Cooking Technique : Tatemar : “Chef, you realise you’re burning that?”*

*Quote from Podcast interview with Aaron Sanchez : Cooking in Mexican From A to Z : A Culinary Journey to the Soul of Mexican Cuisine. Episode 13 (March 17 2021) : Mole Through the Generations. A (non-Mexican) chef was commenting on a (Mexican) chefs preparation of ingredients for a mole negro. Cover Image is from a supermercado in Matamoros that “tatemars” your chiles for you. … Continue reading Cooking Technique : Tatemar : “Chef, you realise you’re burning that?”*

nixtamal9929th Sep 202211th Oct 2022Leave a comment

Herbs, The Kitchen

Papaloquelite : The Butterfly Herb* (salsa recipe included)

*See Post : Papaloquelite : What’s in a name? Why “butterfly” herb? papalotl.Principal English Translation:a butterfly (see Molina and Karttunen); also, a person’s name (attested as male and possibly female) Alonso de Molina:papalotl. mariposa.Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 79v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription. Frances … Continue reading Papaloquelite : The Butterfly Herb* (salsa recipe included)

nixtamal994th Mar 2022Leave a comment

The Kitchen

Recipe : Mole Colorado

Alrighty then whingers, it turns out there is a growing undercurrent of distaste for food blogs that expound unnecessarily. This does not bug me at all. I want the story. I want the history. I want some kind of cultural understanding of the dish (if this is relevant). The recipe is the climax. I want foreplay. I want the whole experience. My Recipe Posts however … Continue reading Recipe : Mole Colorado

nixtamal9925th Oct 202125th Oct 2021Leave a comment

Masa Americana

A naturopathic view of the culinary and medicinal sciences of the Americas

Tag: tatemar

Cooking Technique : Tatemar : “Chef, you realise you’re burning that?”*

Papaloquelite : The Butterfly Herb* (salsa recipe included)

Recipe : Mole Colorado