The hockers??

Yeah, blooming spices is a really great technique. It definitely adds a new level of complexity, and a great way to arrest the volatility of those amazing aroma compounds

Honestly, I think I exhaled it somewhere... It got lost in the smog

Hey now! I've been losing weight!

Yeah, you're right. Cilantro is very volatile when cooked. I usually always just add it as a fresh topping, it has so much more flavor that way. Also, if you make a crema with cilantro, the fat seems to capture all the aromatic compounds and keep them nice and vibrant for a good amount of time

I mostly just cook from the heart, but here's what I did:

For the beans:

1 no. 3 can of whole black beans

1/2 of a white onion medium dice

2 jalapenos medium dice

Zest and juice of one lime

1 tbsp of whole cumin seeds

1 large pinch of kosher salt

I sauted the onion with a little salt until they were soft with brown edges, then I added the jalapenos and the beans (water and all), cumin, and the remainder of the salt. I let that simmer for for a while until the liquid reduced, then I added the lime zest and juice, and used a potato masher to crush up about 50% of the beans to give a bit of textural difference.

For the avocado crema:

1 whole avocado

1/2 cup sour cream

1 medium pinch kosher salt

Zest and juice of one lime

2-3 tbsp water

This one's easy, add all ingredients except water to a food processor and blend until evenly mixed, then add water until you've reached the consistency you want. That's it.

For assembly, I put a small amount of mozzarella on the tostada and microwaved it for a few seconds to get it melty, then added beans, followed by onions and then cilantro, top with crema and add the hot sauce of your choice.

I hope that's a good exclamation...

Congrats?

I can very much relate to what you're saying in this post. And it is incredibly frustrating

I don't think that was the point they were making...

I agree, he should. Posting this type of hackneyed hitpiece targeting one of the few people in power attempting to make a difference in progressive politics hurts the movement more than helping anyone. You are sewing the exact division that billionaires and conservatives hope you would. Does it feel good doing their bidding?

Yes, let's fracture the progressive movement even more...

Numb Little Bug in my ass

It's also a very common practice in food trucks and street stalls in Southern California. That's where most of my Mexican food influence comes from.

The chicken is marinated in a honey chipotle marinade that was mostly just chipotles, then more of the marinade was added after shredding the chicken. There is an entire half a serrano in each taco, not to mention that the onions were pickled with serranos and are therefore spicy.

Oh, also there's a bunch of (very hot) hot sauce directly on top of the chicken, but below the onions and cilantro.

Here you go

Yeah, I had a couple more after these two were gone

I was using fresh oil in my deep fryer, so I fried a quartered corn tortilla to season the oil and get a good color on the chimichanga (I forgot to keep a small amount of the old oil like your supposed to). You're right though, they weren't necessary. Thanks for the compliment 🙂

Typing speed isn't the only benefit to switching. Reduced finger and wrist movement have been a life saver for me

I use Dvorak on a 36 key Corne.

I started developing Ulnar Tunnel due to having really bad typing form from never learning the correct way to type. I was never going to unlearn the horrible (but fast) typing form that I had been using for years, so I decided to completely relearn how to type from the ground up using a different key layout on a completely different keyboard layout. It was a long and arduous process, but now my wrist pain is completely gone, and my typing speed has recovered.