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Irma
 
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Default Old Fashion Biscuits


"William Jennings" > wrote in message
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> "Linda" > wrote in message
> news:ysehb.54651$vj2.50524@fed1read06...
> > 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.
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> > Linda

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> 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".


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Exactamente!

Irma.

> 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.
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> doc
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