Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Pizza (by Biggs)
Okay, day three of spag bog didn't go so well. It was a MASSIVE day and I got some great news so.....I guess that results in take away pizza. Back on track tomorrow. Maybe.
Arabe Tortillas (by G)
Arabe tacos seem popular in Oaxaca so I thought I should give them a try. I think maybe they are just another name for asada tacos but I´m not sure. What I do know is that they are delicious. I got an arabe tortilla and an arabe burger with the same meat but the addition of ham and cheese. Delicious. These were more flavourful than the asada tortillas I have had, I think it was the addition of caremelised onions.
After my tortilla and burger I got greedy and ordered some kind of stirfried meat, bacon, ham, onion, capsicum and cheese concoction. It was also good - how could it not be with so many good thing in it, but in retrospect I would rather have had another meat filled roll.
After my tortilla and burger I got greedy and ordered some kind of stirfried meat, bacon, ham, onion, capsicum and cheese concoction. It was also good - how could it not be with so many good thing in it, but in retrospect I would rather have had another meat filled roll.
Monday, 2 November 2015
Dinner de Muertos (by G)
My first night in Puebla I headed out to look for something to eat. I saw a crowd congregating down the end of one street and decided to check it out. Turns out it was a fiesta for the last day of Dia de Muertos - awesome. There were some terrifyingly rickety looking rides and side-show alley games, a book stall and food vendors.
I went straight in for some deep-fried tortillas type things stuffed with something savoury that may have been mashed potato - the flavour was good but the amount of oil was a bit overwhelming.
After that I took a wander and found the parade was just starting. I hate parades normally but this one was cool. Giant creepy skeletons, huge crazy looking bugs, groups of people dressed as ghouls and pirates, an almost infinite procession of brass bands playing all sorts of random tunes from the Beatles to the theme from the Flintstones. My favourite float was half a dozen women in street clothes on a small flat-bed truck with a banner saying, ´Gloria´s Hair and Nails', classic.
The parade went on for ages and by the end I was feeling peckish so I got what I thought was a type of potato stew which turned out to be a sweet syrup with chunks of peach and sugarcane in it. I dislike sweet things but I could not see a way to discretely dispose of it so I drank it down.
Later still I summed up the courage to approach one of the old ladies working at a sort of pot with a wide flat rim. What they do is simmer small tortillas in red and green sauces and a load of grease every now and then sprinkling on some shredded pork. When the tortillas are good and soaked they line them up on the rim and wait for someone to buy them. They are eaten with the hands, very messy. They were awesome though, lovely grease, an intense reduced pork stewy flavour and the occasional string of pork meat.
I discovered later they are called Chalupas - I highly recommend them.
I went straight in for some deep-fried tortillas type things stuffed with something savoury that may have been mashed potato - the flavour was good but the amount of oil was a bit overwhelming.
After that I took a wander and found the parade was just starting. I hate parades normally but this one was cool. Giant creepy skeletons, huge crazy looking bugs, groups of people dressed as ghouls and pirates, an almost infinite procession of brass bands playing all sorts of random tunes from the Beatles to the theme from the Flintstones. My favourite float was half a dozen women in street clothes on a small flat-bed truck with a banner saying, ´Gloria´s Hair and Nails', classic.
The parade went on for ages and by the end I was feeling peckish so I got what I thought was a type of potato stew which turned out to be a sweet syrup with chunks of peach and sugarcane in it. I dislike sweet things but I could not see a way to discretely dispose of it so I drank it down.
Later still I summed up the courage to approach one of the old ladies working at a sort of pot with a wide flat rim. What they do is simmer small tortillas in red and green sauces and a load of grease every now and then sprinkling on some shredded pork. When the tortillas are good and soaked they line them up on the rim and wait for someone to buy them. They are eaten with the hands, very messy. They were awesome though, lovely grease, an intense reduced pork stewy flavour and the occasional string of pork meat.
I discovered later they are called Chalupas - I highly recommend them.
Sunday, 1 November 2015
Seven Days of Vegetarian Spag Bog: Day 1 of 7 (by Biggs)
I have to save money and I have to eat vegetables. Desperately on both fronts!
When I mentioned this to a Amanda she reminded me of the giant pots of bolognese we've cooked over the years and suggested that might be a solution. She went on to suggest, no....challenge me to eat seven days of spag bog. "Imagine the blog", she said.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
I bought ALL of the vegetables and cooked them up in a pot with some stock and tinned tomatoes - onion, garlic, carrot, celery, zucchini, snow peas, capsicum and mushrooms. Then I added a bunch of flavour - oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, old bay spice, chili and bay leaves.
It all ended up pretty delicious but this is only Day One. I used an open packet of fettuccine instead of spaghetti but for the next six days, spaghetti it is.
When I mentioned this to a Amanda she reminded me of the giant pots of bolognese we've cooked over the years and suggested that might be a solution. She went on to suggest, no....challenge me to eat seven days of spag bog. "Imagine the blog", she said.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
I bought ALL of the vegetables and cooked them up in a pot with some stock and tinned tomatoes - onion, garlic, carrot, celery, zucchini, snow peas, capsicum and mushrooms. Then I added a bunch of flavour - oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, old bay spice, chili and bay leaves.
It all ended up pretty delicious but this is only Day One. I used an open packet of fettuccine instead of spaghetti but for the next six days, spaghetti it is.
Hotdogs (by G)
My last night in Mexico city, tired after spending a day watching the Mexican F1 GP I decided, ´Fuck it, I´m going to have hotdogs.´
I got 2 Gigantes from one of the numerous carts about the place. The best thing is that the weiners come bacon wrapped straight out of the packet - why do we not have such products available to us?
Another good thing is the proportion of weiner to bun - the buns are really thin. This is not a good thing when you only have one functioning hand as I had, I made a bit of a mess of it. I looked to the hotdog vendor for some empathy for my situation, then I noticed he actually only had one hand - and he had made the damn things with relative ease.
I got 2 Gigantes from one of the numerous carts about the place. The best thing is that the weiners come bacon wrapped straight out of the packet - why do we not have such products available to us?
Another good thing is the proportion of weiner to bun - the buns are really thin. This is not a good thing when you only have one functioning hand as I had, I made a bit of a mess of it. I looked to the hotdog vendor for some empathy for my situation, then I noticed he actually only had one hand - and he had made the damn things with relative ease.
Saturday, 31 October 2015
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