Discover and re-discover Mexico’s cuisine, culture and history through the recipes, backyard stories and other interesting findings of an expatriate in Canada
For Halloween treats, I have bought a variety pack of individual-sized bags of chips, and they made me think of a kind of popular snacks that started to appear as a street food in Mexico back in the 1990s; after the plain bag of chips is opened on one side (as opposed to the top), and heavily loaded with toppings, seasonings and lime juice, it becomes a “crazy” snack ... click on title for more
Aguachile is a dish of shrimp partially cooked in lime juice, then mixed with veggies. Since I am allergic to crustaceans (lobster, crab, shrimp), and inspired by my previous post, I thought of making a batch of shrimp-less aguachile using shirataki noodles (konjac) ... click on title for more
In Mexican cuisine, cueritos are fresh pieces of pork skin, which have been separated from the meat and fat, and may be either fried with other parts of the pork (carnitas), or as in this recipe, boiled and pickled in vinegar, often mixed with pickled jalapeños and carrots (escabeche.) As a bonus, although it might seem impossible to conceive this dish without pork rind, the flavour of cooked fresh pork rinds is mild, and its texture, chewy, so it was not very hard to think of konjac as a vegan substitute with similar characteristics ... click on title for more
To celebrate my post #500, this being My Slice of Mexico, I wanted a festive watermelon theme, and a full-size version of sandía loca sure fits the bill ... click on title for more
In Mexico, fruits and snacks topped with combinations of chili powder, candies, sauces, and all sorts of other various ingredients are called "locos" - "crazy". My harvest of mini watermelon and cucumber was perfect for some crazy snacks ... click on title for more
My Slice of Mexico 