Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.

http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm

On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:

>Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
>this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>
>http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm

Thanks, again, Rolly, and again thanks to Doña Marta.

What a difference between your contributions and the "contributions"
of that group I think of as "A1 and the Clones."

David

"David Wright" > wrote in message
...
> On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:
>
> >Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version
of
> >this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
> >
> >http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm
>
> Thanks, again, Rolly, and again thanks to Doña Marta.
>
> What a difference between your contributions and the "contributions"
> of that group I think of as "A1 and the Clones."
>
> David

Amen.

doc

William Jennings wrote:
> "David Wright" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version
>
> of
>
>>>this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>>>
>>>http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm
>>
>>Thanks, again, Rolly, and again thanks to Doña Marta.
>>
>>What a difference between your contributions and the "contributions"
>>of that group I think of as "A1 and the Clones."
>>
>>David
>
>
> Amen.
>
> doc
>
>

Just pity the poor fool (A-1 and his sock puppets), he needs
professional help and evidently cannot afford it on his retirtement pay.
Hmmm, maybe that's why he is retired, eh?


jim

"Jim Lane" > wrote in message
...
>
> Just pity the poor fool (A-1 and his sock puppets), he needs
> professional help and evidently cannot afford it on his retirtement
pay.
> Hmmm, maybe that's why he is retired, eh?

I don't know about all that. You would think there would be very little
in the way of direct intent or ulterior motives
in mexican recipes. Some folks are just more creative than others, then
again, A1 may just like ****ing a few people off.


I'll be in Austin next week a few days and would have no problem meeting
him for lunch if he likes. I would not make hasty
judgements about folks on a ng,. some might really surprise you.

I once knew the most uncouth, mannerless wealthly old coot. Fact is I
got to know him very well. I asked him one time just why he was so
offensive. He quitely explained he was old, fat and ulgy, the only
thing most people wanted from him was money or "something". This was
the truth an I understood it. He said he did it "because he could"....
an I understand that.

A1 cheerfully refunds our money.:-)

Hasty Judgements, A True Story

An excellent example of why judging solely by what's on the surface is a
bad thing

__________________________________________________ _

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun

threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly

to the Harvard campus and without an appointment into the president's

outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such

backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably

didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned.

"We want to see the president", the man said softly.

"He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped.

"We'll wait," the lady replied.

For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would

finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the

secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the

president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do.

"Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she

told him. And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his

importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he

detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer

office.

The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple.

The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year.

He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was

accidentally killed, and my husband and I would like to erect a

memorial to him, somewhere on campus".

The president wasn't touched - he was shocked.

"Madam," he said gruffy, "We can't put up a statue for every person

who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like

a cemetery".

"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "We don't want to erect a

statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard.

The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and

homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly

idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million

dollars in the physical plant at Harvard."

For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He

could get rid of them now.

And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it

costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her

husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and

bewilderment.

And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto,

California where they established the University that bears their

name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.

doc

William Jennings wrote:

> "Jim Lane" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>Just pity the poor fool (A-1 and his sock puppets), he needs
>>professional help and evidently cannot afford it on his retirtement
>
> pay.
>
>>Hmmm, maybe that's why he is retired, eh?
>
>
> I don't know about all that. You would think there would be very little
> in the way of direct intent or ulterior motives
> in mexican recipes. Some folks are just more creative than others, then
> again, A1 may just like ****ing a few people off.
>
>
> I'll be in Austin next week a few days and would have no problem meeting
> him for lunch if he likes. I would not make hasty
> judgements about folks on a ng,. some might really surprise you.
>
> I once knew the most uncouth, mannerless wealthly old coot. Fact is I
> got to know him very well. I asked him one time just why he was so
> offensive. He quitely explained he was old, fat and ulgy, the only
> thing most people wanted from him was money or "something". This was
> the truth an I understood it. He said he did it "because he could"....
> an I understand that.
>
> A1 cheerfully refunds our money.:-)
>
> Hasty Judgements, A True Story
>
> An excellent example of why judging solely by what's on the surface is a
> bad thing
>

snip


I doubt the comparison would come close - having heard the Stanford
story years ago, I'm still betting A-1 needs a shrink for his multiple
personalities and sock puppets.


jim

On Sat, 8 Nov 2003 20:23:08 -0600, "William Jennings"
> wrote:

>
>I'll be in Austin next week a few days and would have no problem meeting
>him for lunch if he likes. I would not make hasty
>judgements about folks on a ng,. some might really surprise you.

From what he wrote before, doc, I believe he lives in Waco.

David

"David Wright" > wrote in message
...
> On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:
>
> >Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
> >this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
> >
> >http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm
>
> Thanks, again, Rolly, and again thanks to Doña Marta.
>
> What a difference between your contributions and the "contributions"
> of that group I think of as "A1 and the Clones."
>
> David

Ditto

Linda

"Rolly" > wrote in message
om...
> Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
> this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>
> http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm

Thank you Rolly! I really appreciate your posts with Dona Martha's recipes
and the pictures. This is a little too fiery for me but I might make it for
friends!

Thanks again!

Charlie

On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:

>Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
>this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>
>http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm

Looks well worth trying. The pictures are *so* helpful.

What's that arrangement the tomato is toasting on? Maybe you could do
a photo essay on 'kitchen equipment'? I recognize the m'wave and
blender. :-) I'm going to stop whining about "not enough counter
space," too. It looks as if Doña Martha cooks about 10 times better in
a quarter the space.

My original post was intended to be a reply to Rich McCormack's post
"Salsa de chile arbor." I guess I pushed the wrong button, and it
became a separate post. Oh, the wonders of the computer gods!

Froglag asked:

> What's that arrangement the tomato is toasting on?

It's a little grill that was made for her by her husband who has a
welding shop. It's very handy for toasting little things.

> I'm going to stop whining about "not enough counter space," too.
It looks as if Doña Martha cooks about 10 times better in a quarter
the space.

Actually she has quite a lot of counter space in this kitchen. There
are some wider views of it in the Tamales story. This is not her
kitchen; it belongs to one of her grand daughters. She is living here
temporarily while her house is being remodeled. There is a picture
story of the remodeling unfolding on my website. There is also a
long, detailed picture story of the building of the house she is
living/cooking in now. Do a little exploring of the website; you may
be surprised by what you find at www.Rollybrook.com

On 9 Nov 2003 08:34:50 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:

>Froglag asked:
>
>> What's that arrangement the tomato is toasting on?
>
>It's a little grill that was made for her by her husband who has a
>welding shop. It's very handy for toasting little things.

And this is laid on top of a gas stove burner?
>
>> I'm going to stop whining about "not enough counter space," too.
>It looks as if Doña Martha cooks about 10 times better in a quarter
>the space.
>
>Actually she has quite a lot of counter space in this kitchen. There
>are some wider views of it in the Tamales story. This is not her
>kitchen; it belongs to one of her grand daughters. She is living here
>temporarily while her house is being remodeled.

Yep. Looked at the tamale page, and it appears the kitchen 'growed.'
Thanks for the detail.

>There is a picture
>story of the remodeling unfolding on my website. There is also a
>long, detailed picture story of the building of the house she is
>living/cooking in now. Do a little exploring of the website; you may
>be surprised by what you find at www.Rollybrook.com

Just spent a fair amount of time on it this morning. :-) In addition
to my first visit. remodel -- it's probably too late (and too
early) now, but for us non-construction types, Before and After pics
of rooms and features would be awfully interesting. Particularly in
the kitchen. I much regret that I have only incidental glimpses in
photos of my kitchen before re-do (4.5' of counter space in pink
Formica.)

rolly,
How many chiles de arbol does the recipe call for?
Thanks and the photos are great.
s




Frogleg > wrote in message >. ..
> On 8 Nov 2003 13:07:02 -0800, (Rolly) wrote:
>
> >Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
> >this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
> >
> >http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm
>
> Looks well worth trying. The pictures are *so* helpful.
>
> What's that arrangement the tomato is toasting on? Maybe you could do
> a photo essay on 'kitchen equipment'? I recognize the m'wave and
> blender. :-) I'm going to stop whining about "not enough counter
> space," too. It looks as if Doña Martha cooks about 10 times better in
> a quarter the space.

Rolly wrote:

> Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
> this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>
> http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm

Very nice photography.

Could you provide some information about the grill used for
roasting the tomato? I've not seen anything like that.

Excellent, I love this website, thanks so much!
Linda

"Rolly" > wrote in message
om...
> Here is a Doña Martha picture story of a slightly different version of
> this salsa which she calls Salsa Casera.
>
> http://rollybrook.com/liquid_fire.htm