recetas tradicionales mexicanas

April 25, 2018 9:28 AM

Bienvenidos a Abuela's Kitchen:
Lengua en mole
Pozole
Birria
Tamales: Preparations, Puerco, Chile Verde, Res
Enchiladas
Albondigas
Chilaquiles
posted by the man of twists and turns (15 comments total)

mmmmm, thank you!
posted by Capricorn13 at 9:52 AM on April 25, 2018

I guess im officially an old now, but the whole "the recipes only exist in my youtube videos" is such an impediment to my enjoying them . . .
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 10:06 AM on April 25, 2018 [9 favorites]

Good post! Abuela kind of looks like she's all "OK nieta, whatever..." and I wish we got to see a little more what some of them look like finished, more than a promo-covered slide before you press play and maybe a flash at the end.

I get the video-recipe frustration. I've seen them done well, I've seen it where the video is just a demonstration of the process and the actual recipe is on a blog or whatever (Food Wishes), and other times I've had to rewind four seconds 10 times to figure out what that last bit is. The format is not great as a cook-along for sure.

For something like this I think it's kind of special that grammy is getting her technique down for posterity with these recipes that are always "eyeing it." I try to get the skeleton down and watch it for technique, like whether you pull cilantro leaves off individually or just chop the whole thing stems and all, stuff like that.

I've been wanting to learn several of these, thanks!
posted by rhizome at 10:29 AM on April 25, 2018 [4 favorites]

oh lord i wish i had a pot big enough to make that pozole. i want all of the pozole, real bad.
posted by halation at 10:37 AM on April 25, 2018

This is what plays in my kitchen when the poblanos are ripe...Chiles Rellenos (How to). Thank you, Abuela!
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:01 AM on April 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

For chilaquiles being so simple, I've had some AWFUL chilaquiles in my lifetime.
posted by hwyengr at 11:33 AM on April 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

For chilaquiles being so simple, I've had some AWFUL chilaquiles in my lifetime.

I know, right? I had a friend's tio-abuelo who made FANTASTIC chilaquiles, but he was always doing the cooking before folks woke up, so I never got to witness how he did it.

Then I order chilaquiles from a restaurant and get tortilla chips with salsa and cheese.

It's distressing.

Very. Distressing.
posted by slipthought at 12:37 PM on April 25, 2018 [3 favorites]

slipthought, I promise to credit you in the forward to my future cookbook "dishes your elders cooked before anyone else woke up so no one is entirely sure how they did it but well try anyhow"
posted by Exceptional_Hubris at 1:02 PM on April 25, 2018 [6 favorites]

Wonderful. In exchange, I offer my favourite YouTube grandmother, Gina. Here she is making a delicious looking ricotta cheesecake.
posted by Jode at 1:08 PM on April 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

Then I order chilaquiles from a restaurant and get tortilla chips with salsa and cheese.


The worst I had came with a warning. When the menu described them as “Nachos served with egg” I figured that was just a simplification for west suburban Chicagolanders.

Nope.
posted by hwyengr at 2:51 PM on April 25, 2018 [6 favorites]

I'll have the Dorito Scramble
posted by rhizome at 4:02 PM on April 25, 2018 [3 favorites]

hwyenger, you are just looking in the wrong western Chicago suburb. Get over to Aurora
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 6:22 PM on April 25, 2018

For chilaquiles being so simple, I've had some AWFUL chilaquiles in my lifetime.

When they are good, they are glorious. But they frequently aren't all that good, and they can be a risky order in a restaurant.
posted by Dip Flash at 7:23 PM on April 25, 2018

Growing up in Southern California on the edge of the desert, this sort of home made food was everywhere. You miss it when you leave.

I'll recommend the pozole and chilaquiles recipes as easy and vastly tasty.
posted by blob at 10:49 PM on April 25, 2018

So I was browsing this person's videos and realized that her family comes from the same rural region in Mexico that my family is from. I showed the videos to my mom and she replied: "Oh yeah, thats the Contreras family. You know my cousin Alicia? Her husband is part of their family. His cousin is mentioned in one of the videos as being one of the daughter's uncles."

So, rock on Aunt Maria!!

I am biased but Abuelita comes from one of the best food regions in Mexico. As in when UNESCO recognizes traditional Mexican cuisine as the cultural heritage of humanity, they specifically call out these traditions in Michoacan. How i miss proper Uchepos with cream -- which I hope granny will make.
posted by vacapinta at 4:40 AM on April 26, 2018 [5 favorites]