Sorry to say, but this site has been so depressing for a few days. I thought I'd ask an average, everyday question....to make us all feel a little more normal today.
I made Eggplant Lasagna, and my BIL and SIL are coming for dinner. They leave for Cali tomorrow to see their beautiful grand daughter.
Sorry, sometimes we just need some REGULAR conversation.......or at least THIS caregiver does.
Tonight "Mexican" beef stew (my own concoction) regular beef stew with Chili California peppers and chipotle chilies (seeded) with birote (a baguette). (Hubs will still add half a bottle of hot sauce, sigh.)
Here in México, they have camoteros who sell steamed sweet potatoes and/or bananas. They have a little rolling cart with a fire under the oven. They roll around the neighborhoods at night, calling with a train whistle sound from the smoke stack. You can hear it a block away when they release the steam.
Pieces of skinless sweet potato (or banana) are served with La Lechera, Mexico's version of sweetened condensed milk. The Mexicans eat it as a dessert. Good deal for around $1.50.
I think you'd enjoy it! 😋
Same thing with tamaleros selling tamales. Often the flavor is good but there's not quite enough meat inside.
If you're ever over here in TJ, I recommend a tamal stand on Calle Tercera (Third St.) They steam theirs in banana leaf (my favorite) instead of dried corn husks. They have loads of meat and sauce in them. One makes a meal. Good deal at $1.75.
We should do lunch!
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I need alt her See's chocolate Santa
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Not sure what you were trying to say.
Ali, I stay in at severe temps or take a cab if I HAVE to go out. Now I have that bug too
Dinner, lunch and breakfast - homemade chicken soup for me. Loving my electric pressure cooker which turns left over chicken carcasses into lovely bone broth.That and pb toast with marmalade is all I want.
Sunny, I hope I get past it sooner than you!
Pamz - turkey brunswick stew sounds yummy!
veronica - love a reuben but I can't have the bread or cheese :(
blackhole - the standbys! I like hamburger better than steak
That's unfortunate you don't like sweet potatoes. Baked with butter and a bit of brown sugar or maple syrup and it's almost a dessert - the Viking loves em
Posole is a Mexican soup with pork or chicken and hominy
i will take the Reuben though.
I'm off to get my Reuben and sweet potato fries
Pamz, turkey Brunswick stew sounds great!! Hope you feel better soon. 'Tis the season for colds, but also for great food to nurse yourself back to health with.
Just saw your post, Sunny. Seems half of AC is sick lately, that stinks. I'm a big fan of spicy soups when I have a cold. Hope it clears up soon.
Listened to funny story told by a long-time friend; when his eldest son was born, at a loss how to bathe the baby, the couple called his mom, who lived nearby. She ordered them to fill a bucket with warm water and dunked the week old babe under stating "they know instinctively how to hold their breaths at this age". My friend replied, "Ma, you're washing my son, not my socks" and took charge from there on in. Good times.
Drop a lime in a corona for me !
You party animal!
Happy New Year!
Got so distracted after looking up what a pelican bib was!
Thank you for the kind invite! Tacos and Coronas sound perfect.:-)
Enjoy your ham on New Year's Day!
You should be here in Tijuana with us tonight. We're having tacos de carnitas. Auntie makes a killer green sauce.
Of course cervezas too. Most drink Tecate Light but Auntie drinks Corona.
Corona just changed their name to "México", kinda' dumb. Everybody knows it as Corona. Oh well.
It doesn't get any more Mexican than this.
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Tomorrow hubs and I will have ham. 🇺🇸