Showing posts with label Tajín. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tajín. Show all posts

Sunday, February 18, 2018

St. Louis: Come to Me, My Pretties


Jícama on the Nazca figure vessel, "The Harvester," ca 100-300 CE, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. February 2018.



I finally found a source of fresh and juicy, affordable jícama. It's at the China Town Market on Olive Street in University City. The produce truck comes every Thursday.

Come to me, my little pretties. I will gobble you up.

The Tajín I get at Aldi's.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

El Paso: Don't You Hate When People Post Pics of Food?


Me, too.

So here I am going to post a couple. I don't even know why I took this pictures, but I did, and I sure don't want them to go to waste.

Not because of any lessons to expound upon, but like Sally Fields said once, sort of, "Gosh darn, I just love the fuck out of these things." Well, she said the word "like" that one time. Oh wait, I see that I didn't use the word "like" at all. Let's just say Sally Field's speech inspired what I said.

So, roasted zucchini. I don't coddle these vegs. I just slice 'em rather haphazardly, spray some spray on them, and drop salt, pepper, and whatever other spices I want on them. No parmesan cheese or other fancy stuff. No olive oil, chaste or otherwise. I roast them in the oven for about an hour at about 425 degrees. All of the sugary sweetness comes out. On this particular day in November, I probably threw some Cajun/Creole spice on them, hence the orange color you see.



In the cooler months of the year, I eat probably a pound of zucchini a day. On some days, two pounds.

Then here's my new El Paso go-to --> jícama:



The above is not a particularly fine specimen of jícama (no disrespect to Melissa), now that I know a thing or two about what I like in this root vegetable. But it's the picture I have on hand.

On the jícama, I sprinkle Tajín promiscuously. Tajín is a brand of dried chiles and lime juice and salt. I eat about two pounds of jícama a day.

Below is a sexy picture of Tajín



And now, to complement my soft-porn food pics, here's a picture of a cat, specifically the Holy Cat of Opelousas: