Mexican Tuesdays

[johncorrigan]

I know it's Andalusian but it's flamenco sounded kinda Mexican when I heard it, so I reckoned it counted.
Nina de la Puebla - Tinieblas (Darkness)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mHrkjZfVwE

[Richard Tarleton]

Rick Stein is heading for Mexico on Tuesdays on BBC2, retracing the steps of his younger self - so far he's still in California.

Looking through the diary I kept of my Earthwatch project I thought a description of some of the meals we ate might amuse - not sure if this is the sort of stuff Rick will be cooking but it'll certainly be what he ate as a youngster - it was all cooked for us by two women from the village (4 hours S of Puerto Vallarta):

Tortillas, frijoles [beans], scrambled egg, salsa
Beef, tortillas, frijoles, salsa
Perros calientes (hot dogs ), tortillas, frijoles
Scrambled egg, ham & peppers, frijoles, tortillas
Beef and pepper stew, frijoles, tortillas
Grilled fish, frijoles, tortillas........

So everything based around the staples of maize and beans. I thought the food was excellent. There was spicy food, but nothing sweet - I did eat a huge piece of cake at Reading station on my way home

We ate out on Sundays when our cooks had the day off - either at a roadside restaurant just down the road, or at a small resort an hour south, Barra de Navidad. Lots of complimentary guacamole on the tables....

[Lat-Literal]

Rick Stein is heading for Mexico on Tuesdays on BBC2, retracing the steps of his younger self - so far he's still in California.

Looking through the diary I kept of my Earthwatch project I thought a description of some of the meals we ate might amuse - not sure if this is the sort of stuff Rick will be cooking but it'll certainly be what he ate as a youngster - it was all cooked for us by two women from the village (4 hours S of Puerto Vallarta):

Tortillas, frijoles [beans], scrambled egg, salsa
Beef, tortillas, frijoles, salsa
Perros calientes (hot dogs ), tortillas, frijoles
Scrambled egg, ham & peppers, frijoles, tortillas
Beef and pepper stew, frijoles, tortillas
Grilled fish, frijoles, tortillas........

So everything based around the staples of maize and beans. I thought the food was excellent. There was spicy food, but nothing sweet - I did eat a huge piece of cake at Reading station on my way home

We ate out on Sundays when our cooks had the day off - either at a roadside restaurant just down the road, or at a small resort an hour south, Barra de Navidad. Lots of complimentary guacamole on the tables....

Tortillas with everything.

An excellent post - thank you RT.

[Lat-Literal]

Toño Quirazco:

Toca el Saxofon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6Y5qRyIH8A
125 Pecas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrOpZUfsTKE
Sucu Sucu - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX558s0h56I
Ska Chihuahua - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khTvIgeTbBI

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Artists/QUIRAZCO.Y.SU.GRUPO.TONO.html

[Globaltruth]

continuing the faux fusion theme here is something VERY TOPICAL...
an Irish fandango.
In Mexico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlZrLcF33ig

Please note: No walls or boundaries there

[Lat-Literal]

continuing the faux fusion theme here is something VERY TOPICAL...
an Irish fandango.
In Mexico.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlZrLcF33ig

Please note: No walls or boundaries there

Very nice.

Lively!

(Although the two women who walk by at 1.30 are probably security guards)

[johncorrigan]

'Tis the season to be jolly...they'll be singing this down Lat's local this next couple of Tuesdays.
Jose Alfredo Jimenez - Amarga Navidad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8R7UNju4tw

[johncorrigan]

Following GT's post about Excavated Shellac, I thought I'd dig about the vaults for a bit to celebrate Mexican Tuesday tomorrow, and struck gold straight off. Here's Trio Los Aguilillas with Samba Rumbera...here's the info courtesy of Jonathan Ward:

https://excavatedshellac.com/category/mexico/

and the mighty fine tune: https://app.box.com/s/qkphijxyuhh0ns06zm9i

Thanks GT! You're bang on! Let's get him on Wo3 or the like!

[Lat-Literal]

Following GT's post about Excavated Shellac, I thought I'd dig about the vaults for a bit to celebrate Mexican Tuesday tomorrow, and struck gold straight off. Here's Trio Los Aguilillas with Samba Rumbera...here's the info courtesy of Jonathan Ward:

https://excavatedshellac.com/category/mexico/

and the mighty fine tune: https://app.box.com/s/qkphijxyuhh0ns06zm9i

Thanks GT! You're bang on! Let's get him on Wo3 or the like!

Well, that's the real deal.

[Globaltruth]

Mariachi? Yodelling?
What's not to like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92CmuP0JM4A

The three colours of the flag depict green for hope, white for unity, and red for the blood of heroes.
The coat of arms in the centre depicts a Mexican eagle perched on a Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia fam.) eating a rattlesnake.

Make of that what you will.

[johncorrigan]

Mariachi? Yodelling?
What's not to like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92CmuP0JM4A

I liked it all, Global.

The three colours of the flag depict green for hope, white for unity, and red for the blood of heroes.
The coat of arms in the centre depicts a Mexican eagle perched on a Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia fam.) eating a rattlesnake.

Make of that what you will.

I thought it was green for guacamole, red for chilli and white for the colour you turned, but now I see the eagle I realise that was probably incorrect.

I did see the Peruvian Flag on Soapbox challenge the other night, Global, and found out that it had a vicuña on it. I'd always thought it was a Llama. I've since discovered that their red is for spilled blood too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xOooGSjYQ

[Globaltruth]

https://youtu.be/kkWUK9spfeE

A mariachi song about La llorona - the weeping woman, a Mexican urban ghost legend.
Appropriate for a grim(m) Feb morning...

[johncorrigan]

Happy Mexican Pancake Tuesday. Quick blast and get battering!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzfzsKENCbU

[Lat-Literal]

Two days early and all the way from Texas:

Flaco Jimenez is 79 today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMRNSmwa3U

[johncorrigan]

'Maria Elena' turned up in a book I was reading last night - here's Javier Solis, the king of the Ranchero Boleros, I assume.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfQTw7o8WBg