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My Mexican Kitchen: Do The Continental
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Thursday, July 23, 2015. A Classic Continental Breakfast. I read on TripAdvisor an enthusiastic review by a guest who stayed for a month at that place. My mind boggles. I was insane with boredom in less than three days.). I define a minimal Continental breakfast as comprised of superior baked goods, real butter, a quality jam or marmalade and strong coffee. In Las Merindades in Burgos Province, wher...
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My Mexican Kitchen: Fishing For Compliments: Filete de Pescado en Hoja Santa
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Monday, April 06, 2015. Fishing For Compliments: Filete de Pescado en Hoja Santa. Pescado en Hoja Santa at El Muelle, Oaxaca. A simple, and picante version. I am not a cooker of fish. We prefer to eat fish in marisquerías. Seafood restaurants) where we can chose from a variety of species, cooked in a variety of ways. Taking Leaf of Our Senses. I detected hoja santa. I used a chile manzano. For the w...
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My Mexican Kitchen: August 2015
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Saturday, August 29, 2015. Restaurante El Mandil Pátzcuaro. It's not often that Pátzcuaro is blessed by an attractive new restaurant, especially one that offers an ample variety of well seasoned dishes. What's more, as a buffet with seconds at no extra cost. All this for a paltry sum of $60 Mexican pesos. Restaurante El Mandil is located in the venerable Posada Hotel Mesón de San Antonio. Written by...
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My Mexican Kitchen: July 2015
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Thursday, July 23, 2015. A Classic Continental Breakfast. I read on TripAdvisor an enthusiastic review by a guest who stayed for a month at that place. My mind boggles. I was insane with boredom in less than three days.). I define a minimal Continental breakfast as comprised of superior baked goods, real butter, a quality jam or marmalade and strong coffee. In Las Merindades in Burgos Province, wher...
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My Mexican Kitchen: Fiesta Inn Aeropuerto Ciudad de Mexico
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Monday, August 10, 2015. Fiesta Inn Aeropuerto Ciudad de Mexico. Attentive service was immediately apparent, from the doors to the vast lobby. We were offered a room with with two double beds, which wasn't our first preference, but we were tired and the room was more than acceptable. The following is from my review on Tripadvisor.com. TripAdviser Review of Fiesta Inn Aeropuerto. Once We Were Cavers.
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My Mexican Kitchen: Rites of Purification
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Monday, May 11, 2015. Cabbages may be Kings in the Pátzcuaro Mercado. But even a King needs to be purified. Some of these tips were picked up several years ago on Victoria Challancin's. Blog, Flavors of the Sun. But I don't have the exact quote. The essence is that when you get home with your mercado swag, you do not. Put them away until you sort them, trim them and clean them. Clinging to its roots.
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My Mexican Kitchen: April 2015
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Thursday, April 30, 2015. 161;Papa Oom Wow Wow! Here're THE RIVINGTONS, for your entertainment:. Of course, this video and song has absolutely nothing to do with today's dish, other than the word "papa". Papitas de Cambray Al Ajo. This is a simple dish that lifts the humble, dumpy potato to a new level of can't-stop-eating them-garlicky glory. Add 2 tablespoons of oil. I used olive oil. To give the ...
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My Mexican Kitchen: Emilio's Grill— Plaza La Huerta, Morelia
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Friday, April 03, 2015. Emilio's Grill— Plaza La Huerta, Morelia. We usually have their chargrilled hamburgers, averaging about $70-$80 pesos, complete with French Fries or a salad, or nicely steamed vegetables, as you wish. But yesterday, we saw on the menu " Parrillada para dos. Or para tres, cuatro. Cost $155 pesos, a very good deal, indeed, for two hungry diners. Come with Papas Francesas. There...
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My Mexican Kitchen: El Rincón de Las Delicias Morelia
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Saturday, March 14, 2015. El Rincón de Las Delicias Morelia. Back in the '70s, when we lived in Springfield, MO , the Vegetarian Wave was sweeping ashore with the counter-culture movement. So it wasn't a big surprise that even in far Southwestern Missouri that a vegetarian restaurant would open. Our sole visit to Earthwonder Is . put vegetarian cuisine on my blacklist for years afterward. Last Thurs...
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My Mexican Kitchen: December 2014
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The journal of an expat retiree to Medio de Nada, Michoacán, México, with an emphasis on eclectic cuisine. Friday, December 26, 2014. I was really looking forward to getting a box of Wheat Thins. This is a simple, cracker delicacy unmatched by any overly sweet, Mexican cracker product. Its purity is its soul. On request, a Christmas visitor from the North Country brought us 4 boxes. With gleeful anticipation, I opened the box at lunch. Little brown squares tasting of some odd shortening. Pfehhh!
