Had it with the Food Channel...

[Daisy and Delilah]

OML!
Anthony Bourdain visited Mexico City and ate and ate and ate!

It made me hungry for food off of a taco wagon/truck.


Watch the episode if you can.

THAT was MEXICAN FOOD- don't forget to see the woman making hand made blue tortillas!

I wonder if she is single!

I'll try to catch it.

Richard: My latest creation: Tonight I made pancakes. I put cooked chorizo in the pancake batter. Chorizo, pancakes, maple syrup. What can I say? You have to try it. Of course I had more chorizo on the side. Delicious!!!

That's great, Elyse. I bet you were flabbergasted!! Cool!! I think alot of his shows are filmed at places that people write in about. Did they serve chicken soup on the show?

[smokey the elder]

Alton Brand had a show about making corn tortillas from scratch...and I do mean scratch: flint corn to nixmatal (sp?) (lye treatment), cleaning, grinding, making the dough, and using the tortilla press! Lots of work!

[RICHARD]

Alton Brand had a show about making corn tortillas from scratch...and I do mean scratch: flint corn to nixmatal (sp?) (lye treatment), cleaning, grinding, making the dough, and using the tortilla press! Lots of work!

YES That was it!
Nixtamal! You get and A+ for spelling!

Now you have to add to his 'recipe' elbow grease, amor (love) and a little wrist action to make the 'hand formed' tortillas, Some people use a press, like he did!

Now think of doing that every day for breakfast and dinner! Lunch is a little more informal! and is usally made from left over breakfast stuff!

[RICHARD]

I broke down and made some of Aida's cilantro rice tonight,


I have some beans and a chile verde (pork w/green chile sauce) that I am going to have with home made tortillas!


Dude, the rice was freaking XLNT!

If I don't post again, I died and went to heaven?

[RICHARD]

I had one of the best meals last night.

The cilantro rice was really good-when I make it next time I'll add an extra chile - I couldn't really taste the one serrano chile but over all it was really good!

Recipe?

Three ounces of cilantro
three cloves of garlic,
3.5 cups of chicken, beef or veggie stock.

Puree in blender the cilantro, garlic and 1.5 cups of stock.


Dice half an medium onion, and sautee-
Add 2 cups of rice, the puree and the rest of the stock,
cover and cook. about 20 minutes.


I am going to try this with some stir fry later on in the week.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Does anybody watch "Chopped"? I love that show for some reason. I didn't know it existed until about a week ago.

Richard, what do you know about the native dishes in El Salvador? My son travels there for his work.

[RICHARD]

Does anybody watch "Chopped"? I love that show for some reason. I didn't know it existed until about a week ago.

Richard, what do you know about the native dishes in El Salvador? My son travels there for his work.

I have seen parts of chopped, like the premise, don't like the judges.

El Sal food? NOt a whole heck of a lot-maybe just the black beans and plantains?

I tink PUPUSAS are from there?