[Homestead] Farm terms

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Tue Nov 18 13:21:47 EST 2008


It was down on those beaches where I learned to make tortillas.

I have no intention of going back since the tourists have discovered all 
those towns and the Americans have bought and built all over the place.  Sad 
really.

It was a beautiful place to live because we didn't expect folks to make it 
American for us so they rented us little one room structures.  They were 
pleasantly surprised, I think,  that we didn't expect anything except a 
roof,  so they took us in like family.   That's where I learned to make 
tortillas, both corn and flour.  From the stone up.  <g>  Now there's a 
day's work!

We shared recipes and I've always wondered if they still make New England 
clam chowder.  It was quite a hit.  And really yummy with a type of flat 
bread they made on the old piece of cast iron they made the tortillas on.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Clansgian at wmconnect.com>
>
> Fish tacos are arguably the best there is.
>
> Technically, and as the term is used in Mexico, a taco is a corn tortilla
> filled with absoulutely anything.  If it is a flour tortilla, it is a 
> burrito.
> There's a social position implied with those insisting on flour tortillas
> somehow 'getting above their raising'.
>
> I've never been a picky eater.  But the one of the very best tacos I ever 
> had
> was some sort of green fried stuff.  On the third taco I got around to ask
> what it was.  The answer was "escoria".   I didn't know the word so after
> quizzing the taco vendor the explanation emerged that 'escoria' means 
> 'pond scum'.
>
> Ha, I thought, I wonder what is really in it since foods in Mexico often 
> have
> cute metaphorical names. Nope.  Pond scum.
>
> I ordered up a couple more.
>
>
> James
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