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Post by auntieannie on Sept 1, 2009 18:36:56 GMT
we had a mushroom risotto.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Sept 1, 2009 22:48:03 GMT
We have returned to Mexico City, and are thinking of having some pozole from the pozolería just down the street from our hotel. Our late lunch was of hamburgers at the now semi-famed Hamburguesas a la Parilla, in Mexico City's Colonia Roma Norte. We noted a freshly painted backdrop sign of a giant hamburger. Today, they were at their juicy best. We both drank Jarritos brand tamarind soda with our meal. picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/t0PuxNuJjy6qE09wmvtmlw?feat=directlink
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 1, 2009 23:09:40 GMT
Welcome almost-home!
Fine, fine beverage choice there.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 1, 2009 23:23:50 GMT
Not for tonight, but I'm doing a braise of blade roast (palette). I very rarely cook red meat but the roast was on sale for 4 something a kilo, about $2Cdn a lb, and I'm treating my meat-loving Argentine friend. Roast browned on all sides in a cast-iron skillet, as I was chopping onions and celery very fine, then they were sautéed a bit. They went into my crockpot with a bottle of St-Ambroise Oatmeal stout, a very good local dark beer and a bit of stock. This has been simmering away for hours at a very low fire.
Tonight, very simple. Wholegrain spaghettini with fresh San-Marzano type tomatoes (just parboiled in the cooking water and chopped fine) and fresh basil, and a green salad.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 2, 2009 0:58:44 GMT
Sounds heavenly, LaGatta, both tonight's and the braise for later.
I had red meat, too -- tasajo (very thinly cut salted beef) with freshly made loquat chutney, a salad of corn, bell pepper, and onion, and a couple of tortillas.
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Post by james on Sept 2, 2009 16:41:15 GMT
Not sure what i'll be having.....but soup is a definite.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 17:02:50 GMT
I bought an entrecôte yesterday, and since I just bought some gnocchi, I think I might introduce them to each other and see if they get along.
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Post by spindrift on Sept 2, 2009 17:32:37 GMT
Vintage Cheddar,Potato and Leek Tartlets with new potatoes and a yummy avocado, red pepper, lettuce and tomato salad dressed with Swiss salad sauce from Migros.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 17:36:50 GMT
Oh damn, I must go and stock up on Migros products soon! (I don't actually have to cross the border, because they have several hypermarkets on the French side -- best of both worlds: the Swiss products at French prices. But the Swiss have to leave the country and then drive back to take advantage of it. Good thing they are finally applying the Schengen agreement.)
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Post by Don Cuevas on Sept 2, 2009 17:44:01 GMT
Welcome almost-home! Fine, fine beverage choice there. At supper time, we were so exhausted from the flight, etc, that we ended up at the good old Bisquets Obregón, also nearby, where we both had Sopa de Ajo Con Huevo. It was fine. This morning, as we walked back from a friend's house where we'd breakfasted, I saw an alluring stand, next to the hotel, serving what I think is barbacoa a la penca. I can't decide whether to go go to a fairly high end Catalán restaurant in the Condesa, or eat more lower class (but delicious) food, such as pozole or barbacoa. It's a bit of a trek out to La Condesa, easy by cab, but the cuenta at the Catalán rest would be considerably more impactful than at some local joint.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2009 19:36:55 GMT
Tonight I had luscious grilled andouillettes, but damn, I will never learn to grill them without exploding into an intestinal mess!
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Post by cristina on Sept 3, 2009 20:05:15 GMT
Tonight will be a salad of greens tossed with grated apple, raspberries, blue cheese and a berry balsamic vinaigrette and topped with a grilled bit of steak or chicken (meat at the choosing of the eater).
Usually I make this salad with strawberries but the raspberries were on sale this week and looked too good to pass up.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Sept 3, 2009 21:22:12 GMT
Now back home in our casa campestre in Michoacán. We are going to have Macaroni and Cheese and canned stewed tomatoes. Can't wait!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2009 21:25:00 GMT
Kraft?
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 3, 2009 21:35:15 GMT
where did you buy canned stewed tomatoes? *sulk*
You crap yourself when grilling, Kerouac? Please post that in the Free Clinic, not here. Do you prick the sausages before grilling them?
Special occasion, Cristina? That sounds like a glorious summer meal.
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Post by cristina on Sept 3, 2009 21:51:09 GMT
It is the best meal for summer, and insanely easy to prepare. It is also the only meal that everyone in my family will eat, including the 14 year old picky eater and her brother the vegetarian (he obviously declines the meat ). Even though its not special occasion fare, it is kind of a special occasion since college girl is coming home today for the weekend. She stayed at school over the summer so I haven't seen much of her lately. I'm always happy when I have all the young'uns in sight. That, and its too hot to do much else. Especially if I delegate the grilling of the meat.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 3, 2009 23:29:26 GMT
You're a good mama and a fine cook, Cristina!
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 5, 2009 4:16:37 GMT
Tuesday and Wednesday were the Festival of the Hungry Ghosts. Our ancestors get invited back to wander the earth. Fake money is burned on the streets and impromptu altars are erected in offices and homes. Here's our altar. We had the sacrifices for dinner (at least what our ancestors left us ), as you can see it was quite good:
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 5, 2009 4:50:41 GMT
That's fascinating, HW. Is the belief there that the dead are closer to earth at this time of year? (that's the belief here for the Days of the Dead). What do the paper objects represent, and what are those wrapped cylindrical things, please?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2009 4:56:22 GMT
My Chinese supermarket sells massive stocks of hell money for this.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 5, 2009 5:07:21 GMT
"hell money" = money for the afterlife? Surely it's not called hell money?!
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Post by Don Cuevas on Sept 5, 2009 8:18:34 GMT
"where did you buy canned stewed tomatoes? *sulk*"
Costco in Morelia. They carry S&W brand canned tomato products, "Tomates Guisados" are the stewed ones. They also have reasonably sized cans of tomato paste and cubed tomatoes in their own juice. It wasn't like this three years ago. You do, of course, have to buy a carton full.
Yesterday's comida here was a sausage-potato-cabbage and veg soup, from the freezer; accompanied by toasted yeast raised cheddar corn bread.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2009 17:17:52 GMT
"hell money" = money for the afterlife? Surely it's not called hell money?! It's printed 'hell banknote' in English on the notes (lower right hand corner).
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Post by imec on Sept 5, 2009 17:23:05 GMT
Fish Fry! With fresh Pickerel - the local name for Walleye - from Lake Winnipeg. These were caught in summer using a boat - but here's what they use to fish in winter:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2009 17:49:38 GMT
I'm having fish un-fry. I have a fresh salmon fillet that I will slice up and eat raw as sashimi.
Salad, too.
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 7, 2009 6:06:22 GMT
That's fascinating, HW. Is the belief there that the dead are closer to earth at this time of year? (that's the belief here for the Days of the Dead). What do the paper objects represent, and what are those wrapped cylindrical things, please? Sorry, it's been the weekend... On the right and left soft drinks, in the middle from l to r are cake, boiled chicken and 'nom som', sticky rice filled with fat pork and white (mung) beans wrapped in banana leaves and boiled. At the back (in front on the 2nd pic) are fruits and 'hell' money as K correctly pointed out. That is the literal translation. On that festival the ancesters return to protect the house and the families, hell money is burned to make life easier for them in hell (the underworld). In other countries they burn cars, houses and anything else the ancestors need. What's missing were steamed prawns and crabs. What a feast that was.
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Post by bazfaz on Sept 7, 2009 6:58:44 GMT
The freezer is emptying. There is some beef mince so maybe meatballs, tomato sauce, pasta.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2009 9:09:53 GMT
Yesterday, I went to the Indian/Srilankan supermarket and bought a few familiar and unfamiliar products.
I carefully read the package for the mutton biryani mix and also on the jar of coconut green chili paste and then completely ignored the instructions.
I used pork instead of mutton, chopped up a lot of onions, threw in numerous extra cardamom pods and some lime juice. I looked at my two remaining carrots, but they were being attacked by black rot, so I threw them away (I'm sure that they would have gone in the pot anyway in India).
I put four big spoons of the coconut paste in my pot and added the biryani mix (rice, spices and cashews). The one indication that I did follow was the amount of water to add (45cl). Well, actually, I probably put in 60cl because I didn't want it to be dry.
Then I covered it and let it simmer for about 20 minutes.
Anyway, it was positively exceptional -- what a shame that I will never be able to reproduce it! And the chili most definitely cleaned out my nasal passages at no extra charge.
The ingredients of the whole meal cost less than 4€.
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 7, 2009 10:17:47 GMT
How was the sashimi? Whenever I made it the fish chunks were much bgger than in restaurants. This evening I'm eating out. At the FCC, Jack and Baz probably know it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 7, 2009 16:27:34 GMT
DonC -- I ain't got no Costco. .... 'nom som', sticky rice filled with fat pork and white (mung) beans wrapped in banana leaves and boiled. At the back (in front on the 2nd pic) are fruits and 'hell' money as K correctly pointed out. That is the literal translation. So Cambodia has tamales! Now that I think about it, didn't the word "hell" once mean simply the after-life, with the idea of a fiery eternity of punishment coming later and from a strictly European sensibility? The sashimi sounds wonderful. I'd have to find a really reliable fish vendor around here before I'd try that. Not as delicate as sashimi, but I did one of those thrown-together pantry things that really came out nicely -- saute bell pepper and onions, then add canned tuna and chopped chiles en adobo plus some of their goop. Put over linguini and top with lots of chopped parsley.
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