mmmm.....Tacos

[alemonkey]

Every Thursday my boss and I go to a local bar for lunch that has $0.25 tacos. I ate 10 of them today.

Should have picked up some beano on the way back to the office.

 

[Lou]

hmm...is this story about you, tacoman?
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/9252744/detail.html

 

[Catfish]

Made enchilladas for dinner. Damn they were good.

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

I had mexican food 4 times the other day. then I turned around and had it for lunch the next day. I can't get tired of it!

 

[Catfish]

The wife and I are planning a taqueria/ brew pub in Kobe in a year or so. I've been working on recipes. 18 of the last 20 dinners have been burritos or, for variety, encilladas.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I eat a lot of Mexican food, but it's because my wife is Mexican. She just calls it food.

 

[Ivan Lendl]

hmm...is this story about you, tacoman?
http://www.newsnet5.com/news/9252744/detail.html

"suspect...is wearing a Cleveland Browns jersey" That explains eveything!

 

[Ize]

I eat a lot of Mexican food, but it's because my wife is Mexican. She just calls it food.

Ah, so that would be why in Poland they just call it "Sausage"


Ize

 

[Desert_Sky]

we have a authentic or as close as you're going to find to mexican fast food out here. THey have a carne asada burrito you could eat all day every day. great, now im going to have to go get one

 

[God Emporer BillyBrew]

Ah, so that would be why in Poland they just call it "Sausage"


Ize

Or in Canada, they're just geese!

 

[timdsmith72]

I eat a lot of Mexican food, but it's because my wife is Mexican. She just calls it food.

hahahaha!!!! My SWMBO is Mexican and she just calls it food too...But, man, what she cooks is better than you can get in a restaurant.

 

[AaronA]

Every Thursday my boss and I go to a local bar for lunch that has $0.25 tacos. I ate 10 of them today.

Should have picked up some beano on the way back to the office.

Is that George's Red Pepper Grill/Crawdaddy's you're talking about?

--Aaron

 

[alemonkey]

Is that George's Red Pepper Grill/Crawdaddy's you're talking about?

--Aaron

Yep...they set up shop at Knickerbockers on Thursdays.

The taco's aren't "authentic" - just generic tacos. But for a quarter they're hard to beat.

Now, if you want good authentic mexican food in Lincoln, Lucy's on 70th & Cornhusker Highway is awesome. Cheap, too.

 

[AaronA]

Yep...they set up shop at Knickerbockers on Thursdays.

The taco's aren't "authentic" - just generic tacos. But for a quarter they're hard to beat.

Now, if you want good authentic mexican food in Lincoln, Lucy's on 70th & Cornhusker Highway is awesome. Cheap, too.

Cool, I haven't heard of Lucy's. It's on my side of town where I work. I'll have to check it out some time.

--Aaron

 

[alemonkey]

It's tucked away in the same strip mall where JPK investment motors is located. Kind of hard to find, but well worth the search.

 

[Catfish]

Could either of you with Mexican wives steal some recipes for me? I'm especially looking for more sauces to cook meats in.

still can't get tamatillos here.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

What kind of sauces are you looking for? Probably basic caldillos? I'll get you some...rojo, verde, chipotle, etc.

 

[drengel]

tell me what kind of sauces and i can also give you some recipes/guidelines. I'm a formally trained chef in interior mexican cooking, as well as southwestern and all types of other cuisines that people might generically call 'mexican'.

about the tomatillos...grow your own!

 

[Catfish]

mmmmmm...

Roja, chipolte, and VERDE!

Tamales, mole verde, mole poblano.... everything is appreciated. My wife did some cooking while she was living in Mexico, so far I've just been following her lead. I'm sure she will have some special requests.
If there is any recipe that is particularly good, do tell.
Wife is excited, I think she's making a list.

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

I'll get back to you by the end of the week. The wifie is in Mexico and I'm struggling with the household chores...

 

[freebird]

oooh-oooh-ohhh--- see if any wives or authentic Mexicans have a recipe for Tacos Al Pastor. I have tried one on the net and it is OK but the taquerias around here have me beat hands down....

 

[Baron von BeeGee]

oooh-oooh-ohhh--- see if any wives or authentic Mexicans have a recipe for Tacos Al Pastor. I have tried one on the net and it is OK but the taquerias around here have me beat hands down....

If you pressed my wife for one favorite food in the world it would probably be tacos al pastor. However, we never make them since you need some equipment...namely one of those 'vertical' grills like the kebab guys use. You take a big piece of marinated meat on a vertical spit and rotate it so that one side is always getting charred by the vertical grill. It also has a piece of pineapple on top of the spit which continually marinates the meat. Put it on a small corn tortilla with some chopped onion, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime and I'm in heaven.

Oh yeah, she gets back today, so hopefully I'll have a few recipes...

 

[drengel]

hands down my favorite food also (al pastor). growing up in austin there was many a drunken night trying to find taquerias open at 3am. but there was one, 5 tacos al pastor for 3 bucks, that was the BEST. now i have to make my own, but i just use an electric rotisserie. wanna know another similar food that kicks ass, marinate a big hunk of pork in about the same marinade for al pastor, and smoke it. put a hole through the middle and stuff it with jalapenos and garlic and youre on a whole nother level.

 

[freebird]

If you pressed my wife for one favorite food in the world it would probably be tacos al pastor. However, we never make them since you need some equipment...namely one of those 'vertical' grills like the kebab guys use.

....


Oh yeah, she gets back today, so hopefully I'll have a few recipes...

Yeap, seen these on internet sites dedicated to TaP. however, none of the taquerias here in town have 'em... so I have yet to sample "truly" authentic TaP. They're only about 8 times better than the ones I make at home, so I fear I have a long way to go.

FWIW, the recipe I have you can get by googling "tacos al pastor"... it's the one with 10 chiles pasilla, 10 chiles guajillo, etc.

mebbe we could google deeper....

 

[Cheesefood]

I'll put the authentic Chicago-area burrito stands up with any mexican food, anywhere. We're talking REAL mexican food here. The tacos aren't filled with lettuce, sour cream, yellow cheese and all that other crap. It's meat and the onion-lime-cilantro mix. Most of them don't even have menus in English. Just a sign on the wall telling you that they have cabeza, tripa, lengua, lomo, carbon, pollada, mariscos, pastor, milanesa, etc.

I could go on and on about why I love these places. Maybe most of all is because I can go in and sit down, be given a basket of chips and salsa without asking, not have to say No to three appetizers and drinks when the waitress stops by (who's always 15 and smoking hot), order my meal, pay my $6.00 for a super burrito and a large Horchata sin ice, and leave. None of this TGI Friday's style "Would you like to try our Awesome Nachos© or our Fiesta Onion© or our fire wings©? How about an awesome Margarita or a Carribbean Zinger Splash medley or a Piney Pina Colada?" Just simply, "Si?" and I say "Un torta con alsada y chorrizo, sin tomata y un grande horchata sin hielo." Then they repeat my order in English to let me know that my Spanish sucks.

 

[BootYtRappeR]

give me some ceviche!!!

 

[Rhoobarb]

I'll put the authentic Chicago-area burrito stands up with any mexican food, anywhere. ...

Read this yesterday and liked it.

 

[alemonkey]

I just found out there's an authentic taqueria in town that serves tacos al pastor. Going to have to try it.

In the meantime, it's quarter taco day again! My stomach is already recoiling in fear!

 

[Cheesefood]

Read this yesterday and liked it.

I used to listen to Dahl all the time, then he got REALLY boring and couldn't quit talking about who was "stealing bits" from him. It got old. That, and all the "Best of Stever" shows when he was out doing other work.

We're very fortunate to live in an area (Chicagoland) with one of the highest Mexican populations. I love the Mexican people here: hard-working, family-oriented, polite, respectful to women. I used to live in a highly Mexican populated neighborhood and my wife (then girlfriend) never had a problem walking to the gas station in the middle of the night to get some smokes or a snack. She's blonde, and she got looks from the men (who are known to go crazy for blondes) but never was talked to rudely or with disrespect. There were poor people all around us, but they were all looking for work.

 

[AHammer16]

What kind of sauces are you looking for? Probably basic caldillos? I'll get you some...rojo, verde, chipotle, etc.

Get him a recipie for Mole!