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djh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Love queso fresco...and hot tortillas..but too much of anything is no good!!! |
I hear THAT ..... like too much snow ! ! !
Our March / April concert tour in Korea sabbotaged my Baja spring getaway this year... So . . It will be bipimbap (hold the kimchi) for spring and
tacos in JUNE this year.  :
All good
djh
Its all just stuff and some numbers.
A day spent sailing isn\'t deducted from one\'s life.
Peace, Love, and Music
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Tortillas con la comida? Maiz o Harina??? So TIRED of that question, I wish I could SCREAM!! What about Garlic bread, rolls, (whole wheat or white,
HOT of course), Toasted Rye Bread, Sourdough (which I don't care for much), or BISCUITS!!!!
I miss biscuits, the tall, light and fluffy kind. I went to Las Parrillas the new place in Chapultepec, near El Faro Beach, when they first opened
up, and they had some really nice tall ones, and fluffy. I went back a few weeks ago, and they served me one with about 50% of the middle taken out,
sort of like two 1 1/2" wide, 1/3 inch deep...
I went to Cafe Orleans a few months ago. Jerry the owner is a very nice guy..but I had to call his attention to the biscuits which were hard as a
rock...he said I need to ask for fresh ones each time I come, because the Mexican chef doesn't think its important to make them fresh each day....The
Wolf Restaurant in Maneadero serves pretty good garlic bread with its meal...my friend Will and I always order the garlic bread with our meals.
OK, well coming home from a long shift at the clinic this morning, I wanted to stop at Las Parrillas, but remembering the latest biscuit fiasco, I
went home, heated up my oven, and got out the Bisquick mix...quick and easy AND delicious...with some Smart and Final Darigold butter...closest to the
States butter that you can find...of course...Colonel Sanders has some mean biscuits... I drive by there in the afternoons if I have the
inclination...but they don't serve butter with their biscuits or honey...only jam...not bad however. |
Try baking your own bread and even making your own sourdough starter---pretty easy once you get the hang of it!
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EnsenadaDr
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Sourdough...
My mother loved Sourdough and used to have her own starter...I never quite enjoyed the sourdough taste though my daughter and the rest of my family
love it... | Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
Tortillas con la comida? Maiz o Harina??? So TIRED of that question, I wish I could SCREAM!! What about Garlic bread, rolls, (whole wheat or white,
HOT of course), Toasted Rye Bread, Sourdough (which I don't care for much), or BISCUITS!!!!
I miss biscuits, the tall, light and fluffy kind. I went to Las Parrillas the new place in Chapultepec, near El Faro Beach, when they first opened
up, and they had some really nice tall ones, and fluffy. I went back a few weeks ago, and they served me one with about 50% of the middle taken out,
sort of like two 1 1/2" wide, 1/3 inch deep...
I went to Cafe Orleans a few months ago. Jerry the owner is a very nice guy..but I had to call his attention to the biscuits which were hard as a
rock...he said I need to ask for fresh ones each time I come, because the Mexican chef doesn't think its important to make them fresh each day....The
Wolf Restaurant in Maneadero serves pretty good garlic bread with its meal...my friend Will and I always order the garlic bread with our meals.
OK, well coming home from a long shift at the clinic this morning, I wanted to stop at Las Parrillas, but remembering the latest biscuit fiasco, I
went home, heated up my oven, and got out the Bisquick mix...quick and easy AND delicious...with some Smart and Final Darigold butter...closest to the
States butter that you can find...of course...Colonel Sanders has some mean biscuits... I drive by there in the afternoons if I have the
inclination...but they don't serve butter with their biscuits or honey...only jam...not bad however. |
Try baking your own bread and even making your own sourdough starter---pretty easy once you get the hang of it! |
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bajalearner
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Lucky day. I happened to pick up my laptop and read about the garlic bread while I was waiting for spaghetti pasta to cook. I had already browned
chorizo and ground beef, added a little prego, Bertolli garlic alfredo sauce garlic and seasoning; and warmed it all together. I read about the
garlic bread and thought I would broil some sandwich bread with butter and garlic and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
It was lucky I read about the garlic bread discussion but also a few hours earlier today, i saw a brown paper bag on my counter and found 3 bolillos
my girlfriend left last evening while I was out with my sons and granddaughter. The discussion included bolillos and made me remember the 3 on my
counter.
The bolillos were really in fresh condition, I guess from remaining in the paper bag inside a Soriana plastic bag, and after some butter, garlic and
Italian seasoning, they toasted up great under the broiler and made the meal go from great to very great.
Thanks for the discussion and I appreciate having a lucky day to have everything come together.
I live in Tijuana just a 5 minute drive to the San Ysidro crossing. I have SENTRI and a motorcycle so getting to the San Ysidro side is easy for me.
I can say I live in Mexico but I cross daily and can run to the store in the US in about 15 minutes.
I take for granted getting whatever I want until I read the comments above about missing certain US products. : )
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vgabndo
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What a fun thread. My wife and I have often related to our friends that after only a month in Baja, on our way north, we would both get uncontrollable
cravings for Bologna, Bimbo bread and mayo!!
Which doesn't resemble ANYTHING we'd eat in the states.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
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EnsenadaDr
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Lucky day...
Glad you had a lucky day...now when is my lucky day that I can come over and sample the food? I am half Italian!! Would you believe that simmering
spaghetti sauce is actually aromatherapy for me, especially on a Sunday when I used to go to my Grandmother's house for pasta... | Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
Lucky day. I happened to pick up my laptop and read about the garlic bread while I was waiting for spaghetti pasta to cook. I had already browned
chorizo and ground beef, added a little prego, Bertolli garlic alfredo sauce garlic and seasoning; and warmed it all together. I read about the
garlic bread and thought I would broil some sandwich bread with butter and garlic and a sprinkle of Italian seasoning.
It was lucky I read about the garlic bread discussion but also a few hours earlier today, i saw a brown paper bag on my counter and found 3 bolillos
my girlfriend left last evening while I was out with my sons and granddaughter. The discussion included bolillos and made me remember the 3 on my
counter.
The bolillos were really in fresh condition, I guess from remaining in the paper bag inside a Soriana plastic bag, and after some butter, garlic and
Italian seasoning, they toasted up great under the broiler and made the meal go from great to very great.
Thanks for the discussion and I appreciate having a lucky day to have everything come together.
I live in Tijuana just a 5 minute drive to the San Ysidro crossing. I have SENTRI and a motorcycle so getting to the San Ysidro side is easy for me.
I can say I live in Mexico but I cross daily and can run to the store in the US in about 15 minutes.
I take for granted getting whatever I want until I read the comments above about missing certain US products. : ) |
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Bread and Potato Chips
Hi EnsenadaDra,
BREAD - Splash! restaurant serves a very, very good, baguette-style, garlic bread with their dinners. We always take home the leftovers and they
taste just as good as new when put in the toaster, even after a week in the fridge.
I keep meaning to ask them where they get the bread, but sadly, I get distracted by the good food and forget everything else.
SNACKS - Potato Chips:
The Comercial Mexicana in Rosarito carries a very good, tasty product by Sabritas labeled as "Ligera".
I am not a big fan of the Barcel products, so I was pleasantly surprised to find a very good version of potato chips labeled as "Casera".
And, just last week, I found a new contender on the snack aisle; "Bokados Papas Clasicas".
[Edited on 2-26-2012 by Gypsy Jan]
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Bread
Try Bakery Hogaza in downtown Ensenada on Miramar between 6th and 7 th, or in Cantu, try Flippin Kneads Bakery next to the Open Air Market.
Also some delicious varieties of breads at the Commercial Mexicana on Reforma.......cilantro loaf, rye, whole grain....
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bread
HOLA,nomads,,,,,I like galric bread (pan ajo) and cant find sourdough,,used to bring starter down to moma marta (La paz) each season,,but now, I need
find a new place in the south area,and no the french bakery in the copper town dosnt cut it for good garlic bread..any clue's?? K&T
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what a fun thread !! we try and keep some frozen bread fromt he states for when we get those unresistable cravings - obviously not hte same as freash
but 600 miles south of the border - who are we to complain !!
we also crave cheeses and try to have stashes ...and our best amigos know this is a very appreciated gift to bring ...
and I am a fanatic for different kinds of chips and I gotta say - i get tired of the same ole same ole tortilla chips .....
and we surely count our blessing for were I to have a lobster craving in say san diego, I surely could not satisfy it so reasonably as I can here !!
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Potato Chips
Blanca..............next time you are NOB, stop by Trader Joes and pick up several bags of their "Guiltless" Potato Chips........OUTSTANDING!!!!!!
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bread/cheese
since I cant change "progress" hopeing Trader joe's open's a store, here today !! Then I woke up !! used to take ALL day to shop for food down here
(BCS) now you can do it all in one store....still,I liked the old day's............K&T
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To put the shoe on the other foot I love good tortillas and I can't find any NOB (in S. Oregon) that compare to what you get in Baja. I have ran
around to all of the tortillarias in the area and you just can't find really good ones, lots of good bread though.
Live Indubiously!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Almost all Mexican Panaderias have what they call biscuits. I think they were originally part of a set, or a kit, that included a curved stick and a
net. Man....these things are brutal.
I've yet to see the Pillsbury tubes of bakery and pastery items here. Maybe, someday, Bimbo will buy out Pillsbury and our cultures will continue to
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BIMBO is now in the US. Lots of commercials on TV.
Bob Durrell
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ha,ha...I'll never forget seeing my first bimbo truck !! almost drove off a cliff laughing,,then The next day,I saw another one,, and slowly got the
picture (1978) but,still get a chuckle over the name LOL K&T
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I hope the following won't be looked upon as a joke. The *only* way to enjoy really good tortillas is to get behind the idea, and push and shove it to
fruition.
Buy a good mano y metate. They aren't cheap and this may be the reason tortillas from scratch aren't cheap.
Next is to root out a source for maize. Granos de elote para harina. Commercial milled maize sucks. The grinding stone will make far superior tasting
meal.
A plastic bucket, a bag of "col" lime.
A comal de barro. A clay cooking platter that fits over a wood fire.
A fire made from hardwood like encino, una de gato or mesquite.
A Mexican lady at least forty years of age preferably even older than that. "Sabes usted tortillas de milpa por mano?" The answer should be a clear,
resounding 'Si!'
Provide everything for her, including firewood and ten kilos of elotes from a private milpa. If the lady knows where to buy the maize let her. Drive
her or pay bus or taxi fare.
A fair wage to have her strip the elotes, soak the kernals in lime, dry them, grind them, mix with water to make masa, start the fire, pat-pat the
masa, and cook it would be 3 pesos, each, minimum 20 tortillas.
With wood smoke mixed into the coarse ground fresh masa you are not going to believe how good tortillas de maize are going to taste. The CD ROMs that
a tortilleria spits out are horrid. I can EASILY live on a diet where tortillas, home made frijoles de olla y chili are served three times a week.
Home made tortillas are airy, light and fluffy. The corn taste is subtle, actually as one chews different little bursts of flavor come through.
Like comparing fresh squeezed orange juice made with Veracruz Valencia oranges, to Tang. Commercial tortillas will gag a maggot.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Thanks for the Bisquick Dennis
I have to give credit where credit is due...Dennis bought me a huge box of Bisquick at Smart and Final which I am still using...thanks Dennis!!
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I'm a nice guy....huh.  |
Yea. What's up with that lately? 
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
I'm a nice guy....huh. |
Yea. What's up with that lately? |
It's the other Dennis. Do you think he's hurting my hard earned reputation? 
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Depends on who ya talk to Woooosh ... 
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I predict you'll soon be craving tortillas again.
BUT-
a freshly baked biscuit and honey-butter is pretty damn tough to beat.
yuletide
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