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Inquiring Gringos Want to Know. 'Ask a Mexican,' columnist fields readers' frank questions.
Los Angeles Times ^ | Daniel Hernandez

Posted on 02/23/2006 12:15:19 PM PST by John Jorsett

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To: builder

The "pendejo" mentioned above is really one of the worst ones. A-hole.


61 posted on 02/23/2006 1:28:05 PM PST by Rte66
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To: marron

Does anyone (as in "angelenos") use "Chicano" anymore?


62 posted on 02/23/2006 1:31:35 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66

Meaning of "pendejo" - think pendulum, something that swings.


63 posted on 02/23/2006 1:32:17 PM PST by Sabatier
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To: John Jorsett

Only in America.


64 posted on 02/23/2006 1:37:30 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: John Jorsett
I'll swap a Gringo Leftist for an unknown Mexican anytime.
65 posted on 02/23/2006 1:40:56 PM PST by Savage Beast (9/11 was never repeated--thanks to President Bush and his surveillance program.)
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To: marron

Nah....moron, not marron...


66 posted on 02/23/2006 1:41:20 PM PST by litehaus
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To: Rte66

mmmm going to have to try this! I make a damn good burrito, My enchiladas ain't to shabby, My tamales need work though. Learned to cook Mexican food from a next door neighbor when I was stationed in San Diego. I taught her Cajun cooking.


67 posted on 02/23/2006 1:42:24 PM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Sabatier

Oh yes, Balzac. Something(s) that would tremble at the sight of a Sabatier.


68 posted on 02/23/2006 1:43:56 PM PST by Rte66
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To: Rte66

LOL:)


69 posted on 02/23/2006 1:45:47 PM PST by Sabatier
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To: Rte66

I have never heard anyone use "Chicano" who wasn't in college.

I deal more with Mexican nationals than anything, they certainly don't use the term. And Mexican Americans I deal with just think of themselves as, well, Americans, or Mexican-Americans depending on the context. But never "Chicano".


70 posted on 02/23/2006 1:46:48 PM PST by marron
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To: varon

Oralé....that would be Chebbe.


71 posted on 02/23/2006 1:48:42 PM PST by filepile
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To: laney
Actually grits if they are cooked correctly are really good. I suggest either go with the "cream of wheat" eating style... IE sugar and milk or Butter Salt and Pepper.
Or you could mix grated cheese in them as well.... all depends on your preferences..

If grits are cooked incorrectly then they truly are unpalatable and the consistency of paste of worse. however you can salvage even these by forming them into small "silver dollar" grit cakes and frying them up in some bacon fat....or real butter and serving them like hash browns...
72 posted on 02/23/2006 1:48:50 PM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Rte66

But I don't live in LA, I live in farm and oil country.


73 posted on 02/23/2006 1:48:59 PM PST by marron
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

Oh boy! does not sound that good for the old ticker....


74 posted on 02/23/2006 1:50:48 PM PST by laney (I now know who I am a *Crunchy Con*!)
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To: laney
You only live once and one of my favorite sayings is....... Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, bottle of whiskey in one hand, a bottle of tequila in the other, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming~~'Wow~~What a ride!! If you don't eat it every day how is it a problem?
75 posted on 02/23/2006 1:55:01 PM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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To: Rte66

"Pachuco was what some Tex-Mexicans called gringos in the 60s here. I thought it was a bad word that meant whore. "

You got it backwards...back then Pachuco was a Mexican punk. It did not relate to good law abiding Mexicans.


76 posted on 02/23/2006 1:57:43 PM PST by DH
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To: SouthernBoyupNorth

No mirlitons, ya know! LOL. The hard part, really, is finding the pomegranates to get the seeds. They're mostly only available in late fall and through winter.

I only make them when I have pomegranates. I tried freezing some seeds one time and it just didn't work. There is a Spanish treat called "membrillo," which is quince paste. It's sort of like a fruit leather. It's red and can be cut into small pieces--I make it myself, but I've used it once as a substitute for the pom seeds - but it's not really "right" because it's not juicy.

Other notes - a "pitaya" is a "tuna," which is the pear/fruit of a prickly pear cactus. I find them year-round now at the regular grocery, but it's TX. The "acitron" is not citron but it's a cactus candy made in Mexico. You can use anything like candied pineapple or any of the fruitcake crystallized fruits. It doesn't need much.

There are recipes online. I don't use one anymore, or I'd post one or a link to one. Try ordering them sometime at an authentic Mexican restaurant--sometimes they will make them for you even if not on the menu. From Fiestas Patrias - Sept 15th, through about now are the best times of year. Mexicans are very proud of making them for gringos.


77 posted on 02/23/2006 2:00:56 PM PST by Rte66
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To: marron

Me, too - but it's a term that seemed to have disappeared off the radar. I was given to believe it was only Mexicans living in Los Angeles, as to whom it pertained.


78 posted on 02/23/2006 2:04:46 PM PST by Rte66
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To: DH

Well, I had *one* Mexican in a HS class with me and he used the word all the time, about everybody.

He was Castilian of some kind (meaning I think he was actually from Spain, but we burbanites called him "Mexican"), but a mystery to us. Older than everyone, no visible means of support, no parents, his own apartment, quite handsome, not a greaser, dressed well.

I got the impression the word might mean "pimp" at the time, but someone else said it meant whore. Shows what I know! No one talked about stuff like that back then, except the guys who went to Boys Town in Matamoros.


79 posted on 02/23/2006 2:11:30 PM PST by Rte66
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Hmmm That is an Idea! Got a really good authentic Mexican hole in the wall right near home. They got real good food!
80 posted on 02/23/2006 2:14:30 PM PST by SouthernBoyupNorth ("For my wings are made of Tungsten, my flesh of glass and steel..........")
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