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Al Pastor

tehag - 4-8-2008 at 09:43 AM

Restaurant Tio Lupe's in Loreto, BCS now offers tacos al pastor. They are DA KINE!

vandenberg - 4-8-2008 at 10:17 AM

Tom,

On a rotisserie with the pineapple on top ??

It's delicious fare when done right. Yummm.....yummm :)

DENNIS - 4-8-2008 at 12:25 PM

Ah yes..Those slow spinning balls of thin-sliced pork are wonderful. I hear they use them as an implement of torture in Guantanamo prison.

Natalie Ann - 4-8-2008 at 01:29 PM

al pastor - my favorite:
There's a slice of pineapple on top of the skewer, but somehow I managed to miss it in my photo.:no:



Nena

DENNIS - 4-8-2008 at 01:34 PM

OK .... That last foto did it. I'm down the avenue to Sharky's and the Taco Shop.

Hook - 4-8-2008 at 02:09 PM

I wish I could find some relatively LEAN al pastor. I love the seasonings but it's always pretty fatty.

vandenberg - 4-8-2008 at 02:22 PM

Love that stuff.
Always been curious how they keep all that meat together.
I know there isn't a hog made with a single piece of meat that large.
I also know that the trick is in the marinade for the flavor, but do they marinate the pork before they make it into a ball ?:?::?:

Al pastor

tehag - 4-8-2008 at 03:44 PM

The pork steaks are skewered into a layered plug. Lupe uses a halved pineapple, one half at the top and the other at the bottom of the stacked plug. The meat is sauced first, then skewered. I knocked back a quartet of Lupe's last night, and if it was fatty at all, I sure didn't notice. $15p ea.

DENNIS - 4-8-2008 at 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by vandenberg
Love that stuff.
Always been curious how they keep all that meat together.


I've watched them do it. They layer thin sliced pork between a forming layer of a more thick muslim delite and, from what I can gather, a few slow spins in the face of high heat, it becomes solid, to be shaved of itself into warm tortillas and enjoyed as Tacos A Pastor. Disfrute.

Hook - 4-8-2008 at 04:34 PM

Mexican gyros!

They even stole the tortilla idea from pita bread.....

tripledigitken - 4-8-2008 at 04:37 PM

Can't remember who said it.................


PORK FAT RULES!


Ken

Hook - 4-8-2008 at 04:45 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
Can't remember who said it.................


PORK FAT RULES!


Ken


Maybe Marlon Brando.

Or Big Pappi.

Diver - 4-8-2008 at 04:49 PM

http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001184.html

Check out this article on making your own cooker and how the meat is made.
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DianaT - 4-8-2008 at 04:59 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Diver
http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001184.html

Check out this article on making your own cooker and how the meat is made.
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A lot more work than I want to tackle.

The Wikipedia entry for the tacos al pastor is interesting---taking Wikikpedia always with a grain of salt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_pastor

Sallysouth - 4-8-2008 at 05:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by tripledigitken
Can't remember who said it.................


PORK FAT RULES!Emeril Lagasse


Ken

al pastor

tehag - 4-8-2008 at 05:03 PM

I've always wondered why a taco called of the shepherd is made of pork.

Baaaoink.

Hook - 4-8-2008 at 05:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Diver
http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001184.html

Check out this article on making your own cooker and how the meat is made.
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WoW! Meatloaf on a stick! That takes care of man's second biggest urge.

I love the way the Greeks season lamb.

Have i hijacked this thread sufficiently??????

tripledigitken - 4-8-2008 at 05:08 PM

Yes Sally you're right.

It was the Bam Bam guy.


And he's right.



Ken

Paula - 4-8-2008 at 05:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jdtrotter
Quote:
Originally posted by Diver
http://cruftbox.com/blog/archives/001184.html

Check out this article on making your own cooker and how the meat is made.
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A lot more work than I want to tackle.

The Wikipedia entry for the tacos al pastor is interesting---taking Wikikpedia always with a grain of salt.


Too much work for me too!

Your link didn't work for me diane, Safari couldn't deliver the page. so I went to wikepedia looking for al pastor, and it was interesting, though not terribly informative:

http://www.wikepedia.com/al_pastor.cfm?pt=2&sp=2&vid...

but great stimulus for stream-of-consciousness thinking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_pastor
:spingrin:

Hmmm... maybe good for thinking inside the box too?

Note to all: Please excuse rather goofy but very worthwhile:lol: post. Think I'll go look for a taco.

Paula - 4-8-2008 at 05:23 PM

Okay, what I have learned fro all this is that there is a wikipedia.org AND a wikepdia.com!

I'll research this further and start a new thread when I have a definitive opinion on which is better:yes:

Al Pastor vs. Adobada

Gypsy Jan - 4-8-2008 at 06:21 PM

Here in Baja Norte, the skewered rotating bits of dripping fire-roasted porky goodness are referred to as Adobada. The cone of marinated meat is topped by an onion, not a pineapple.

Does anyone know if there is a significant difference in the prep between the pineapple topped or the onion topped?

Or is it just more Mexican magic secret recipes, individual to each cook?

IMHO, the pastor/adobada stands are the perfect anti-McDonalds.

[Edited on 4-9-2008 by Gypsy Jan]

How about food safety?

BMG - 4-8-2008 at 07:20 PM

The most likely foods to make you sick at a public event like a state or county fair are the refried beans and the rice. (At least this was the case back in the 80's.) The problem is that the left overs are put in a refrigerator at night after the fair closes and never cool down enough to slow the growth of bacteria. In fact, it stays quite some time at the prime temp for bacteria growth. The next day they re-heat them, never bringing them up to a high enough temperature to kill the bacteria.

How do they store the left overs of skewered pork slabs? I can see some places going through a skewer fairly quickly while other places might be serving from the same hunk for days.

DENNIS - 4-8-2008 at 09:06 PM

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Originally posted by BMG
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How do they store the left overs of skewered pork slabs?


Good question. I think they just stay open till it's gone. All of a sudden I don't feel like eating those things any more.