New Look
Posted on February 28, 2008
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I gave the blog a makeover last night. What do you think? I even cloned one of the sheep.
Send Mexican Food
Posted on February 27, 2008
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What would you miss the most if you left home (or your adopted home) for a few years? Any list, for me, would almost certainly lead off with Mexican food. Most of the rest of any list would also be types of food, with a few beers and spirits mixed in there (Racer 5, aaaaaarggh you bastard.)
So tonight we made Fish Tacos, Baja style. Deep frying is par for the course here in Scotland’s capital, so that part was no problem. Salsa and Tapatio were provided courtesy of Matt and Maya who bought it at their local mercado in Oakland, and made a hand-off to us in NYC a couple of weeks ago. Cabbage was straightforward, and avocado is readily available over here these days (though the quality is very volatile.) Cilantro is no problem, as long as you know it’s called coriander.
Corn tortillas can be found at Lupe Pinto’s in Tollcross (the UK’s first mexican grocery,) as can many of the other essentials. Cod steaks and some flour, eggs, salt and pepper round out the main ingredients. Caitlin also made a great white topping sauce, from sour cream, mayo, cilantro and lime.
Throw in a bottle or two of Sol (thank you ASDA,) crank up the radio, sit back and dream of cacti, or in my case of a couple of hours spent broken down in the Baja desert with Mike and an old dude, followed by a tour of the taco stands of Todos Santos, accompanied by a six pack.
So I knocked that first one off my list…