsers recently to see if it won't help your banda get a least a little mas ancha?
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 29, 2010 9:42:17 GMT
"However, I think a combination of ones particular computer + browser also affects service. I use firefox happily, Charlie has to use Chrome to get the same results, as ff just doesn't function right for her. Have you flirted with alternate browsers recently to see if it won't help your banda get a least a little mas ancha?"
Yes, I have a small but select collection of browsers appropriate for all occasions. Safari gives up sooner in trying to open a page. FF lasts a bit longer, but eventually gives up. I've also Chrome, Opera and Camino. I rarely use anything but Safari and FF. It makes little difference here. Yesterday, to my amazement, I was actually able to access a page or two in daytime. But usually, I can't get past the home page. Here, on APIAS, I can often access topics, but when I try to rely, the connection fails.
(I should have a link to our dinner photos of yesterday in a moment...stay tuned.
In re: humping vs hopping: even grasshoppers want to have fun.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 29, 2010 9:47:39 GMT
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Post by hwinpp on Jul 29, 2010 10:26:43 GMT
My home made wontons from a couple of days ago
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Post by Don Cuevas on Jul 29, 2010 23:18:54 GMT
Mmmm ~~ I just came home from having my dinner. I was taken out to a lovely seafood restaurant. We sat outdoors, the soundtrack was hits of the 80s, and I had a favorite dish -- filet of fish al mojo de ajo, meaning it was gently sauteed in garlic-infused oil and topped with lots of browned garlic. Good choice, Casi. We had a a nice lunch at our fave seafood Restaurant, Mariscos La Güera, in Pátzcuaro. I had a medium Huauchinango a la Diabla; la Sra. A bowl of perfect Caldo de Camarones; our friend had an Ensalada de Mariscos, of oysters, pata de mula, callos de hacha, tiritas de pescado al limón, and more. He had something else, but I forget. $347 pesos, including 2 Micheladas and another drink. That includes a generous tip. picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6wePfdPKROWI7HlrMt8u2w?feat=directlinkEnsalada de Mariscos
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2010 2:18:11 GMT
Sushi/sashimi tonite,take away from the neighborhood,the place was packed...no one wants to cook in this heat!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2010 5:48:15 GMT
I ate out of a cardboard box for the first time in my life. The French have always been fascinated by the Chinese takeout boxes that they see in American movies -- so they have adopted them for all of the new pasta shops. Since I had about 20 minutes to eat something before going to the movies, I ended up with tagliatelli carbonara.
And as I always knew I would, I absolutely despised eating out of a box.
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Post by lagatta on Aug 1, 2010 1:57:34 GMT
People weren't actually suposed to eat out of those boxes, I believe. Weren't they just a food conveyance device like later styrofoam containers?
Wasn't eating out of them a bit like eating leftover pizza from the cardboard delivery box?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2010 1:00:03 GMT
Tonite is the last crawfish boil of the season and goodness knows if there will be a season,or crawfish next year. Even though I'm not very hungry,I am going,as will many,many other people....I think the first batch comes out at 8:30...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2010 7:23:52 GMT
People weren't actually suposed to eat out of those boxes, I believe. Weren't they just a food conveyance device like later styrofoam containers? Wasn't eating out of them a bit like eating leftover pizza from the cardboard delivery box? I would hope that originally people were not supposed to eat out of those boxes, but I have absolutely never seen a movie or TV series where they have transferred the items to a plate.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 2, 2010 11:37:59 GMT
We again made the 40 minute drive from Pátzcuaro to La Mesa de Blanca, in Ziracuarétiro, Michoacán. We brought our two ex-neighbors, who had never been there before.
This time, the restaurant was very busy with Sunday diners, but the service and food were good.
We each had a Don Julio Tequila Reposado, with the special house Sangrita. It's a thick, tangy blend of what appears to be pomegranate syrup, citrus juices and chile chipotle.
We began with a large taco de carnitas each, some of the best carnitas of any we've had. We then shared another app; Chiles Capones: dried chiles pasillas filled with cheese in a salsa verde de tomatillos laced with crema and queso. It wasn't as rich as the previous time, only 2 weeks ago, but it was good.
We were all filling up, so our friends each had a bowl of soup, one Sopa de Tortilla, which for all intents and purposes is nearly identical to the famed Sopa Tarasca; and a bowl of the vegetable melange Sopa de Milpa.
Sra. Cuevas and I shared an order of Conejo a las Brasas, wood grilled (?) rabbit, simply seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic, but crispish and smokey, accompanied by a salsa cruda or pico de gallo and some simple arroz. We couldn't finish the large portion so we took it to go.
Photos should be uploaded soon. It's already a slow connection here.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2010 12:44:41 GMT
Sounds like a sensational meal, but you must all have bigger stomachs than I do. I like the idea of smoky wood grilled rabbit.
Thank god you did not mention having a dessert.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 3, 2010 11:40:44 GMT
Yesterday we had a pleasant but mundane comida at Sanborn's, Plaza Las Americas, Morelia. Doña Cuevas has what was described as rast beef but was in reality what I'd describe as fried cowboy beef in a thick, floury brown sauce, with partially cooked herbed potatoes.
I fared a lot better, with Sanborn's Chihuahua Fiesta "Tacos de Discada", which in this interpretation seemed a lot like tacos pastor with bacon. It came with nopales asados and barely cooked cebollitas and guacamole.
Both meals came with soup (We chose a sort of potato -mild green chile soup whch was quite good); the main course, flan and coffee. Mine was $120 and hers was $145. Odd, as mine was a much better item.
The salsas were good.
We are taking a break today from eating out. I will skip the Expat Men's Tuesday breakfast, and we are preparing for company tomorrow.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 3, 2010 15:57:22 GMT
I'm going to respond to Kerouac's #3109 above. Maybe Don Cuevas will expound when he returns.
Kerouac, the kind of dining at the type restaurant Don Cuevas describes is very leisurely. On Sundays, those places will be completely full, usually of tables of extended families. There is no bum's rush in Mexico, you sit and around the table and eat and talk and order more food for as long as you wish. Because of the relaxed pace, it's different than eating the same amount of food in the @30 -- 40 minutes that people allot to a meal in many other places in the world. Many of the "Sunday restaurants", as I think of them, have playgrounds for kids so they can leave the table when they get bored in their kidlike way.
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Post by rikita on Aug 3, 2010 20:10:16 GMT
a mushroom curry and a banana curry.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 3, 2010 21:09:14 GMT
That's an odd interesting combination, Rikita!
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 4, 2010 8:04:06 GMT
The dinner at La Mesa de Blanca last Sunday was very good, although one or two dishes were slightly disappointing compared to our previous tastes of them. But overall, we had no complaints. Yes, it was a very family scene. I have finally uploaded a few pics to my album, at least one of which shows the main dining room before it filled up. Comida time at restaurants here seems to peak at about 4 p.m. When we'd arrive, our friend Larry commented that the parking lot across the street seemed very big. But when we left, it was 3/4s full. picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sX8pqugZWd3Iv7AEqstGRg?feat=directlinkSoon after we arrived. Another, uploading now, of the dining room a little later. It should arrive by Thursday.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 4, 2010 8:08:35 GMT
By the way, I didn't take time to use the playgrounds.
This is what I had for lunch yesterday: August 3, 2010
I was very busy baking and preparing ahead for our reunion de vecinos tomorrow. So I grabbed whatever was around for lunch.
In this case, a wedge of polenta, setas al ajillo, and Conejo a las Brasas. (leftover from Sunday dinner.)
Wth it I drank a shot of cheap Tequila, Cabrito brand to be exact, then a couple of cervezas Victorias.
We are also testing out individual panes de elote, made of roughly chopped fresh corn, etc, as a base for tomorrow’s dessert of Three Berry Mix with a daub of crema.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Aug 5, 2010 8:52:59 GMT
We had a few old friends to comida yesterday. This was the menu. August 4, 2010
Guacamole, totopos. Trozos de pepinos, limón.
Caldo de Hongos Silvestres al Chipotle, (made with "Lobster" mushrooms.) Salsa de hierbabuena y chile piquín. (This salsa was overlooked by most of us, and though it was good, it was unnecessary.)
Arroz “Jasmín” blanco.
Guatape or "Huatape") Verde de Camarones. (Fresh shrimp in a complex, richly herbal sauce with hints of anise.)
Pan telera de leña.
Limonada fresca con agua mineral. Vino blanco demi-seco.
Postre: Pan de elote fresco con tres moras, azules, frambuesas y zarzas; Crema y natillas caseras. (An outstandng dessert, I must say so myself.)
Café.
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Post by rikita on Aug 6, 2010 19:29:54 GMT
do you mean the combination of mushrooms and bananas? they were two separate curries, i just made both of them so we could chose, or eat one after the other...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2010 20:20:13 GMT
I still have not made Baz's curried banana soup, but I consider it a must.
I made barbecued chicken in the oven. The result was quite acceptable, although I would love to be able to use a real grill.
Tonight (in preparation of tomorrow), I cooked some pork belly in beer with various spices. I'm not quite sure what I will do with it, but I'm pretty sure that I will roast some potatoes.
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Post by mockchoc on Aug 7, 2010 6:52:59 GMT
I made Baz's curried banana soup and even gave some to my boss. It is really good!
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