Like congee, this is another soup-y food I'm always hearing about but have never tried. Our cupboards were bare today, and Megan writhed around on the couch complaining about how I am always ordering groceries but there is never good food. So I suggested that we order in... and in order to make it special, I thought we could try something new. So we found a Mexican restaurant near us that would deliver, and they just so happened to make pozole.
I will spare you the saga of the actual delivery. There was a lot of waiting, and food shortage, and fighting over the sad, bare bones of what we had hoped would be a feast. But what about the pozole? Well, it tasted kind of like chicken and noodle soup. But instead of the noodles, there were these big, huge corn-kernel-ish things that tasted kind of like mealy tortillas. I can't say I was a big fan. But I think, based on the other food, that maybe it was just not a great pozole. So I would definitely look forward to trying it again!
Megan refused to try the pozole because she had convinced herself that the big corn-kernel things were eyeballs. Then she looked at me with hateful eyes for eating one of her enchiladas.
-Kristin
The eyes were full of hate only because I had specifically said I didn't want to share my enchiladas! Kristin wanted us to order a number of things and share. This would have been a fine idea with some people, but with this family that likes to order unpalatable items not such a good idea. So enchiladas, safe choice, all mine. Then they shorted us on food and everyone ate my enchiladas so I was in the exact boat I so tried to avoid. And to make it worse not only did everyone eat my enchiladas they all complained about how much they disliked them while they were doing it!
- Megan Leigh
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Even though I can picture how hungry everyone was, this was my big laugh of the day. Sorry. I hope you all get something to satisfy you tomorrow!
Are the eyeballs small? They might be hominy...:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy
I once had a pork taco with hominy and it was really good.
I was going to go with hominy as well. They look like giant corn kernals. They soak them in lye and they bloat up and get weird looking. Poor Megan. I can picture this sad state of affairs so clearly. It did make me laugh really hard though.
Yup, you guys are right. Hominy! Do the kernels start out as corn-sized?
Hominy starts out as corn and it's soaked in lye. One way to ruin perfectly good corn.
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