Comments on My Mexican Kitchen: Cecina: Worth Its Salt

Felipe; no te procupes. Vamos a compartir la burgu...

2009-06-20T10:41:00.016-05:00

Felipe; no te procupes. Vamos a compartir la burguer. Yo vo a comer la carne; ella la lechuga, tomate y cebolla.

Todos esfuerzos por mi parte para su mejor salud.

Aparte: ¡espera hasta que veas las fotos del Men's Room del Rest Casa Valadez! No vas a creer si no veas.

Si, de acuerdo. Ella es muy chula.

Saludos,
Don Cuevas

Doña Cuevas has cholesterol issues, and you were "...

2009-06-20T10:18:00.939-05:00

Doña Cuevas has cholesterol issues, and you were "feverishly shuffling" plans to work in a monster burger?!

Let me explain cause and effect.

Don´t you love that woman? She´s cute. I would love her were I in your position.

Felipe; it's on Calle Ibarra, about 2/3drs of the ...

2009-06-20T10:07:51.055-05:00

Felipe; it's on Calle Ibarra, about 2/3drs of the way to Calle Espejo, on the north side of the street. The Laboratorio Montes de Oca is ahead on the corner.

It's after the pet shop, when coming from Plaza Grande.

(By the way, we saw some incredible, $$ huge burgers yesterday evening at Restaurant Casa Valadez in Guanajuato. Ww are feverishly shuffling our meal plans in order to work one in.)

But that info does you a fat lot of good.

Saludos,
DC

OK, where is this La Sin Rival and the burger join...

2009-06-19T17:34:49.627-05:00

OK, where is this La Sin Rival and the burger joint next door? Addresses are notably and unforgivably absent. The link to the burger joint turned up nothing.

Hi, And you'll find the cecina I mentioned is yet...

2009-06-19T10:21:25.649-05:00

Hi, And you'll find the cecina I mentioned is yet another rendition. It is crackling thin shattering in the mouth or tortilla. No one best cecina.

PS. The cecina at Hotel La Sierra is much thicker and chewier.

Absolutely right, the best burgers in town are rig...

2009-06-19T09:04:54.711-05:00

Absolutely right, the best burgers in town are right next door!

Todd

I am confused by your undoubtedly impeccable logic...

2009-06-19T07:57:57.470-05:00

I am confused by your undoubtedly impeccable logic, Felipe.

Back in Old México, I think that the carnicerías had fresh meat only on irregular days. Then they raised the Red Flag. Otherwise, they'd just be closed. La Sin Rival is honoring the tradition, altough not to the letter. It's open everyday except Sunday and selected holidays and closed on Fridays during Lent.

(There is also such a thing as meat that's TOO fresh. But, that's anther issue.)

The question also arises wheher cecina can be defined as "fresh meat".

At any rate, the question is one for food ethnologists or some group to ponder. Me, I just cook and eat the stuff.

Abut coronaries: I have a blessedly low cholesterol count although Doña Cuevas has to control hers. We don't eat a lt of red meat but we do eat lots of fresh vegetables.

Cecina is nearly fat free, altough its salt content is alarmingly high.

For breakfast, we finished off the cecina as part of an aporeadillo (eggs scrambled with cecina or machaca, lus chopped onions, chiles (Whoo-HOO!) and tomatoes. At least, my version of the dish. I think chiles may help to lower cholesterol.

Saludos,
Don Cuevas

Nice report, señor. How you and the missus have at...

2009-06-19T06:45:37.573-05:00

Nice report, señor. How you and the missus have attained your semi-ripe ages without multiple coronaries is beyond me. You are blessed.

I do not believe the red flag indicates "fresh meat today." From what I hear, it is simply a common thing for meat markets to put outside the door in Mexico, an indication that the business is a meat market. I could be wrong.

When you think on it a bit, were it to indicate "fresh meat today," then when the flag was not out there, it would indicate, "no fresh meat today," hardly something a meat market would want to proclaim.