rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) (10/28/85)
None of my friends seem to know this one, either; so I thought I'd put the question to my learned cooking colleagues. Some of us here at work recently got the PACE (Piedmont Airlines Inflight Magazine) because it had some award-winning Chile recipes in it. One of them decided to make one of the recipes last Saturday to use with much beer as a football-watching aid. He followed the recipe exactly except that he substituted 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco for 1/4 teaspoon Durkee's Louisianna Hot Sauce, and used 1/4 cup regular flour instead of 1/4 cup Masa Harina (only available in 5-lb. bag). The last exception was the omission of a small amount of ground mole. Now, neither of us are vegetarians, but we couldn't see catching some poor blind, innocent rodent and putting him in the blender. (A hamster we might have done -- at least they're not blind ;-) ). Anyway, please respond via mail and tell me how you pronounce the word (like the animal or with an accent over the 'e'?) and what the hell it is. Also, if you would like the chile recipe in question posted (it was EXCELLENT!), write to me and given enough response I'll do so. Thanks! -- The MAD Programmer -- 919-228-3313 (Cornet 291) alias: Curtis Jackson ...![ ihnp4 ulysses cbosgd mgnetp ]!burl!rcj ...![ ihnp4 cbosgd akgua masscomp ]!clyde!rcj
ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (10/31/85)
> He followed the recipe exactly except >that he substituted 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco for 1/4 teaspoon Durkee's Louisianna >Hot Sauce, and used 1/4 cup regular flour instead of 1/4 cup Masa Harina (only >available in 5-lb. bag). Masa Harina is corn flour with lime, appropriate for making tortillas and the like. Wheat flour probably won't do. >The last exception was the omission of a small amount of ground mole ... > >Anyway, please respond and tell me how you pronounce the word (like >the animal or with an accent over the 'e'?) and what the hell it is. The word is Spanish, so the "e" at the end is sounded (molay). But mole is a sauce, not a spice. It's made from chiles and unsweetened chocolate - often the very hot poblano chiles. (Mole poblano is a *very* hot chicken dish. The sauce is a dark brown, and doesn't taste like it has chocolate in it - at least not the way most of us chocoholics expect it. Good, though!) Maybe they meant ground poblano? -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 "A man of quality is not threatened by a woman of equality."
johnw@astroatc.UUCP (10/31/85)
In article <909@burl.UUCP> rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) writes: >The last exception was the omission of a small amount of ground mole. Now, >Anyway, please respond via mail and tell me how you pronounce the word (like >the animal or with an accent over the 'e'?) and what the hell it is. Also, Its a Mexican sause made with chocolate, and *NO* peppers. Say: MOE-lay -- John W - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Name: John F. Wardale UUCP: ... {seismo | harvard | ihnp4} !uwvax!astroatc!johnw arpa: astroatc!johnw@rsch.wisc.edu snail: 5800 Cottage Gr. Rd. ;;; Madison WI 53716 audio: 608-221-9001 eXt 110 To err is human, to really foul up world news requires the net!