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Mysterious brown things in the tamale filling
When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in the
tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or vegetable origin... They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are definitely not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled looking... Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway eat those mysterious brown things... # * 0 * # ^ |
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"krusty kritter" > wrote in message
... > When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in the > tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or > vegetable origin... > They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are definitely > not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled looking... > Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway eat > those mysterious brown things... > # * 0 * # > ^ Do they have legs? Ernie |
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"krusty kritter" > wrote in message
... > When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in the > tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or > vegetable origin... > They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are definitely > not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled looking... > Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway eat > those mysterious brown things... > # * 0 * # > ^ Do they have legs? Ernie |
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"krusty kritter" > schreef in bericht ... > When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in > the > tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or > vegetable origin... > > They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are > definitely > not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled > looking... > > Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway > eat > those mysterious brown things... > > > # * 0 * # > ^ raisins? > |
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"krusty kritter" > schreef in bericht ... > When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in > the > tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or > vegetable origin... > > They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are > definitely > not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled > looking... > > Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway > eat > those mysterious brown things... > > > # * 0 * # > ^ raisins? > |
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"krusty kritter" > wrote > I wouldn't be surprised if a cockroach accidentally found its way into the > tamale filling, but I don't think anybody is putting German cockroaches into > the filling on purpose... > # * 0 * # > ^ When I was in Hawaii they had the biggest cockroaches I have ever seen. I said something to a native about it and he got insulted. He said those aren't cockroaches those are cane beetles. Ernie |
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"krusty kritter" > wrote in message
... > When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in > the > tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or > vegetable origin... > > They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are > definitely > not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled > looking... > regular black beans? Jack |
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I love Mexican food but learned long ago not to ask these kind of
questions. :-) krusty kritter wrote: >When I eat at Mexican restaurants, I often find mysterious brown things in the >tamale filling that I cannot identify as to whether they are of animal or >vegetable origin... > >They are ovoid in shape, brown, larger than a pinto bean, but are definitely >not a pinto bean. They have a thin skin that is sometimes wrinkled looking... > >Please don't tell me that they are cucharachas, they aren't, and I alway eat >those mysterious brown things... > > ># * 0 * # > ^ > > > > > |
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Ernie wrote:
> When I was in Hawaii they had the biggest cockroaches I have ever seen. > I said something to a native about it and he got insulted. He said those > aren't cockroaches those are cane beetles. I was working for a computer company out of Boston a long time ago. The corporate travel office made reservations for seven of us from across the U.S. to meet in Houston. As I was complaining to the front desk that they had given me a room that was already occupied, another one of the guys came back from his room to complain. He told the desk clerk when he turned on the light, a roach three inches long ran across the sink. "That's nothing", the clerk said. "When I came to work this morning, there was a roach in the parking lot 'molesting' a jack rabbit flat footed". |
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krusty kritter > wrote:
> When I was transferred down to Florida to work at Cape Canaveral, the > cockroaches down there were called "palmetto bugs". They were about three > inches long, too... Three inches is just a middling palmetto bug. :-) I was stationed at Eglin AFB, up on the panhandle, working on a radar that looked south toward the Cape and watched for missiles that thankfully never came; in that area I saw palmetto bugs of over five inches in length. Big, nasty suckers that could bite. Hard. > I bought an old Jaguar sedan in Florida, and brought it back to California > after my enlistment was over. I was the king of bug spray for my last month in Florida, because I wasn't wanting to be the one who introduced those nasty damned things to the neighborhood where I grew up in California. I've never met a toxin that would do more than make a palmetto bug any closer to dead than just a bit drunk looking, but I went nuts with the stuff just the same. Every roach or palmetto bug I found was quickly dispatched then heaved out the door, every hiding place I could find was sprayed. Any object that could have hidden the nasty things was sprayed, then wrapped in a sprayed blanket. I even disassembled my stereo and removed the carcasses I found, and stuffed it with paper toweling soaked in bug spray. I bug bombed my car the night before pulling out, including the trunk. Probably killed some brain cells on the drive to California, inhaling that crap. Like I said, I went nuts. Or maybe I was nuts already. When I got home to that place that never really felt like home again, I left everything in the garage for a month or so before going through it all out on the driveway. I never saw a carcass, an egg casing, or even a bit of an antenna. Not a footprint. I never saw a sign of a roach or palmetto bug in the six years before I escaped from California, and haven't seen one since. Your story of the palmetto bug in the Jag makes me think that I've been very lucky. :-) -- Art Sackett, Patron Saint of Drunken Fornication |
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krusty kritter > wrote:
> You do mean Uncle Nikita's missiles in Cuba, don't you? I like to think that > one of Uncle Sam's stray rockets never went thataway any farther than > Titusville... Actually, being a youngster (I'm only 43), I was in the Air Force when Reagan took office -- so our greatest concern was SLBM's that could have come from Soviet subs hiding south of Cuba. The radar was built in the 60's to do spacetrack, and got the missile warning role later. It's one of the least radar-lookin' things you'd ever see: http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/.../an-fps-85.htm We also took good long looks at new satellites that the Soviets put up, many of which were debris clouds by the time they reached our coverage area. I don't know how everyone else feels about it, but I really do appreciate good war stories and I thank you for sharing yours. My biggest and best stories are all pretty tame. -- Art Sackett, Patron Saint of Drunken Fornication |
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Art Sackett wrote:
> krusty kritter > wrote: > > >>You do mean Uncle Nikita's missiles in Cuba, don't you? I like to think that >>one of Uncle Sam's stray rockets never went thataway any farther than >>Titusville... > > > Actually, being a youngster (I'm only 43), I was in the Air Force when > Reagan took office -- so our greatest concern was SLBM's that could > have come from Soviet subs hiding south of Cuba. > > The radar was built in the 60's to do spacetrack, and got the missile > warning role later. It's one of the least radar-lookin' things you'd > ever see: > > http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/.../an-fps-85.htm > > We also took good long looks at new satellites that the Soviets put up, > many of which were debris clouds by the time they reached our coverage > area. > > I don't know how everyone else feels about it, but I really do > appreciate good war stories and I thank you for sharing yours. My > biggest and best stories are all pretty tame. > I'd like to tell story too about being a senior in high-school/feshman in cleege during the Cuba missle crisis and my USAF stories, but dang it, this is a cooking group. So I won't. jim |
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Ernie wrote:
> "krusty kritter" > wrote in message > ... > >>>From: Jim Lane >> >>>I'd like to tell story too about being a senior in high-school/feshman in >> >>cleege during the Cuba missle crisis and my USAF stories, but dang it, > > this is > >>a cooking group. So I won't. >> >>It's all Ernie's fault... >> >># * 0 * # >> ^ > > > Ok youngsters, If you start telling war stories I will tell about being in > the Korean war. > Ernie > > How about returning to cooking? I heard enough of them from my father and was sent home as a child from the PI when that broke out. jim |
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"Jim Lane" > wrote > How about returning to cooking? I heard enough of them from my father > and was sent home as a child from the PI when that broke out. >Jim Ok Jim, How about this: I received the tamale making kit as a Christmas gift that is listed on Webb site http://www.mexgrocer.com . Now I need to decide what kind of tamale I am going to make first. I think it will be pork, although I could use leftover Christmas turkey. I also got a tamale press with masa and sauces from the same place. My new toys .should keep me entertained for a while. Ernie |
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Ernie wrote:
> "Jim Lane" > wrote > >>How about returning to cooking? I heard enough of them from my father >>and was sent home as a child from the PI when that broke out. >>Jim > > > Ok Jim, > How about this: > I received the tamale making kit as a Christmas gift that is listed on > Webb site http://www.mexgrocer.com . Now I need to decide > what kind of tamale I am going to make first. I think it will be pork, > although I could use leftover Christmas turkey. I also got a tamale > press with masa and sauces from the same place. > My new toys .should keep me entertained for a while. > Ernie > Do not overlook sweet tamales. jim |
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On 25 Dec 2004 01:18:12 GMT, krusty kritter wrote:
> When I was transferred down to Florida to work at Cape Canaveral, the > cockroaches down there were called "palmetto bugs". They were about three > inches long, too... In VietNam and probably other Asian countries those delicacies were called rice bugs. Never saw too many of them, but one day some guys brought out several large spray tanks and attacked the base of the shack/tent (wooden pallets) that housed several dozen of our R-390 receivers and other assorted radios. Within minutes the ground was swarming with thousands of the critters. When I go after bugs one-on-one I avoid insecticide. Heavy duty detergent sprays (Fantastik, 409, Murphy's, etc.) are surer, quicker and leave the floor cleaner, even if you wouldn't want to then eat off it. |
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