The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

Meet Miles Standish Pickerel: bamboozler, American ne'er-do-well, and poor gringo extraordinaire. Newly divorced, culinarily clueless, and living in Mexico with his faithful canine companion, Ladrón, he shamelessly prepares traditional Mexican cuisine from low-cost (or no-cost) ingredients. If Miles Pickerel can't raise it, trap it, steal it, borrow it, pick it, or run it over, he doesn't put it in his pot. Neighborhood strays and local farmers beware. His recipes redefine the meaning of eating cheap in Mexico. They include: Suicide Hen, Stingray Stew, Aztec Soup, Fired Tequila Goat, Cortez-on-Foot Burritos, Run-over Rooster, Shrimp Head Omelet, Unholy Mole, Soused Marlin, Cabbage Cakes, and Hibiscus Cooler.

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The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

Meet Miles Standish Pickerel: bamboozler, American ne'er-do-well, and poor gringo extraordinaire. Newly divorced, culinarily clueless, and living in Mexico with his faithful canine companion, Ladrón, he shamelessly prepares traditional Mexican cuisine from low-cost (or no-cost) ingredients. If Miles Pickerel can't raise it, trap it, steal it, borrow it, pick it, or run it over, he doesn't put it in his pot. Neighborhood strays and local farmers beware. His recipes redefine the meaning of eating cheap in Mexico. They include: Suicide Hen, Stingray Stew, Aztec Soup, Fired Tequila Goat, Cortez-on-Foot Burritos, Run-over Rooster, Shrimp Head Omelet, Unholy Mole, Soused Marlin, Cabbage Cakes, and Hibiscus Cooler.

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The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

The Poor Gringo Guide to Mexican Cooking

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Overview

Meet Miles Standish Pickerel: bamboozler, American ne'er-do-well, and poor gringo extraordinaire. Newly divorced, culinarily clueless, and living in Mexico with his faithful canine companion, Ladrón, he shamelessly prepares traditional Mexican cuisine from low-cost (or no-cost) ingredients. If Miles Pickerel can't raise it, trap it, steal it, borrow it, pick it, or run it over, he doesn't put it in his pot. Neighborhood strays and local farmers beware. His recipes redefine the meaning of eating cheap in Mexico. They include: Suicide Hen, Stingray Stew, Aztec Soup, Fired Tequila Goat, Cortez-on-Foot Burritos, Run-over Rooster, Shrimp Head Omelet, Unholy Mole, Soused Marlin, Cabbage Cakes, and Hibiscus Cooler.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780979619946
Publisher: Great West Pub
Publication date: 08/01/2016
Pages: 274
Sales rank: 773,932
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)
Age Range: 17 Years

About the Author

Miles Standish Pickerel lived with his mother until he was thirty-six. After brief engagements as an adulterous husband, a neglectful father, and a larcenous employee, he unsuccessfully impersonated a cardiologist, a cattle rustler, and a visiting dignitary from Guyana. Currently he is at work on the century's first compendium of Mexican mechanics. He lives anonymously in an unnamed city south of the twenty-fifth parallel.

Susan Say-less claims she was born on the next to the last day of the year in the same town as Phineas Quimby. When not performing standup comedy, playing her tsabouna, or illustrating distasteful cookbooks, she attends the University of Arizona. She purportedly is earning a bachelor's degree in English literature. She draws her own hair.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments (Agradecimientos) 8
Foreword (Introducción) 9
Your Chef Today (Su Chef al Día) 11
How Pickerel Turned Culinary (Como Fué Que
Pickerel se Tornó Culinario) 16
Pickerel's Kitchen (La Cocina de Pickerel) 16
Essentials and Utensils (Los Utensilios y lo Esencial) 17
Ingredients (Ingredientes) 21
Preferred Brands (Marcas Preferidas) 28
Pickerel's Pointers (Consejos de Pickerel) 30
Beans (Frijoles) 33
Tortillas (Tortillas) 45
Leftover Tortillas, Tattered Tortillas, and Stale Tortillas
(Sobras de Tortilla, Tortillas Maltratadas y Tortillas Duras) 53
Sauces (Salsas) 71
Chili Peppers (Chiles) 85
Eggs (Huevos) 97
Potatoes (Papas) 109
Rice (Arroz) 117
From the Garden (Del Jardín) 125
Poultry (Aves) 139
Fish and More (Pescado y Más) 151
Farm, Field, and Front Porch (Granja, Campo y Porche) 171
Soups and Broths (Sopas y Caldos) 193
Deep-Fried (Fritangas) 207
Lime Recipes (Recetas con Limón) 217
Desserts (Postres) 223
Beverages (Bebidas Refrescantes) 235
Appendix (Apéndice) 247
Glossary (Glosario) 251
Index (Indice) 257
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