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Paulie2003 · Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 541

May God abundantly bless all those living and teaching in Mexico this Christmas holiday!

I'm not too far south of you!

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

I'd be happy to buy you a ticket to Tierra del Fuego.

Paulie2003 · Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 541

Why do I get the feeling that I'm getting my eyes 'pecked out' wherever I go in these forums Question

Something

is following me...I can sense it!

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

May your excesses this holiday season not exceed your wardrobe's stretch limit!

already broke mine with those damn cookies

thelmadatter · Posted: Sun Dec 26, 2004 8:29 pm Post subject: cookies

Happy Holidays to all...

speaking of cookies... baked a HUGE amount (first time in 2 years) it was sooo nice... baking cookies and eating the dough (gotta do quality control doncha know...)

Stretch pants for everyone's stocking!!!! Laughing

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

My nephew, Max (10), and I made a fruit salad for 40 which we took to his grandma's in Jojutla. Now he's planning our New Year's Eve menu: looks like we're going to make french onion soup, stuffed chickens a la provenzal, sweet and sour green bean salad, winter squash baked with maple syrup, homemade spinach and onion rolls, capirotada (New Mexican style, with pi�ones)--and of course, grapes.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Did you say French Onion Soup?

You don't know...how much I miss...my grandmother's French onion soup.

I made it once in DF...with a baked cheddar topping. Hard to get hold of good cheddar in Mexico. Ask in a grocery store and they point you to the Kraft cheese slices. Shocked

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

I have found different swiss-type cheeses here--even in the provinces. You can also use gouda, a good quality manchego (my preference) or a milder white cheese from Chihuahua called, oddly, Chester. Some folks use the Oaxacan rope cheese, but I have found it to be too rubbery.

Here in Mexico the onion soups in restaurants are disappointing, because they don't make a hearty beef stock first....

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Stop, I can't take it anymore...

Found a Monterey Jack the other day making a cheese sauce for spaghetti. Chihuahua has been my go-to cheese for 4 years now. Oaxaca is good in many dishes, but is too stringy for good cheese sauces

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

For a basic cheese sauce, I suggest you buy the Manchego that comes in big wheels with a red rind. We usually use a sour cream such as Alpura, unsalted butter, a bit of garlic and freshly ground black pepper.

thelmadatter · Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: manchego

Manchego also makes a really really good mac and cheese, esp if you put in some chopped,sauteed chiles and onion yummy!

Got a hankering for French Onion soup now! Maybe that will be my project for the next couple of days... got a wicked cold.

moonraven · Joined: 24 Mar 2004 Posts: 3094

What, precisely, is "onion yummy"?

Paulie2003 · Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 541

Cooking...a perfect topic for this last poster (after all, a gender appropriate person's place may be in the kitchen) - please don't get that one started on ANYTHING more challenging though...

Twisting in the Wind · Joined: 20 Oct 2003 Posts: 571 Location: Purgatory