maybe is you look for bisquets and not for bicuits

jl
"Linda" > schreef in bericht
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> "William Jennings" > wrote in message
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> > "Linda" > wrote in message
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> > > BTW, get out your Mexican cookbooks, and post a recipe for "old
fashion
> > > biscuits" none of mine (and I
> > > have quite a few) have a recipe.
> > >
> > > Linda
> >
> > I'll bet those Mexican cookbooks are mostly in English. In other words
> > transcriptions of Mexican recipes one time removed from the source.
Most
> > Mexicans have never used a cookbook. Mexican cooking is mostly an oral
> > tradition passed down from chef to apprentice, from mother to daughter.
In
> > Mexico most good cooks will say "the secret is in the hands".
>
> you're absolutely right..my mother-in-law just throws everything in..I do
> too with
> a lot of things I cook. That's why I still haven't posted my ranchero
sauce
> recipe yet..
> There really is *no* recipe.
>
> >
> > I also have a large collection of cook books I've gathered around the
> world.
> > Nothing is better than direct transmission and observation of a recipe
> > brought to life in full view. The historical vignettes and anecdotes
> > associated with some recipes may in some small way help a good cook
> towards
> > the scents and flavors of an authentic Mexican kitchen.
> >
> > doc
> >
> >
> have a large collection too. But none of my Mexican books have a recipe
> for "old fashion
> biscuits"
>
> Linda
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