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chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:32 am

Uncle Kram wrote: Lucky you Bunny

I wish you didn't have to work so much, Unc'.

It is summer vacation for me, I will be working when school starts again, at 1 + 1/2 + 1/2 jobs again. I am enjoying the time I have!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:33 am

I hope you have a really good rest, Chonsi. You and Unk both work way too hard.

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:05 am

chonsigirl wrote: I wish you didn't have to work so much, Unc'.

It is summer vacation for me, I will be working when school starts again, at 1 + 1/2 + 1/2 jobs again. I am enjoying the time I have!

You've earned it Bunny. ENJOY

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:15 am

valerie wrote: Mona with beautiful blue eyes came to visit today... Tamsen barked for

the first time in a long time...

:-6Oh that's good, Val. It was a welcoming bark, right?

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:02 am

Do I want BBQ or Mexican for lunch?? :yh_think

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:04 am

sunny104 wrote: Do I want BBQ or Mexican for lunch?? :yh_thinkYES! Barbacoa :yh_drool

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:05 am

Accountable wrote: YES! Barbacoa :yh_drool
:yh_sick :yh_sick

are you serious??

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:07 am

sunny104 wrote: :yh_sick :yh_sick

are you serious??

Apparently you need to go to a different restaurant. Tell the "all meat" so they'll take the fat out.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:09 am

this is how it's traditionally made:

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cabeza, beef head

4 large Texas yellow onions

3 Heads garlic

2 Bunches Cilantro

Salt

Pepper

corn or flour tortillas

Pico de gallo and your favorite salsa(s)

DIRECTIONS:

Before you actually get the cabeza (beef head), understand that it

won't look very nice -in fact it will look pretty gruesome.

Therefore, I suggest purchasing the thing the day you cook it.

In the Rio Grande Valley, barbacoa de cabeza is traditionally

eaten on Sunday mornings.

Clean the cabeza, removing eyes, ears, etc. Discard the tongue.

Leaving it will impart an odd taste to the meat. Sprinkle salt

and pepper over the whole cabeza. Wrap the cabeza in a paper sack,

along with onions, garlic, and cilantro. Wrap THAT in burlap.

Dig a hole 2 feet deep and build a driftwood fire in it. Wait until

the fire goes to coals, then cover them with ashes, followed by the

cabeza, then about 2 inches of dry dirt or sand. Fill up the hole.

Add 6 to 8 inches of dirt or sand over it. Build a fire on top of

the ground. Use slow-burning wood such as oak or mesquite.

Leave the cabeza in the hole 12 to 18 hours. For example, if you

begin cooking it at 4:00 p.m., it should be ready by the next

morning. Serve with tortillas.

If your spouse objects to the digging the hole in the backyard, then

wrap the cabeza in foil and bake it in an oven or over a charcoal

grill. Using foil in place of the paper bag keeps the cabeza slightly

moister while it it cooking. I also suggest not 'cleaning' the head

in the kitchen-tends to strain a marriage.

If you cannot get a fresh cabeza, use a large chuck roast (10-12 lbs.)

and follow the same directions. Not as 'tasty', but a good

substitute and less work to prepare.

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:12 am

[quote=sunny104]this is how it's traditionally made:

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cabeza, beef head

:yh_sick

You cannot be serious - yuk!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:28 am

chocoholic wrote: [quote=sunny104]this is how it's traditionally made:

INGREDIENTS:

1 Cabeza, beef head

:yh_sick

You cannot be serious - yuk!
yep! that's how our Mexican friends do it! mmm-mmmmm!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:36 am

Tamales are from pork heads Snooze.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:41 am

our friends just boil the whole head and pick the "meat" off for their tacos!

who's hungry??

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:43 am

Nope Snooze I'm not. When I was little I had a babysitter from Mexico. I remeber one day there being a pig head sitting on a tray in the kitchen, and the next day I helped her make the tamales. And the pig head had vanished.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:45 am

Sheryl wrote: Nope Snooze I'm not. When I was little I had a babysitter from Mexico. I remeber one day there being a pig head sitting on a tray in the kitchen, and the next day I helped her make the tamales. And the pig head had vanished.

I love tamales!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:46 am

Well if your ever in Texas, and a Mexican comes to your door selling tamales, just remeber what I told ya.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:47 am

sunny104 wrote: I love tamales!

me too, with ketchup.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:48 am

That's the spirit....:wah:

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:49 am

sunny104 wrote: Do I want BBQ or Mexican for lunch?? :yh_think

You could bbq a Mexican. Have your Mexican and eat it too. :p

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 am

Sheryl wrote: Well if your ever in Texas, and a Mexican comes to your door selling tamales, just remeber what I told ya.

or Barbacoa...

heck, I'll try anything as long as I know what it is first!

I don't like surprises!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 am

As the person eating any "ethnic" food, step by step:

1. Eat

2. Decide if you like it.

3. If you do, ask for more.

*Stop Here*

The rest is purely optional, and should be avoided for those who like it, but have weak stomachs:

4. Look at it, if you dare.

5. Ask what it is

And for the really brave:

6. Ask how it was made

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:51 am

Nomad wrote: You could bbq a Mexican. Have your Mexican and eat it too. :p
I'm sure he'd enjoy that!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:51 am

You know I love Mexican food. One of my faves is Chorizo and scrambled eggs on a tortilla with lots of cheese. However I refuse to ever try menudo. I don't like hominy.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:53 am

we should start a thread on what's the weirdest thing people have eaten or drank!

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:54 am

SnoozeControl wrote: LMAO! It's the stomach lining that grosses me out... the rest of the soup is lovely.
isn't that what haggis is?? :yh_sick

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 am

Haggis is offal, just offal! :yh_sick :rolleyes:

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 am

SnoozeControl wrote: I think it's sheep intestine.

yum. thanks.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:23 am

we have rain!

we went outside for a minute and my 2 year old said "we need a bra-brella" :yh_rotfl

so I spent a few minutes teaching him how to say "UM-brella"

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:58 am

Ha-let him watch the game, while you play on FG!

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:18 am

&$%*()&^%$)*(&^*)_(&^&%*&)_()_**(^^&$^&()IHL_)**(%^&%*( :-5

my kitchen sink is clogged and hubby's at work. Guess that means I get to don a plumbers hat. :rolleyes:

this should be interesting

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:51 am

Aisling wrote: Bananas are almost $12 a kilo at my local vegie shop....oh how i need one it's been so long!:eek:
How sad. I get them at the store here for 3 pounds for a dollar US. Did you ever spread a bit of marshmallow creme on them? Mmmmmm.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:05 pm

Okie wrote: How sad. I get them at the store here for 3 pounds for a dollar US. Did you ever spread a bit of marshmallow creme on them? Mmmmmm.

Sounds good, Okie. That is about what we pay for bananas here in NY, too. Of course, frozen then dipped in melted chocolate is good too.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:07 pm

sunny104 wrote: we should start a thread on what's the weirdest thing people have eaten or drank!

Rocky Mountain Oysters

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:27 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Are those cooked first or do you slide them down your throat like real oysters?

Breaded..and usually baked or deep fried, actually

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:02 pm

Ris de Veau - Breton calf sweetbreads.

Sweetbreads come in two varieties. The first is the thymus gland, also called the throat sweetbread or gorge in French. The second variety is the pancreas, also referred to as the stomach sweetbread or noix in French

http://www.cheftalk.com/content/display ... pe=article

It was the noix kind I had - and if I'd known what they were I'd have run a mile. Actually they tasted great.

I just happen to have a spare kangaroo head buried in the garden, slow cooking. Anyone interested in some fair dinkum, true blue aussie tamales?

Uncle Kram · Post by **Uncle Kram** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:07 pm

AussiePam wrote: Ris de Veau - Breton calf sweetbreads.

Sweetbreads come in two varieties. The first is the thymus gland, also called the throat sweetbread or gorge in French. The second variety is the pancreas, also referred to as the stomach sweetbread or noix in French

http://www.cheftalk.com/content/display ... pe=article

It was the noix kind I had - and if I'd known what they were I'd have run a mile. Actually they tasted great.

I just happen to have a spare kangaroo head buried in the garden, slow cooking. Anyone interested in some fair dinkum, true blue aussie tamales?

Vegetarians may prefer to use nuts

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:07 pm

Pam is not a vegetarian. But pam may also prefer to use nuts! Grin.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:24 pm

I am going out to mow the back yard, my teenage gardener I hired cannot come until next weekend................

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:27 pm

Do you have one of those marvellous American mowers you sit on and drive???