Re: [CH] Menudo+Chocolate+Question.+Fish

luke (lukasz@midcoast.com.au)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 23:58:38 +1000 

Sunny Conley wrote:
 Tradition has it that eating menudo on New Year's day brings a year of 
good luck. All of these items can be found in most Southwest grocery 
stores.
4 pds tripe,cut into 1-inch sqaures.
Luke in Oz replied,
		   I have just cooked this recipe here in Oz with some 
variations. I used Polenta instead of Homminy as the latter is not on 
the grocery shelves here in Oz, probably used a bit too much. Winged it 
on the Green Chile Sauce, made my own quickly using green peppers and 
some green chiles with vinegar and onion. Added the rest of a bottle of 
Buffalo Chipotle sauce, you know the bit thats hard to get out at the 
end. Wimped out on the Tripe, cooked it initially then it kinda got 
thrown out with the fat the bones and the bathwater. I ate some in San 
Antonio at Ma Tierra but looking at a big pot of it was scarry. I ate 
about 3 bowls tonight and will freeze the rest, I will probably add some 
sliced Chorizo when I reheat it next. BTW I added salt which was missing 
from the original recipe.

Mexican Chocolate;
		  I added some Popular brand Mexican Chocolate (1-1/2 
squares grated fine) to my last batch of Guacamole, I also finely slice 
the zest from about 1/8 of a lime. Twasn't bad, people at the BBq were 
asking what was in it, (obviously not enough Habs) as I had to arm 
wrestle a couple of  (erh)  "ladies" for my share and I brought it! Now 
I brought back a couple of blocks of this and my wife and kids tore one 
open and tried a square each, he he talk about spit. This chocolate is 
the one with cinnamon and is very grainy (like sand). Its actually for 
making Hot Chocolate with a mollino.  
				    Standard disclaimers apply.

Here's the Question,
		    I have been making the Belizian style sauce from the 
archives, anybody have any idea as to the refrigerater shelf life of 
this. I'm giving some to the son of a friend who is in our special 
forces and I'd hate to think I'll be putting the security of our country 
in peril. Well actually I'm scared he will come back with orders for 
more as these guys are tough and he must have been well trained, as he 
tasted it and took about a 1/4 cup more on his steak. for the record I 
make a double lot and add half a teaspoon of salt and a bit more lime 
juice. A ballpark answer would do as I'll probably cut it back some 
more. TIA.

I'll have to go now as about 4 pounds of fresh fish fillets were just 
dropped off on my doorstep. Could be worse last time the boys 
called,they left it in the mailbox, Its great to have good friends. 
Unfortunatly it was friday night and we don't get mail on the weekends.
			Luke in Oz