first!!!
daily dos
sun 11/30/2008
Ever wonder what you can order in a fancy New York restaurant? Try broccoli and Cheetos.
quit playin'
daily dos
sun 10/19/2008
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The cost of food worldwide continues to rise, leaving hundreds of millions of families facing hunger, if not starvation.
If you love Pozole… you'll probably like Soon Dubu Chigae
if you love...
fri 9/19/2008
If you love Mexican pozole, you'll probably like Korean Soon Dubu Chigae:
The Mexican pozole is a rich and spicy stew built on hominy, loaded with pork or chicken, spiced with chile de arbol, and topped off with cabbage, oregano, radishes, cilantro and lime juice.
The Korean Soon Dubu Chigae is a rich and spicy stew built around tofu, loaded with pork, beef or seafood, spiced with Korean chili peppers, fortified with cabbage. It is often topped off with an egg that is quickly cooked when mixed with the steaming hot stew.
In Los Angeles, California, where Koreatown is now mostly Latino, Mexicans eating soon and Koreans eating pozole are a common sight.
corn tortillas vs. flour tortillas
versus
tue 9/16/2008
| name | Tortillas de maíz (corn). | Tortillas de harina (flour). |
| origin | Oaxaca in central México. | Sonora and Chihuahua in northern México. |
| introduced in | Between 1800 and 300 BC. | After 1492. |
| main ingredients | Nixtamalized maize, which is prepared with corn and lime water. | Wheat, water, vegetable oil and butter or lard (depending on the region). |
| eaten in | México, U.S., Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. | México, U.S. and Spain. |
| the look | Thick and yellowish. | Flat, thin and off-white. |
| often used for | Tacos. | Burritos. |
| makes frequent appearances at | Dinner. | Breakfast. |
| can also become | Chips or tostadas. | Buñuelos. |
| essential ingredient for | Quesadillas, enchiladas and chilaquiles. | Quesadillas and fajitas. |
| calories | 90. | 140. |
| grams of fat | One. | Three. |
| different colors | Black, purple and green. | Green, brown and red. |
| roll your own | "Use masa harina that is only corn and lime (calcium hydroxide) for corn tortilla making." - Elise.com. | "Use just enough flour to prevent dough from sticking." - Gourmet.com. |
| bet you didn't know | "Chemists at the U.S Department of Agriculture say the aroma of a tortilla is mostly due to 2-ameno-acephenone, a compound which develops when corn is soaked in lime water, the traditional treatment for producing corn masa." | "Flour tortillas are a favorite bread item of the Shuttle astronauts. Tortillas provide an easy and acceptable solution to the bread crumb and microgravity handling problem, and have been used on most Shuttle missions since 1985." |
| sometimes features the face of | Hello Kitty. | Jesus and Mao Zedong. |
| as seen in | The movie Tortilla Soup with Hector Elizondo. | The movie Tortilla Heaven with George Lopez. |
guess what
daily dos
mon 8/4/2008
Forty-five torta stands in Mexico City teamed up to make what they claim is the longest torta in Latin America. The 1,320-pound sandwich contained 30 different ingredients and was nearly half the length of a football field.
puff, puff, pass
daily dos
wed 7/30/2008
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Dr. David Acheson of the Food and Drug Administration has announced that a serrano pepper from a farm in Nuevo Leon, México – not raw jalapeños – is the "smoking gun" that caused a salmonella outbreak in the U.S.
blame me
daily dos
tue 7/22/2008
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FDA inspectors have announced raw jalapeños may be to blame for spreading the strain of salmonella bacteria found in tomatoes this past April and May. Over 1,200 people in 42 states became ill after eating the tainted produce. The tomato industry estimates it lost over $100 million as a result of the scare.
school daze
daily dos
thu 6/5/2008
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Men's Health lists America's Unhealthiest drinks, including the Baskin Robbin’s Large Heath Bar Shake, which contains more sugar than 11 candy bars. That's "Heath bar," not "health bar." (via Boing Boing)
school daze
daily dos
thu 6/5/2008
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A rare strain of the respiratory disease Tuberculosis has been discovered in some unpasteurized dairy products, including homemade, illegally-produced queso fresco. Cheese sold in stores must be properly pasteurized to remove hazardous bacteria and contaminants.
strip search
daily dos
tue 6/3/2008
Dr. Fredric J. Baur, designer of the Pringles potato chip container, passed away last month. He had part of his ashes buried in one of the tube-shaped cans. (via Boing Boing)
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