Posts by geno

  Going to a restaurant, paying large amounts of money besides the point, and being told what you are going to eat, how the food will be cooked like it or not reminds me of my childhood years.  The saying was at our family...

 you need to understand Mexico. They are not making molcajetes by hand, for the most part. Mexico uses high speed grinders, lathes and other modern machinery to make these products. Sharp and crisp edges are simple to do with...

  First off, if you have 35% fat cream base and want 25%, a 10% difference, I would take a liter of cream and add 100 ml of good water to get your 25% fat base.  I am no math or science major so the numbers may be off but...

 The problem in the beef from Mexico is it is very lean.  The grass grows so high in my state of Veracruz you sometimes can only see the head of the cow peaking out but mostly they do not finish them out with corn to add fat....

 That story about the dive diner for breakfast is exactly what I am talking about.  I have been in a corn county Midwest dinner with only the local farmers talking about grain prices. The waitress (she should have had a TV...

   Both responces have been great and I find it interesting that both are memories from the past. I  love food so personally to make a recommendation I would need pages.  I am sort of like a friend of my father. My...

  There have been similar threads, one of the latest was about your most expensive meal. As we are told, money does not buy happiness or good food ..... all the time.  What would you consider the very best meal you have ever...

Ok, you got me on this one. I live where bananas are everywhere... banana plants will take over your yard if you give them time. HOW do you chocolate fill a banana? It sounds great and may be a great addition to my mother in laws...

 You have the ingredients close enough but i doubt you will ever match the flavor of the palletas of Mexico, My wife makes and sells the popsicles or as they are known in Mexico, palletas. Today we have 6 freezers running...

 Fresh baked bisquets, 2 or 3, split thank you very much. A small tab of butter on each piece topped with 2,, fresh, over easy (that is the way I like them) eggs. Now comes the good part... sausage gravy with big chunks of...