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blackgang

Me too, but I have a mayo jar and a half in the fridge that way it don't go rancid.


Right on Bro, but we have a hell of a time getting pig fat here, I did find some from an old lady in the market and she will cut the fat off some skin for me and we use it in sausage making as the pork here is to lean and has to be 25% or more to make a good sausage.
When we killed hogs in October the fat on them was 2 to 4 inches thick, make a hell of a pork roast, this shit here is so lean it is just to damn dry when roasted. but the hogs here are not 90 kg. ours sometimes were twice that, I did see one that a friend killed after raising her for a couple of years for a brood sow and she pissed him off, she went just a tad over 500 pounds and the fat was a foot thick.
My grandpa said that a hog never quit growing as long as you would feed em and I have seen some monsters on some ranches out west, sumbitches as big as a beef.

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rubbajohnny

No sour cream here
Anyone know how to make it
Can get milk youghurt and milk powder only in my village

Texpat

^ Same problem. Tortillas a problem here in the jungle too.

I showed this thread to my wife (the cook). She lamented the lack of ingredients here. She loved the Mexican restaurant in LA, just around the corner from our apartment. Chupalitas and burritos and nachos and fuck ... everything. Anyone know where to get tortillas and beans and sour cream in Udon or Nong Khai, regularly?

The import store at the foot of the Friendship bridge is too aggravatingly spotty for me.

Thanks for the chimichanga thread, Tud!

dirtydog

Jees blackgang, at your age why would you even think of freezing stuff

peterpan

Sour cream is nearly always available at Makro, sadly thats about it. I buy mu Tortillas in Pattaya.
Last trip I brought about 10 packs (Danitas)and they are all no bloody good, I think their Dough was too wet and they have all stuck together in the pack, you can't pull them apart.
Usually bang them straight in the freezer when I get home and they separate well, with this lot all you end up with is a pile of useless Tortilla chips. I maight ring them today and blow their nuts off and they will give me a lifetimne supply as compensation.

blackgang

Damn it is not that big a deal to make flour tortillas, all ya need is a small cook table to roll em out on , a large bowl to mix em in and a cast iron griddle or a iron frypan to cook em on, teflon pans aint to good because the dry cooking will ruin em in a hurry.
Lots of recipes on Google, and if a mexican can do it, you syre the hell can. give it a try.


OH Yea, Fuck you DD.

blackgang

Here, simple, and fuck that canola oil,, use lard.

Flour Tortillas
Tortillas are the center of the meal throughout the Southwest.
2 1/2 cupsall purpose or enriched white flour625 mL1 1/2 tspsalt7 mL1/2 tspbaking powder2 mL6 tbspcanola shortening90 mL3/4 cuphot water175 mL
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, salt and baking powder. Add shortening and combine thoroughly with your fingertips. Make a depression in the center, add the hot water and continue mixing. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead until pliable (about five minutes). Cover and allow to rest, refrigerated, for one hour. Divide and shape into 12 balls. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 7-or 8-inch circle about 1/8-inch thick. (A tortilla press can be purchased where Mexican and/or gourmet foods are sold).
Heat a large heavy skillet over high heat. Cook until tortilla puffs and brown spots appear. Flip over and repeat. To get rid of bubbles after turning, press lightly with your hand protected with a clean kitchen towel or potholder. Keep tortillas warm by wrapping in a clean linen towel. Makes 12 tortillas.
To reheat tortillas:
Microwave: Wrap two tortillas in a paper towel and heat for twenty seconds at a high setting.
Oven: Wrap tortillas in foil and heat for 5 to 10 minutes at 350° F (180° C).

Marmite the Dog

I've got my own lard.

blackgang

From what I have heard tho, it is mostly on your ass..

Marmite the Dog

Despite having a mighty fine arse, I think you'll find most of it is on my belly.

blackgang

Just as I said,, "From what I have heard" so don't b;ame me..

dirtydog

Now now blackgang, I got this nice greeny from my original post

Well I thought it was funny

blackgang

Yea Dog, You are a funny fucker alright

dirtydog

Just hope i got half as much spirit and balls as you when i get to your age blackgang

blackgang

Bought a kilo of Pintos today and put em on to boil and they were done in an hour, packing date is 08 so they this years crop and they is good and I made 4 burittos for supper, no fresh jalapenios so bought some canned salsa and it is shit so I throwed the jar in the trash.

blackgang

Thanks Dog, I wouldn't feel this old if I had more than 1/10 of normal lung capacity left to work with, cause I sure don't feel old and don't look to bad from what folks say, but to go from this desk to the door is about all I can do at a time.

anae03

You are completely right about the size of tortillas, first time I prepare something like this, I used the small ones thinking that the other ones were too big... my mistake... we need to go and buy more because they were just too small.