Wow. Some great looking grub of late. Image Unavailable, Please Login Guajillo pepper salsa. This recipe... https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/toasted-guajillo-chile-salsa Great color, great consistency, good flavor. ZERO heat. Guajillo are supposed to be 2500 - 5000 Scoville. No zip to these however. Image Unavailable, Please Login Mixed the guajillo salsa with a little tomato paste, mozz + Mexican blend pizza, spicy Sicilian olives, meatballs, Italian dried herb mix. Bake at 425 F. This turned out very tasty. T
Today was a trip to a *lovely* part of town for some good Mexican grub, served in a patina of decades' old dirt. Love Carolina's! I wish I took a pic of the indoor dining area...its a 100% accurate version of the places I've eaten off the beaten path in Mexico...down to the cement walls, cement floor and cheapo black chairs and tables. Nothing has been painted (or cleaned) in decades one would surmise. Its perfect - Chorizo and Potato Burro (their best item imho) - Crispy Beef Tacos (greasy and yummy) - Cheese and Beef Enchilada (pretty good) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
I feel like Mexican now. Even though the only two Mexican restaurants in town aren't very good. Its been over a year since having good Mexican eats.
Today's stop was a new-ish BBQ place in PHX metro; Naked Q BBQ. Impressive place, well-run, execution was good (only 1 miss out of the 8 things we tried - the ribs were a bit dry). Flavors were "mid-pack" as BBQ goes. Not bad, but not top-tier (will have to go to Little Miss BBQ here next week for that). Everything was house made, even the pickles which were excellent. The brisket was above-average. Turkey and sausage were solid. As I said already, ribs were sub-par. The sides were homemade and excellent takes on the classics. I will say I was very surprised that their their 2-meat/2-side/1 corn muffin plate was only $15. That's cheaper than anywhere I've been in the USA. (And this ain't a low rent district location and these portions were large, we had enough leftover for 1 more person-meal) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yummy. Is that dessert in the upper right? Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Taking another whack at salsa. These ain't so hot, so I chucked in 3 chiles de arbol to zip things up. This recipe. So far, so good. At least it's garlicky! Image Unavailable, Please Login Loving the color and flavor. Got a little bit of zing to it. T
Image Unavailable, Please Login Made some nachos! Salsa - as above - a little Mexican blend cheese, over tortilla chips. Zap in microwave to melt cheese. T
That's the best! My mom would actually go to the extra effort of making them in separate small dishes, so everyone (mostly me) got the exact same amount.
Too bad it wasn't up to the rest of the meal. Done right, Nilla wafer 'nana pudding is the BEST! There was a place in some small town here that did it awesome. Unfortunately, they went belly up. There is a place in Abilene that did a pretty good banana pudding when we last visited about 2 years ago. T
Wife wanted garlic parmesan shrimp. What the missus wants, the missus gets. This recipe... https://www.cookingprofessionally.com/post/Garlic_Parmesan_Shrimp?msg_id=5f806f2c46bb03ac208b456c_1266961664&md5=7f3c8c6ea8fd5e248cdf75e62be0ee6e&cohort_id=7&utm_source=CP&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CookingPro-Retention-HeroLink-Garlic_Parmesan_Shrimp Image Unavailable, Please Login A bit more char than I wanted from the broiler. Otherwise fine, and a super easy recipe. Image Unavailable, Please Login Veggie tots (broccoli). Sprinkled a little of the extra parmesan bread crumb mix over it. Served with a chilled Austrian white wine. T
What do you mean? She made it normally, but put the nilla wafflers in the bowl things. she used. This is the exact dish she used. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I was alluding to AzIt 's banana pudding being not up to par. My aunt did a great Nilla wafer pudding. But, she did hers in a pie plate, so I had to fight my other cousins for a piece. Dang it. Now I'm hankering for banana pudding! T
Pulled pork, endive and radicchio salad. Image Unavailable, Please Login Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
Fried chicken attempt turned out OK this weekend. Marinated with spices and buttermilk - then added egg whites and Vodka to the dredge bath before frying. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Ended up at my parents and took my dad for Japanese. Did tuna and salmon sashimi. Boston Rolls, Phillie Rolls, Dynamite rolls.
