Mexian Pan or Mexican Bread is made up of Conchas, Empenadas, Bolilos, puerquitos and many other types. We will be talking about the sweet type in this blog.
Mexican Pan is served throughout the day. It can be a breakfast bread, a dessert after a meal, or my favorite, an evening snack.
Where we live when we are in Mexico, there are bread trucks, (Pickups with covers over the beds) In the back are large, baskets with tablecloths covering freshly baked sweet Mexican breads. We usually visit with friends and/or family in the evening. When the pan truck comes by, we all go out and get the type we like. We then enjoy it with a drink of choice. Coffee and hot coco on the cooler evenings, Guava juice or some other fruit drink on the warmer days.
The empanada is a pastry that has filling in it. Usually sweet potato, pumpkin or cheese, however they also make them with apples and with sweet jams such as strawberry or cherry.
The little pig shaped breads, called puerquitos, are very much like the gingerbread men that we eat around thanksgiving, in the states.
Mexican women also make a bread pudding called Capirotada during the Lenten and the Christmas seasons. Beside the bread it usually contains raisins, cinnamon, roasted peanuts, and perhaps cheese. Colored jimmies are sprinkled over the top. Of course, every Mexican cook has his/her own recipe for this pudding. They will never taste exactly the same as the one next door.
Mexican Pan, or sweet breads are not covered with frosting and they are somewhat less sweet than those found north of the boarder. This is good, but it takes a couple of tries to find the ones you will enjoy.
There is a lot more that can be written about this wonder bread, but if I write everything, it will take away from your adventure. Try some as soon as you can, you’ll find it is best served with friends.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
Tortillas
Tortillas, there isn't much more Mexican at the table than the tortillas. The tortillas have been around for thousands of Years. I have no idea where they first started using tortillas, but in Mexico, they are the most important item on the table. Tortillas are round and flat, they can be made of corn or wheat flour. They can be small, only a couple of inches, to very large, but the average size is about 5 inches across.
Corn tortillas are best made by hand, which is a laborious task. There is a rhythmic movement that is interesting to watch. The traditional way to make tortillas involves soaking the kernels of corn in lime water. This is then ground on a stone metate into dough, which is called masa. The masa is shaped into small round balls, which are patted out by hand into tortillas. Fresh tortillas, that have been cooked on a comal, served fresh and hot, have a flavor you will never find in a packaged, reheated tortilla. Corn tortillas come in two colors, white and yellow. I find the yellow tortillas to be a slight bit tougher that the white ones, but that is a personal observation and perhaps only in my immigration,
Flour tortillas, usually white but sometimes made of whole wheat flour are perhaps my favorite tortilla. I really enjoy the whole wheat tortillas for roll-up sandwiches. Don't expect to find them on the average Mexican table, as they are not nearly as popular as the corn variety.
In Mexico, if you do not want to make them yourself, you can buy them fresh daily, at most of the little food stores dotting the countryside. Walk down the streets of any town in Mexico, in the early morning and you will soon find an open window with a lady making tortillas for sale. You can purchase them by the dozen or by the kilo. My advise is to buy no more than what you will use with in a day to a day and a half. Tortillas will sour if mishandled. Store your flour tortillas, in a plastic bag in the refrigerator, but keep your corn tortillas wrapped in the paper they came in and then wrapped in a cloth. This will help keep them from drying out.
Tortillas can be used in place of a spoon when eating. If you watch, you will soon catch on as to how to use them this way. Almost all foods can be eaten inside or with tortillas, so enjoy them daily.
If your not in Mexico, do yourself a favor and seek out the Mexican Restaurants that make their own tortillas, fresh, daily. You will thank yourself that you did.
For more about Life and recipes of Mexico, please visit me at William-Chaney.com
Thanks for reading my blog. If you have friends that might like this, please share it with them on face book or twitter.
visit again soon,
Bill
Corn tortillas are best made by hand, which is a laborious task. There is a rhythmic movement that is interesting to watch. The traditional way to make tortillas involves soaking the kernels of corn in lime water. This is then ground on a stone metate into dough, which is called masa. The masa is shaped into small round balls, which are patted out by hand into tortillas. Fresh tortillas, that have been cooked on a comal, served fresh and hot, have a flavor you will never find in a packaged, reheated tortilla. Corn tortillas come in two colors, white and yellow. I find the yellow tortillas to be a slight bit tougher that the white ones, but that is a personal observation and perhaps only in my immigration,
Flour tortillas, usually white but sometimes made of whole wheat flour are perhaps my favorite tortilla. I really enjoy the whole wheat tortillas for roll-up sandwiches. Don't expect to find them on the average Mexican table, as they are not nearly as popular as the corn variety.
In Mexico, if you do not want to make them yourself, you can buy them fresh daily, at most of the little food stores dotting the countryside. Walk down the streets of any town in Mexico, in the early morning and you will soon find an open window with a lady making tortillas for sale. You can purchase them by the dozen or by the kilo. My advise is to buy no more than what you will use with in a day to a day and a half. Tortillas will sour if mishandled. Store your flour tortillas, in a plastic bag in the refrigerator, but keep your corn tortillas wrapped in the paper they came in and then wrapped in a cloth. This will help keep them from drying out.
Tortillas can be used in place of a spoon when eating. If you watch, you will soon catch on as to how to use them this way. Almost all foods can be eaten inside or with tortillas, so enjoy them daily.
If your not in Mexico, do yourself a favor and seek out the Mexican Restaurants that make their own tortillas, fresh, daily. You will thank yourself that you did.
For more about Life and recipes of Mexico, please visit me at William-Chaney.com
Thanks for reading my blog. If you have friends that might like this, please share it with them on face book or twitter.
visit again soon,
Bill
Monday, August 23, 2010
Make Money with clickbank
I've just finished reading an amazing free
report from Soren Jordansen & Cindy Battye.
It's called "Your Clickbank Treasure Map".
Stay tuned until the end of this short
video to download your free copy.
=> http://cbpirate.com/s/cbp/wchaney
In this free report Soren & Cindy reveal:
* How the "gurus" have been lying to you!
* Why most Clickbank affiliates fail to
make any money at all.
But more importantly...
* Their shockingly simple formula for easily
making tons of Clickbank sales.
* And how their new "Clickbank Pirate"
will automate this for you, so you can
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commissions roll in!
Watch the video right now and grab your
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=> http://cbpirate.com/s/cbp/wchaney
To your Clickbank success,
Bill
report from Soren Jordansen & Cindy Battye.
It's called "Your Clickbank Treasure Map".
Stay tuned until the end of this short
video to download your free copy.
=> http://cbpirate.com/s/cbp/wchaney
In this free report Soren & Cindy reveal:
* How the "gurus" have been lying to you!
* Why most Clickbank affiliates fail to
make any money at all.
But more importantly...
* Their shockingly simple formula for easily
making tons of Clickbank sales.
* And how their new "Clickbank Pirate"
will automate this for you, so you can
have Soren & Cindy do all the hard work,
while you sit back and watch the
commissions roll in!
Watch the video right now and grab your
free Clickbank Treasure Map!
=> http://cbpirate.com/s/cbp/wchaney
To your Clickbank success,
Bill
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Affiliate Marketing Made Simple
I just finished a blog on another of my web sites that is all about Affiliate Marketing. It is very easy to get started earning money on line this way. Affiliate marketing takes the work out of finding a product or products to sell.
In fact, you don't need to handle any product at all. You earn between 50 and 70 percent of the sales price of the item, and the seller, does all the work including sipping.
Visit http://wchaney.cbpirateblog.com and see what I am talking about. If you want to get started selling on
line but not sure how to do it, this could be the answer that you are looking for.
good luck, and keep on blogging,
Thanks for visiting my blog
In fact, you don't need to handle any product at all. You earn between 50 and 70 percent of the sales price of the item, and the seller, does all the work including sipping.
Visit http://wchaney.cbpirateblog.com and see what I am talking about. If you want to get started selling on
line but not sure how to do it, this could be the answer that you are looking for.
good luck, and keep on blogging,
Thanks for visiting my blog
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
AARP and Puerto Vallarta
AARP, the magazine for the over 50 crowd, has named Puerto Vallarta as the Number One place in the whole World for Americans to retire.
In their September/October issue, due out any day, AARP picked the 5 Best Places to Retire Abroad.
#5, is in Italy, #4 in Portugal, #3 in Panama, #2 in France, and #1 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
If you just can't wait to get your hands on a copy, so you can find out what is so great about Puerto Vallarta, stroll over to William-Chaney.com or BoomersExtraIncome.com and check out the article about Vallarta there.
Thanks for visiting my blog,
In their September/October issue, due out any day, AARP picked the 5 Best Places to Retire Abroad.
#5, is in Italy, #4 in Portugal, #3 in Panama, #2 in France, and #1 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
If you just can't wait to get your hands on a copy, so you can find out what is so great about Puerto Vallarta, stroll over to William-Chaney.com or BoomersExtraIncome.com and check out the article about Vallarta there.
Thanks for visiting my blog,
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Aztec Mexican Recipes
I have just added a blog to one of my web-sites, William-Chaney.com which is about a cookbook produced by some friends of mine.It has some awesome recipes that you won't find just anywhere It also has tips on travel in.
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