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Bloviator

Jan 5, 2006, 5:15 AM

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I really hate your list. It makes absolute sense and I agree with every item on it.

I hate it because the only reason I go to Costco is to snarf up all the goody samples that are offered all over the store. Now I will have to quit eating them - or at least try to do so.

Can I sample the tequila and wine at the liquor store next to Super Lake?

julietl

Jan 5, 2006, 7:15 AM

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Bubba - yes, definately go to Nagaoka when you visit. It is authentic and delicious, you will not be disappionted.

As far as Indian goes - the only restaurant in my opinion is Kohinoor. It is in the business district of Santa Fe, so it is kind of in an LA-style strip mall setting and the decor looks like a hotel restaurant, but don't let that scare you. The food is amazing! My friend's husband is from India and he says it's one of the best restaurants he has eaten in - anywhere.
Guillermo Gonzalez Camarena 999, Sante Fe
Tel: (55) 5292 129

Jennifer - yes, I have a chocolate fountain for my business and offered to host a table for a charity event. There were over 400 people in attendance and I didn't want to buy chocolate for that many, so I turned the fountain in to a Mole Poblano fountain! We had chicken skewers for them to dip. Usually with a chocolate fountain people can just dip a strawberry or whatever directly in to the stream, but that would be gross with chicken, so I had an assistant standing by spooning the mole on to their plates. It worked out perfectly.
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Bubba

Jan 5, 2006, 7:41 AM

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julietm:

As you know, when Ajijicians drive into DF from Toluca, the expressway takes them right through Santa Fe - a rather impressive neighborhood by the way. Perhaps you could enlighten long-starved Indian food freaks in the Guadalajara area as to the proper exit and directions to Kohinoor. We will be driving through there in the next few months and will plan luch at Kohinoor accordingly.

zoeq1000

Jan 5, 2006, 8:49 AM

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I think tequila kills anything. So I don't worry too much about that. I've not gotton sick from any alcoholic drink, but I would skip those with milk unless it is a recommended place. I just had flambeed coffee at San Miguelitos with lots of cream - it was fine. I think Costco samples will be fine to eat as long as you don't lick your fingers in the process. Costco is on my list of recommended restaurants for hot dogs, pizza and salad.

Caarina12

Jan 5, 2006, 11:06 AM

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2005 was definately a good year for me in the food department. Highlights for me would definately be:

--cooking class with Iliana de la Vega last March and subsequent meals at her restaurant, El Naranjo, including Mole Coloradito and Mole Amarillo.

--Eating nieves in front of the Basilica in Oaxaca while watching a group of young people practicing traditional dances

--Dinner at El Madrigal in Cuernavaca with my best friend accompanied by our other friend, Don Julio and delicious selection of Baja wine. Food was incredible and with close attention to details and presentation. Service was beyond spectacular and being treated like a queen for a few hours was definately worth the $$ we spent.

--Mexican Independence Day feast at my home with the best chiles en nogada I have ever made.

--Dia de los muertos at my home with my homemade Oaxacan style pan de muerto and tamales and Oaxacan chocolate.

--Eating the mango chile & tequila sorbet at Tepoznieves in Tepoztlan after the hike up Tepozteco.

YUM. And hey, I'm don't weigh more now than when I started the year, so I guess I balanced some of that indulgence out a bit.

Caarina

Bloviator

Jan 5, 2006, 12:33 PM

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We had a great dinner of Hebrew National hot dogs and Polish sausage sandwiches from Costco while watching the Texas/SC game last night. I think they taste better because we buy them at Costco NoB and smuggle them down. I got a red light at the border and another at the Tijuana airport when bringing them down. Luckily they only glanced at our luggage both times.

Bubba

Jan 5, 2006, 2:49 PM

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Am I missing something here? Hebrew National hotdogs are easily found in the Ajijic area. Probably another one of Pancho's special imports for Lakeside expats. Maybe the ones Dlyman is bringing in are more flavorful.

This brings up something I have missed greatly in Mexico. I have yet to find true old fashioned weiners for my hotdogs; the kind with the skin on the outside that provide a burst of flavor when bitten into. An example for those of you from the Bay Area would be hotdogs served up by the Caspers chain. These old fashioned weiners are invaribly well spiced and flavorful and it seems to me that flavorful and spicy sausages are not favored among Mexicans. Every hotdog weiner I have found here is relatively flavorless and never sold with the edible casing one finds on old fashioned hot dog weiners in other parts of the world. I think that the insipid taste of most Mexican hot dogs is the reason it is popular here to wrap them in bacon.

Please tell me I'm wrong and where I can find these old fashioned treats.

sfmacaws

Jan 5, 2006, 6:52 PM

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Well Bubba, you can get them at Safeway under the name Ball Park Hotdogs. Sorry.

We had Hebrew National smuggled hot dogs for dinner tonight too. I cooked them in Tecate, they were great.

After the Mad Cow panic a few years ago, Hebrew Nationals disappeared from CostCo fast food in front of the stores. It used to be my favorite part of shopping there. I don't think the Mad Cow regulations have changed since, they are still refusing any meat products on both sides of the border. So, if they are sold there in Ajijic, they are either smuggled, or they are made somewhere besides the US is my guess.

**off topic** Could you believe USC? We watched that game too. I'm a USC fan and I was disgusted at how they threw that game away a couple of times. It was sad. Good game though.

We are really, really enjoying having US network TV. I wish we had set it up sooner since football season is almost over. Still, it was great to sit and watch the game last night. I'm starting to enjoy soccer but it can't replace football for me.

Jonna - Mérida, Yucatán

Bubba

Jan 5, 2006, 9:43 PM

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Jonna:

Thanks but I think a 1,000 mile plus drive to the nearest Safeway store from Ajijic for a hot dog is out of the question. Perhaps you mean these weiners are available at their affiliated Leys which I believe has a store in Puerto Vallarta. The Ball Park franks I used to see were not the old fashioned dogs with casings but I have been out of the states for a long time. Aren't Ball Parks the franks that advertise something like "They plump when you cook 'em"? Franks with casings would burst if that were the case. I'll continue my quest and settle, in the meantime for Oscar Meyer or Hebrew National.

Hebrew National franks are indeed available at Super Lake in Ajijic and they are absolutely the same product you buy in the states. They are also not the old fashioned franks with casings. Maybe Pancho is smuggling them in. I personally think Hebrew Nationals are overrated but to each his own.

Bloviator

Jan 6, 2006, 5:15 AM

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Of course they are more flavorful or I wouldn't go to all the trouble to bring them down or perhaps I'm so stupid that I didn't know they are available locally. At least I can say that they are cheaper than those available here - I can can't I?

As to non skinless weiners check at 60s in Paradise. I ate there yesterday and saw on of their hotdogs after I had ordered. It looked to me as if it had the old fashioned casing that you are referring to. I'm going to research that myself. In other words, I'm going to eat one next time I'm there. I'll let you know the results.

Bubba

Jan 6, 2006, 2:16 PM

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dlyman:

On the subject of extranjero food at Lake Chapala:

In the interest of research, I shall also try one of their hotdogs the next time I walk by there. If it turns out to be a tasty frank with a casing, I will try to con them into telling me where they bought it. That reminds me. Where the hell does Bruno get those beautiful and huge russet potatoes he bakes at his restaurant and where does Jose get his great pita bread and fruity olive oil for Jose's Illusion? Russet potatoes are almost unheard of down here. We must get to the bottom of this.

Bloviator

Jan 6, 2006, 8:29 PM

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He buys them at that GRINGO/NON GRINGO food store, Sorianos. They are made from the finest Lake Chapala white fish.

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