As a follow up
to my post on El Tucan, Alejandro spilled his trade secrets today.
The meat from
his delicious hamburger comes from Carniceria Los
Tres Huastecos at Carlos Del Castillo 4 in Colonia Guadalupe.
They grind the flank steak fresh when you ask for Molida Especial. I asked for a quarter pound and it made 3 burgers.
To the hamburger
meat, add two caps of soy sauce and 2 soy sauce caps of pineapple juice. Season
with salt and pepper and cook.
Not sure if I
mentioned that a Burger, fries and a non-alcoholic drink is 50 pesos or $3.95.
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He also sold me
a half kilo of the bacon he uses on the burgers. I haven’t had a decent slice
of bacon since I left Chicago. It’s the El
Centenario brand. I will not tell you how delicious this bacon is but it’s the
best 40 pesos ($3.16) I’ve spent this week.
I rarely eat breakfast but it was
so great to have eggs, bacon and toast today for a change.
He took the
better part of 10 minutes trying to convince me that any grill - even this one I saw at the market today - would work just as
well as a grill I just looked at...a Weber which is two and a half times the
price in the US.
He also showed me how to light the grill using the old “boy
scout” method. I laughed when I thought of my brother Terry trying to do this
when he was young and almost burning down our house.
There are no
ends to what I will learn as I meet more people like Alejandro who utilize conventional
resources as opposed to buying something new…like the Weber.
If I were going to be here forever, there is no doubt that I would already be cooking on that Weber.
For now, I'm searching for places to get BBQ out. So far, they are few and far between.
Stay tuned.
Buen Apetito!