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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Farm terms
  • Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:33:53 -0800 (PST)

I've read that the Mexican drug gangs have turned those beach towns into
semi-killing fields?

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--- On Tue, 11/18/08, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:

> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Farm terms
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 11:21 AM
> 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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