Well, not my given Indian name (helps if I was in a tribe, which I'm not and that little issue that I'm caucasian puts a crimp in that idea) but it was a good description of what K. and I did tonight at Grandma and Grandpa's Print Shop. I don't know why, but I like the whole back behind the scenes on how books are put together. So, dancing away putting segments together, K. and I chatted away (I'll admit, I was hyped up on good food, Dunkin Donuts Chai, and being toddler free for the day) and shaved about 1 1/2 hrs of Grandma and Grandpa Q's bookbinding work. Girl powah! Lots of fun too.
Oh, and the tacos! That was the precursor to the work. Down the street is this Awesome "with a capital A" taco place with traditional, homestyle, authentic, delicious tacos. Dude, I'm so hooked. I had scarfed three tacos in one sitting. I had steak, chicken and dun dun dun... tongue. I've only had tongue once before at a German place in Chicago, it was in a cold salad. I thought it was like rubber, but this my friends, this was super delicate and soft. I was amazed I was eating tongue. I think Andrew Zimmern would be smiling at this. Can't help but think of him and Bizarre Foods when I eat something that traditionally is out of the "norm" for foods.
Lime squeezed on all, and I think I'm going to eat meat from now on with lime. It's just that good. Everything was homemade, not the cardboard tacos you get at the grocery store or at a fast food place. Cilantro on all and ... *drools*... I so want more. Why isn't there a place like that on every corner? That should be a law. Viva la immegracion! Legal or otherwise. Dude and dudettes, hear my plea! Without them we'd be taco'less.
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But it was a good day. I'm still on the hunt for ox tails to make some ox tail soup that my Aunt would make back when I was kid. Polish recipe? Could be. Grocer's look at me funny when I ask if they have any in stock. "You want what now?" Ox tails. O... X.... Tails. It is really very tasty. I will find some. (That and tongue).
So now that I'm officically done strolling down Bizarre Foods Lane, I think I'm going to web surf for a few things as the time is... omg, 2.30am. When did that happen?
Good day, good friends and fam, good food, it all gets a kudos in my book.
Night all!
I'm thinking you're going to have to hunt down a real, stand-alone, traditional-type butcher for Ox tails. Or Piggly Wiggly. Think I've seen them there....
ReplyDeleteWhen I mention it, people around here people look at me funny as if I am slowly morphing and glowing green. We don't have a Piggly Wiggly around her (midwest does) but I was hoping that the Latino/Hispanic grocery store would have carried it. I got thiiiis close because they had a sign in the freezer section saying they had it (but were out).
ReplyDeleteI guess it would be right to say that it's an old school kind of recipe, only had it 2-3 times so far in my life and that was mostly when I was a kid. Hubby thinks I'm wierd to begin with and that this ox tail quest is just another tally in his book for that.
Now if I can find it for cheap, that would be stellar.
Check out Asian markets. Particularly ones that stock a lot of Vietnamese stuff. Pho is usually made using ox tail as part of the broth.
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