On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:22:15 -0600, notbob > wrote:

>I bought his volume 1 dvd video, the first four episodes of Mexico,
>One Plate At a Time. Not only were the ingredients not included, the
>cooking scenes were totally butchered, cut out completely in some
>cases. Here we have fully intact segments of Rick the Dick droning on
>and on at length about Aztec architecture and temples and Catholic
>churches and the invention of stucco and the chemical break down of
>masonary lime yada yada...., but when it comes right down to showing
>how to cook/soak the nixtamal, a great Mexican secret claimed to be
>revealed on this dvd, we cut to his home kitchen where he recommends
>canned hominy.
>
>I've seen the mole episode twice on tv and wanted my own complete
>version. No chance. Where he once went on in detail about how to
>seed and fry the dried chiles making sure not to burn them and cause
>bitterness, and how to fry the whole almonds and raisins to just the
>right plumpness, now all three get a 3 sequence shot lasting a total
>of about 5 seconds with no information at all. "Fry the chiles,
>almonds, and raisins". Next!.... But, he doesn't mind babbling on
>about his daughter's birthday party and a buncha other pointless crap.
>His dvd videos are a complete rip-off for which you need his book more
>than ever. Friggin' crook.
>
>I'd like to boot a big ol' tire treaded size 12 huarache right up his
>money grubbin' Mexican lovin' ass!
>
>nb .....grrrrr...

LOl! You got me with that last bit, nb. sorry about your
disappointment, to be sure, and yet you've had your revenge with this
post. Did you see the Oaxacan black mole recipe from his One Plate at
a Time cookbook I posted recently? Google "modom mole" if not and if
you're interested. I think I got it mostly right, but I did
paraphrase.
--
modom

"My baby's got no clothes
'Cause she's makin' chicken soup."

-- Chuck E. Weiss