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Bangers and Mash....and Ash. Grilled a banger and served with leftovers of mashed potatoes, green beans and bacon, and chile ash sauce (from a MXN take-away meal).
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I attribute bitterness in eggplant to undercooking. I prefer frying eggplant (though I sometimes gas grill them) and I fry/grill until they are like custard on the inside. Never bitter when cooked that hard. Too often recipes call for frying 1/2 inch slices for 'a 2 or 3 minutes' on each side. Nope, much longer. Until almost falling apart. I stopped ordering eggplant dishes in restaurants as they were bitter 80% of time, simply undercooked.
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@TdeV This is my pot, I bought it Amazon Mexico. (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)
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I can't cook dried beans better than these jarred beans from Spain. Mexico must have a great import agreement with Spain as these large jars cost me 36 pesos each ($1.75 usd) this morning. I've never found tinned or canned beans as good as imports that come in jars. I will check whether there are shortages of dried beans here when I shop later this week.
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https://littlesunnykitchen.com/instant-pot-oxtail/ I've used this recipe a few times. My changes are: I use 8 to 10 carrots, cut in 1 to 2 inch chunks I use a really large onion, large size chop (not diced) I use 4-5 garlic cloves, halved I use 1 cup hearty red wine (whatever I have on hand, usually Tempranillo, Carmenere, Red Zin) I use 1 1/2 cups beef broth or chicken broth I use much more cracked black pepper than called for, to our taste I set the Instant Pot for 55 minutes; let it depressurize naturally (allow at least 35-40 minutes) When I open the Instant Pot, I either: Remove the oxtails and veg then set the Instant Pot on High Sauté until liquid is reduced quite a bit, almost by half. Or, drain off the liquid from the Instant Pot into a saucepan and boil it down stovetop to about half. My one gripe about Instant Pot is the amount of liquid I'm left with, but my pot has Warning!! do not underfill with liquid. So that's why I end up reducing the liquid afterward.
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I find this funny. Not a joke, it's true. In Mexico January 6th is Día de Los Tres Reyes Magos (Day of the Wise Men). In much of the Christian world January 6th is The Epiphany. It represents the day the Three Wise Men arrived in Bethlehem to bestow their gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Traditionally in Mexico it is Día de Los Reyes when families exchange gifts, especially it's when young children get their Christmas gifts; not from Santa, but from the Three Kings (Tres Reyes). It is a day of parties and family gatherings. At these parties there is always a round cake, a Rosca de Reyes. The Rosca is round in the shape of a wreath and is very similar to the Kings Cake popular elsewhere, New Orleans especially. It's often iced with garishly colored icings; it's a yeast bread with a little dried green and red fruit both in it and on it. It's ubiquitous in Mexico---you see it at gas stations, convenience stores, fine bakeries, drug stores, small tiendas. Each cake has a plastic baby Jesus in it and if your slice has that, you have to bring the tamales for the next holiday get-together, Candelaria in early February. This year the Dominos franchise in Mexico is making and selling Roscas de Sartén. Sartén mean a baking pan. As in Pan Pizza. Not sure if there's a baby Jesus in the pizza 😎 Here's the Dominos ad.
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In Spain: Rabo de Toro; In Mexico: Cola de Res. Oxtails in red wine with (a ton of) carrots. Instapot and oh-so-good. I made for New Year's Dinner but forgot to take a pic. Leftovers look and taste the same. Served with a dollop of mashed potatoes.
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Health risks from room temperature tea set out all day?
gulfporter replied to a topic in Coffee & Tea
I doubt there'd be a problem overnight. Then again, I'm probably not the best to answer. When were were young and poor, I'd make a gigantic pot of chili (ground beef was cheap in the early 70s) and because our first apartment had a 'dorm' size refrigerator, I'd just leave the pot on the stove and reheat every night for a week. -
This NY Times article from a few days ago on the decline in Craft Brewers. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/dining/drinks/craft-beer.html I agree with @mgaretz. It's the overcharging by restaurants that's causing the fewer glasses sold at this SF restaurant. While the article indicates this restauranteur reports their sales of reds are down 27%, whites are also down 13% Why the disparity? I looked at this restaurant's website and while it only shows samples of its offerings, many of its mains showcase wagyu beef, duck, oxtail; items that most would order with a red wine. Yes it sells meals that are vegetarian or fish/lobster, IMO it's the sort of place you go for a splurge meal and you may want The Big Meal. Personally when we are in the US I limit myself to 1 glass of wine when eating out since even in the Tucson area they average $12 and up. When we are in Mexico I don't always, but won't hesitate to order 2 glasses as they average 60 to 90 pesos ($3.90 to $4.30 USD equivalent).
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@Tropicalsenior No natural sea salt in Costa Rica with all your coastlines? Here in Jalisco we get natural salt from small producers on the west coast, often from the state of Colima (just to our south). Sold at local stores and even our Walmart, and Amazon Mexico. Cheap, no added iodine or fluoride.
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Growing up poor, my parents would buy super thin pork chops. My mother worked evening shift so my Dad would make dinner. He'd fast-fry the pork chops in an iron skillet, slap them between two pieces of white bread with ketchup. We'd eat around the bone.
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Grilled Black Forest Ham, Imported Swiss Cheese, Dijon mustard, locally made mango chutney on a local bakery's black olive and thyme sourdough. Mi esposo's fave sandwich, he earned it as his reward for unboxing and setting up our Christmas tree.
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The water is bottled by Coca Cola (in Monterrey)...have seen it in US too, Topo Chico. The beer is Heineken 00 (non alcoholic). My fridge always has a supply of both and has for at least 5 years.
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Those are beauties! This is the pan I used, (eG-friendly Amazon.com link)
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When I moved to Virginia in 1971 I was surprised that in Southside Virginia, a cold sauerkraut salad was always on the Thanksgiving menu. It was simple, with a sweet and sour dressing and finely diced red bell pepper and celery. I also learned that in the African American communities, macaroni and cheese was de rigueur. On our ethnic (Lithuanian) table in northeast Pennsylvania there was always my Uncle's homemade fresh kielbasa )not smoked). And our stuffing was ground beef and ground pork combined with crushed saltine crackers for most of my youth. Then my Aunt decided we'd be a little more Americanized and we switched over to a typical bread stuffing. I enjoy hearing about local TDay food traditions.
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Just the 2 of us. Mi esposo made Jamaican chicken; my side was sweet potato mash with sauteed apple/onions/ and chipotle. He made a weird 2 ingredient pumpkin creme brulee (it worked, mostly) and I did an Apple Cardamom Walnut Crumble Pie that is 90% crumble.
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Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )
gulfporter replied to a topic in Pastry & Baking
Apple-Cardamom-Walnut Crumble Pie. Far more crumble topping than pie, but that's the way we like it! -
I like the meatball idea to preserve the flavor of it; make a richer than normal panade?? You could also go the burger route, either top with or incorporate bacon?? Sounds exciting whichever way you go!
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Yes, that's how we are mostly using it. I did some research and there are some dispensers that won't work with certain colors of sponges, though this one wasn't listed or mentioned. I buy my kitchen sponges at Dollar Stores in multi-colored packs. We are using a blue sponge now and working fine. When I toss it out I will try to remember to try a yellow sponge.
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Yes. The ad said dish soap would work and so far Dawn is working well. I also like that the battery is a rechargeable via USB cord. Says 1 charge will last 3 months. Also you can set the amount of soap dispensed.