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Posted on 03/09/2008 5:07:16 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN
A quiet weekend for once!
We got alot of rain, but at least it didn’t freeze!
Evening Noosie. Hugs.
Too cute!
Thanks, Ma!
the "remembrance" is called AREPAS (a corn flour "flat roll"), once the mainstay of the "poor person's diet" in the "back country". today they are "comfort food" for MOST people there (the army of VZ serves Arepas EVERY meal!). recipe follows:
AREPAS, VZ-style
preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
to 2 cups of Masa Harina (available from MOST supermarkets) stir in 3 cups of boiling water & a teaspoon of salt.
let dough stand for 5-10 minutes. then hand knead the dough for 3-4 minutes. pinch of pieces of the dough & flatten into circles about 3-4 inches in diameter/ about 1/4 inch thick.
grease a heavy skillet with butter & cook the circle until it is lightly browned.
then put the partially cooked Arepas into a flat baking pan (like a cookie sheet) & bake them in the oven until a light tap in the center of the Arepas sounds "hollow, like a drum" .
slice open from the edge & serve hot with butter, meat slices, cheese or jam for breakfast/brunch/dinner/casual dessert. (i sometimes serve Arepas, with a tray(s) of "fillings", to company as "finger food" at cocktail parties.)
ENJOY!
NOTE: the Arepas of Columbia are LARGER in diameter, MUCH thinner & resemble "fat" corn tortillas.
free dixie,sw
We didn’t get to walk today..and they are loving playing in it.
Got up to 42 today so it won’t last long at all.
I’m working on pictures, but I don’t know what Old Stone Age will allow me to do.
Trying to overheat on me right now..
If it had then the roads would have been called “Glazed Doughnuts.”
Evening, QT 2.
:-D
That sounds wonderful!
Thanks so much, Stand!
LOL
I would have called them something else!
The kids took me to a restaurant that my mother used to waitress in back in the very early 60’s after we first moved to Kalifornia when I was just a baby...
When I told them that I lived there as a small baby, they thought I was fibbing. I had to tell the whole story for them.
We had the House cut Prime Rib(20 oz) with all the trimmings.
Just when I was ready to leave, the waitress showed up with a 4 layer German Chocolate Cake!
It was Great Food and an outstanding evening!
I took the grandbabies outside before we left...and taught them all how to salute the flag, and the oldest, recited the “Pledge Of Allegience” for us all. He just learned it in kindergarten.
Would Old Stone Age like an assist?
NOW - NOW.. not on FR. We don’t want you banned. lol
Thanks Radix!
I’d like to take a trip to Boston sometime soon.
It’s been awhile since I was down there..
once "Chavez, the TYRANT" is GONE from VZ, i may very go back to Caracas to remain forever.
Caracas is a GRAND place to live & (by US standards) CHEAP to live WELL.
free dixie,sw
*HUG*
Thank you, Ms lauren!
You never have to!
I guess I like it okay so far.
It stays lighter out a little longer.;)
Happy belated Birthday,Randy.
May you have many returns of the day.
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