mexican flag . a good start.

This post is just because i find romantic the fact that when you are cooking a mexican stew or fry … you start with the mexican flag colors… 

yeah other flags also have these colors… but tomato was originated in mexico !

pum shaka! … your welcome , italy. 

thats all… I'm sorry

but you can scramble some eggs in here and it will be supreme . 

for sure.

huevos a la mexicana  =)

black beans and instant couscous

Couscous

It is instant. You pour boiling water on it a finger above the couscous in a plate and cover it.  

See that it gets hydrated and cooked 

Then you add olive oil or butter, tomatoes , coriander and some olives ! or whatever. zucchini etc...

if you look for the word "instant" in the dictionary you find "couscous". 

Black beans soaking in water for 24 hours. Then, I followed Simon´s advice : boil them with pieces of onion, garlic , salt, bay leaf,  cumin,  some chili powder till soft. 

Serve them with fresh lime and Coriander. 

Not shitty fast food. But good food fast.  

=)

Aztec Drink : Tepache . (yes , making alcohol in my closet)

Its basically Fermented Pineapple

With the SKIN of the pineapple…. you can make a really refreshing and delicious alcoholic beverage.

You need to dissolve about a cup of brown sugar in 2 or 2.5 liters of water.
Add some cinnamon … if you have the actual bark is better… and a couple of cloves and allspice grains.

Mix well and then add the pineapple skins to it… you have to try it every day till u feel the alcohol…

Put it in a pot .. if you have a clay pot is better… i think maybe because earth respects more the properties… earth respects itself.

Cover with a piece of cloth or shirt … whatever but allow it to breathe.

when you feel it starts getting bitter and you feel the alcohol add a cup of beer and more sugar … mix  and let it for one more day.

for me it took about 5 days to feel the alcohol and then 1 more day after i added the beer and sugar.

Check it everyday… this is an alchemy process … certainly there is no recipe you could follow.

Mine was delicious.  but still not like my grandma does it….

Miss u so much grandma . i promise ill help u cook all the xmas stuff ! =)

Salud !

wikipedia says. 
The word Tepache originates from the Opata tepatzi which later became Tepachi and Tepache. … Opata is a language related to aztec… denominated "Uto-Aztecan" according to wiki. 

For its simplicity . this drink is commonly made inside the mexican prisons.