Margie
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Champurrado
If you have to cross the Border, try to get there before 8:00 AM, and the guys will be selling this hot, while you are waiting, it is delicious.
1/2 pound/250g masa harina
3 ounces/90g piloncillo, crumbled (or 1/2 cup dark brown sugar)
1/2 pound/250g Mexican chocolate
3 quarts water
Stir the masa harina in one quart of water and let stand for a few minutes. Strain and place the liquid in a large saucepan. Add the remaining water
and piloncillo. Bring to a boil and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Ad the chocolate and simmer until the chocolate melts. Stir well and serve
hot.
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There are variations on this, some recipes calling for beef broth, I'll see what I can dig up.
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kellychapman
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I also got lucky the other day and purchased a bag of Champurrado mixture where you just add canned milk and water. It is so delicious on the cool
evenings here and I was so very happy to find a mix already prepared which makes it so easy....I tried to make them homemade last year and got them a
little too thick and so I am looking forward to trying the prepackaged mix manana and see how good they are....and of course with a little kalua and
vodka helps it make a really nice toddy at night....
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AmoPescar
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Re: Champurrado
I was on the Viva Baja Cactus Tijuana trip 2 weeks ago and saw vendors selling it as we waited to cross the border. I didn't know what it was and
asked Antonio what it was. His explanation made it sound a bit like Hot Chocolate.
The ingredients are interesting. I guess I'll have to try some sometime while in Baja.
Michael 
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BajaWarrior
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It is on the thick side of Hot Chocolate, but be careful, under that cooling crust is hotter than molten lava liquid, cools quickly.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Bruce R Leech
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I put a little Kahlua in it MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Bruce R Leech
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chino
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Thanks Margie,
I used to commute from TJ into San Diego frequently, always in the wee hours. One time I forgot my coffee at home and was dying from a cafiene
headache, at the boarder a guy was selling champurrado, I asked que es champarrado, he said es champarrado! que es identro? I said, he said
champarrado! ingredientes? I asked and very exsasperated he said es champarado! So I did enjoy it and never found out what it was 'till now!
PS maybe I should go visit bruce for his version of it!
[Edited on 11-21-2006 by chino]
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