Showing posts with label mexican food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mexican food. Show all posts
Friday, January 6, 2023

Rosca de Reyes (King Cake)

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I made this lovely Rosca de Reyes cake today, which is January 6th - also known as Epiphany and the Three Kings day.  Mexicans celebrate th...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Cajeta (The Best Thing You Can Do With Goat’s Milk)

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This time of year, I am usually drowning in milk. 2022 is a bit of an anomaly, because the only two goats in milk are the two young first f...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

First Fire (Carne Asada)

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Built a fire this afternoon and had a carne asada, just for us. It’s still cold, but the sun was bright and tempting. I just took the oven r...
Sunday, August 11, 2019

Sweet Corn and Sweet Memories

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If you’ve never had sweet corn Mexican style, you really have to try it. When I was a child, we rolled our fresh boiled ears of sweet corn ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

What is Guacamole, Anyway?

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Let's get one thing out of the way: there's no such thing as one "right" way to make guacamole. There are not even one hun...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Beat Up by a Sheep (For the LAST time)

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Sometime this past winter, my sister gave us a sheep. A ram, actually. She and her husband raise  Jacob's sheep , a heritage breed tha...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

The Fat of the Land

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What's in these jars? Honey? Apple cider? No! Lard! I finally took the big package of pork fat out of the freezer and rendered i...
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Salsa Ranchera a la Gleaner's Pantry

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Canning in January! This is salsa ranchera. Recipe as follows: put 6 or 8 pint jars and lids to sterilize in boiling water. On a cast iron g...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Making Mole (Happy Birthday)

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Tomorrow is Homero's birthday, and we are having a party. Nothing as huge as last year's - no Mariachis, no rented canopies - jus...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Christmas 2014 (Musings and Menus)

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Preparations for Christmas this year are just about done. The presents are all bought and wrapped, the tree is lit, the house is deco...
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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Mexican Turkey Broth (What is a Gizzard Anyway?)

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At 6:30 this morning Homero and I squelched out through the cold mud and light rain to the chicken coop, to catch sleeping turkeys before...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Mexico Photos (Part Three)

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Agave hearts ready to be roasted (on the left) and after roasting in a pit oven on a small-scale mescal producer's farm (right). Agaves ...
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Sunday, December 18, 2011

A Visit to La Mixteca Baja

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Oh how annoying it is not to be able to upload photos! Bro, if you read this, please tell me again how to do it on my iphone. Doesn't bl...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Pajaretas (Goat Milk Cocktail)

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Yesterday's goat slaughtering turned into quite a party. It was a gorgeous day but hot, and the men doing the butchering worked up a thi...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Redneck Shopping List

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This is how much of a redneck I've become: my shopping list for today? A case of beer, propane, and bullets. It's goat slaughterin...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

Broiler Report (Caldo de Pollo and Liver Pate)

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Back in late March, my sister and I decided to go in on a dozen broiler chicks. Homero and I had been trying - unsuccessfully - to eat one o...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cheesy Success!

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It;s just about suppertime, so I have no time at the moment for a detailed explanation, but I have FINALLY created a reasonable facsimile of...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Farm Folks Are Friendly (Home-style Goat Tacos)

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Like most other bloggers, I suspect, I have an online community made up of people who read my blog and leave comments and of those whose blo...
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

How to Make Real Tamales

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Part of yesterday and all of today (so far) was given over to making tamales. From actual scratch. It's something I've always wanted...
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