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    DC-Metro 32 yrs; Bisbee,AZ 10 years; Ajijic, Mexico since 2008, 2nd house in Tucson since 2023

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  1. In DC-Metro when working, our office was awash in free zucchinis brought in by home gardeners. I always made this pie, though I made it in a 9 x 13 dish. Tastes just like apple and because of the way you cut the zucchini, it looks like apples too. My mother found the recipe in one of her 'church members' cookbooks. 8 c. zucchini peeled, seeds removed. Cut in half lengthwise, then scoop out seeds before slicing to mimic apple slices. 2/3 c. fresh lemon juice 1 c sugar 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon Crust: 4 c flour 2 c sugar 1/2 tsp salt 3 sticks butter 3/4 tsp. cinnamon Cook the zucchini slices in the lemon juice till tender...20-30 min. Add 1 c. sugar and spices. To make crust mixture: combine dry ingredients, then cut in butter. Add 1 loose cup of the crust mixture to thicken the zucchini mixture. Cool zucchini mixture. Put 1/2 remaining crust mixture into greased 13x9 pan, press flat. Bake 375 for 10 min. Then put zucchini mixture over crust. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Distribute rest of crust mixture over zucchini. Bake 375 for 35 to 40 min.
  2. fyi, La Boqueria is navigable early in the day, we go between 8 and 9 and it's just us and the locals. We've been to Barcelona 4 times and it's a spot I never skip.
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    Dinner 2024

    Chicken thighs molé with sweet potato chunks. Topped with pickled red onions.
  4. Have you planned a foodie shopping trip to their big market? Load up on Spanish Pimiento Vera! The seafood displays are amazing, even if you're not going to be cooking.
  5. When we lived in St. Pete area of FL, there was a small airport with the IATA call letters, PIE. On Pi Day they gave out slices of pie.
  6. Just out of oven but can't cut until room temperature. Blueberry Sour Cream with a Pecan crumble topping.
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    Dinner 2024

    A local gringo-oriented market (though the weekend city folks from Guadalajara shop there in droves) has new shelf space for Patak's brand Indian sauces, etc. I prepared the curry sauce per directions (add sauteed onion and tomatoes though I used a local tomato puree). Dropped a cut-up rotis chicken in it and let it sit in the heated sauce while I prepped the side of caramelized brussel sprouts using my pantry of dry Indian spices. Lime pickle of the same Patak's brand and some yogurt on the side. Both us us very impressed with the flavors. Not sure if available in US but will look for it next trip north.
  8. Can I freeze a half-used glass jar of something? Specifically....using half a jar of an Indian curry spice paste today. I won't use the other half for at least a month or two. Do I have to empty the jar into a plastic container before putting in freezer? Or can I just chuck the jar, tightly screwed with cap, into the freezer?
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    Lunch 2024

    Grilled blackened salmon with bacon, avocado and chipotle on a baguette.
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    Lunch 2024

    @blue_dolphin First time we had abalone was in early 80s at a small restaurant in Big Bear Lake CA when on vacation. It was super tender and tasty. We re-routed that driving trip so we could go back there just for the abalone. After that whenever we saw abalone on a menu anywhere, we'd order it. Usually a huge disappointment, chew factor ranged from rubber bands to shoe leather. We gave up and have never ordered it again. Sigh. It takes a special talent to cook them properly. Yours look wonderful! Have same issue with octopus; 'pulpo' is on many menus in MX and is always melt in mouth delicious. But anytime we try it in US, it's a chew fest.
  11. Forgot to mention that on Fridays (pay days) my Dad would either bring home a plain pizza or some freshly fried (real) fish sticks from a seafood market. He made a powerful cocktail sauce of half ketchup and half homemade horseradish. My grandmother made her own horseradish and it had beet juice (or crushed beets??) in it and was bright red. To this day when I buy 'white' horseradish, it doesn't look right to me. Anyone else with Lenten food memories??
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    Lunch 2024

    It's been in the 80s so we wanted a light lunch. Grilled salmon and endive tossed in EVOO with S&P. A bit of canned whole cranberries with chipotle as a dipping sauce. Doesn't get any simpler than that. I had originally planned to grill the endive but it was so fresh I went the au natural route. I hadn't seen in quite awhile down here in MX so it was a real treat....sweet and bitter at same time.
  13. My favorite Torta Ahogada place in town adds a shrimp torta during Cuaresma (Lent). For the uninitiated the name means, Drowned Sandwich. It comes on a super dry bolillo baked specifically for this sandwich. You get separate bags of a sauce, super hot sauce (so hot my husband doesn't add any of it), pickled onions and diced zucchini. You stuff the pickled items in the sandwich then drown it in the sauce. The bread loosens up.....provecho! I eat mine more like a slow French Dip so I can control the bread's mushiness (for lack of a better word); I like a bit of bite and chew all the way thru to the end. Lent isn't as strict here as it was just 10 years ago. Growing up in a Lithuanian immigrant Catholic family in the 50s and 60s, Lent was very strict. No meat any day of the week. We were poor so most Lenten meals were potato pancakes, mac n cheese and cheese and/or potato pierogies my grandmother made.
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    Lunch 2024

    Soft tacos using leftover grilled Jerk chicken (with cilantro, pickled red onions and a healthy dollop of the Jerk sauce from the marinade). They look pale as this is before they made it to the grill.
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