[Homestead] new stuff

Lynda lurine at softcom.net
Sun Sep 7 14:14:42 EDT 2008


Oh boy, if you had an ice cream maker and you pureed that mango and made 
some fresh, you'd be hooked for life!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Akka Homestead" <akkabhomestead at yahoo.com>


I grew up in a typical middle class home. Mother was a good cook, but never 
cooked anything exotic. We almost never ate out-only on vacation to eat 
seafood while in Florida.
I never tasted Chinese food until I was in college. My only foray into 
Mexican cuisine was Old El Paso taco shells and McCormick taco mix for 
ground beef. I think the first restaurant I ate at after I left home was 
Mexican, and I recall having refried beans and nachos for the first time. I 
was a fan. Still, it wasn't until about 15 years ago when I finally got the 
guts to try guacamole. My sister introduced it to me, and I watched her mash 
the avocados. It was okay, but something about it did not set well with me. 
I think I was mostly turned off by the color. I dunno.
Recently, I have had urges to try new things and old things in different 
ways. I am trying to eat more fresh fruits and veggies, so I really eye the 
produce department when I am in the store. Yesterday, I bought what turned 
out to be the most perfectly ripe avocado, and today, I made my first ever 
batch of guacamole. It was just dumb luck that I got one that was perfectly 
ripe, but I know now what to look and feel for. I used the one avocado, a 
tablespoon of homemade hot salsa, one fresh-from-the-garden serrano chili 
pepper, about 1/4 onion-from-the-garden-diced very, very fine, 3 TBSP 
cilantro, and some lime juice. OH MY GOD. I can't believe I have missed out 
on this for almost half a century. I recall once buying an avocado once just 
for the seed. I threw the meat away!!! What was I thinking???
Okay, so now I am totally psyched to try things. The other thing I bought 
was a mango. I recall trying something with mango years ago, but I did not 
like it then. It looked like a peach, but tasted differently-can't describe 
it other than to say that I did not like it. I am thinking of trying it ala 
Mexican style with chili powder and salt. Does anyone have any other 
suggestions?
Also, what about papaya?
What have I been missing all of these years?
I wish I had a juicer, but I don't. I also don't have any ice cream-don't 
usually buy sweets.

Akka B




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