Cinco de Mayo – It’s Not Mexico’s Independence Day Which is what most people think. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the poorly armed and understaffed Mexican army’s victory in 1862 at the Battle of Pueblo over superior French forces, sent by Napoleon to collect a debt. Kind of a reverse Alamo. And eventually (a year later, [...]
It all starts with a beer (preferably Mexican). Crack it open, take a sip, begin: 2-3 ripe avocados (soft but not mushy) 2-3 garlic cloves (minced) green onion (chopped fine) red onion (chopped fine) tomato (1/4 -1/2) (seeded and chopped) cilantro (a few chopped sprinkles) salsa salt pepper smoked paprika chopped jalapenos (optional) cayenne (optional) [...]
Ingredients: 1 28 oz can chopped tomatoes 1/2 red onion – chopped garlic – at least a couple cloves, chopped or minced olive oil salt and papper Worcestershire Cholula (or your favorite hot sauce) red wine – 1/4 cup or so honey – tablespoon or so brown sugar – tablespoon or so 3 beers – [...]
Ingredients: 12-14 good sized button mushrooms Remove stems and scoop center, chop, then mix with… Stuffing, Take Your Pick: Chop fine and saute’ in olive oil: bacon – a few slices onion – 1/4-1/2 red pepper – 1/4 – 1/2 sun dried tomatoes – 2-3 artichoke hearts- 2-3 kielbasa, ham, pastrami, salami, corned beef… (you [...]
There are times you just have to have a pizza and you feel you don’t have the time or energy to make it, so you end up calling the local pizzeria for delivery. Nothing wrong with that. Hopefully, you’ll get a good one. But the Club Roscoe test kitchens have come up with an easy [...]
EVERYBODY DOES IT Virtually all countries and cuisines fry potatoes. From Belgium to Bulgaria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, France (of course), Germany, Ireland, Poland, they all make fries, mostly called pommes frites. FRENCH FRIES Practically a staple here the U S of A, Belgians claim to have invented French Fries. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? But a [...]
