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  • From: Mogrits <mogrits AT gmail.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Farm terms
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:38:52 -0500

Yes what they call salad we would call slaw. We were served it with
radish in places that had it available. Coarse grated but much drier
than Southern cole slaw.

All the talk about Lynn's bulls brings me to the beef...El Shaddai,
that stuff was good! All the beef and all the chickens seemed to be
free range, and popped with flavor. Many restaurants had elaborate
fireplace cookers set up, with gear reduction rotisseries rigged with
bicycle gears turning scores of whole chickens at a time. I had a beef
tenderloin at a steakhouse (I think El Novilla, near La Fortuna) that
was actually square on the plate and approximately an inch thick. It
appeared to have been sliced on the bias from an American cut, yet
cut with the fork. The carne with sides was about 4950 colones, or 9
dollars. (I forget what the Imperials added).

I wish this list was picture friendly- I took as many pictures of the
sodas and food as I did the scenery and Ticos.

On 11/17/08, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
> Mogrits wrote:
>
>> Also, a "taco" down there is quite a pleasure. Especially if eaten
>> roadside in one of the many "sodas" along the way. Stringed seasoned
>> beef usually, rolled in a tortilla and lightly fried, topped with a
>> "salad" of cabbage, carrots, vinegar and a few seasonings.
>>
>> I think with two more weeks I could have been passably orally
>> literate- the Spanish wasn't particularly difficult to read but
>> writing it, for me, might take a few years to master. (One can dream).
>>
>> Warren
>
> It is not hard to learn, Warren, and in so many ways, it makes more
> sense than ingles.
> Mi amigos en trabajo always brought tacos and tamales and such for
> lunch, always with the little salad you describe...we'd call it slaw, I
> think. My friends would also add radishes to the list of condiments.
> Before that, I had always eaten radishes either au natural or in a
> salad. Now, I grate them or slice them, use them as garnish for my
> guacamole and other dishes, then just add it to the list of taco
> toppings. The radish seems to bring out the flavors in the meat
> taco..and I never would have thought that.
>
> B
>
> --
> "Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to
> hate. Hate leads to suffering." Yoda
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