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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:32 am
by chonsigirl
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!

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:33 am
by AussiePam
I hope you have a really good rest, Chonsi. You and Unk both work way too hard.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:05 am
by Uncle Kram
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 :)

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 6:15 am
by Accountable
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?

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:02 am
by sunny104
Do I want BBQ or Mexican for lunch?? :yh_think

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:04 am
by Accountable
sunny104 wrote: Do I want BBQ or Mexican for lunch?? :yh_thinkYES! Barbacoa :yh_drool

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:05 am
by sunny104
Accountable wrote: YES! Barbacoa :yh_drool
:yh_sick :yh_sick

are you serious?? :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:07 am
by Accountable
sunny104 wrote: :yh_sick :yh_sick



are you serious?? :D:confused: Apparently you need to go to a different restaurant. Tell the "all meat" so they'll take the fat out.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:09 am
by sunny104
this is how it's traditionally made: :D

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.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:12 am
by chocoholic
[quote=sunny104]this is how it's traditionally made: :D



INGREDIENTS:

1 Cabeza, beef head



:yh_sick :lips:

You cannot be serious - yuk!

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:28 am
by sunny104
chocoholic wrote: [quote=sunny104]this is how it's traditionally made: :D



INGREDIENTS:

1 Cabeza, beef head



:yh_sick :lips:

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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:36 am
by Sheryl
Tamales are from pork heads Snooze. :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:41 am
by sunny104
our friends just boil the whole head and pick the "meat" off for their tacos! :D

who's hungry??

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:43 am
by Sheryl
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. ;)

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:45 am
by sunny104
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! :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:46 am
by Sheryl
Well if your ever in Texas, and a Mexican comes to your door selling tamales, just remeber what I told ya. :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:47 am
by Sheryl
sunny104 wrote: I love tamales! :D


me too, with ketchup. :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:48 am
by Sheryl
That's the spirit....:wah:

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:49 am
by Nomad
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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 am
by sunny104
Sheryl wrote: Well if your ever in Texas, and a Mexican comes to your door selling tamales, just remeber what I told ya. :D
or Barbacoa...

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

I don't like surprises! :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:50 am
by Accountable
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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:51 am
by sunny104
Nomad wrote: You could bbq a Mexican. Have your Mexican and eat it too. :p
I'm sure he'd enjoy that! :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:51 am
by Sheryl
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.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:53 am
by sunny104
we should start a thread on what's the weirdest thing people have eaten or drank! :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:54 am
by sunny104
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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 am
by Accountable
Haggis is offal, just offal! :yh_sick :rolleyes:

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:56 am
by sunny104
SnoozeControl wrote: I think it's sheep intestine. :)
yum. thanks. :)

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:23 am
by sunny104
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" :D

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:58 am
by chonsigirl
Ha-let him watch the game, while you play on FG!

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:18 am
by Sheryl
&$%*()&^%$)*(&^*)_(&^&%*&)_()_**(^^&$^&()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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:51 am
by Okie
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.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:05 pm
by Marie5656
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.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:07 pm
by Marie5656
sunny104 wrote: we should start a thread on what's the weirdest thing people have eaten or drank! :D


Rocky Mountain Oysters

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:27 pm
by Marie5656
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

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:02 pm
by AussiePam
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?

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:07 pm
by Uncle Kram
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 ;)

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:07 pm
by AussiePam
Pam is not a vegetarian. But pam may also prefer to use nuts! Grin.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:24 pm
by chonsigirl
I am going out to mow the back yard, my teenage gardener I hired cannot come until next weekend................:(

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 2:27 pm
by AussiePam
Do you have one of those marvellous American mowers you sit on and drive???