Torta Cubano in Puebla, Mexico

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A Mexican version of the classic Cuban sandwich.  I needed a takeout dinner for my ailing wife (just a cold) so I went to a small restaurant on 3 Sur near 7 Poniente in Puebla.  The result is shown above.  It is a smorgasbord in a bun, including: chicken cutlet, hotdog wiener, bologna, avocado, chorizo, tomato, refried beans and queso cheese all on a bun my bun-hating wife called “good”

Tamal Canario at Los Portales restaurante in Xico, Veracruz.

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The building we’re in dates back to 1794 and once was a prison that held General Santa Anna.  The restaurant is Los Portales.

Tamal Canario is made from cornmeal and custard wrapped in a corn husk and steamed.  At first we wondered whether we would open it and find an actual canary

Elizabatz Jensen

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Batty.. no, Batz

Who do I blame for getting into the blogging game? Why Elizabatz Jensen of course! The girl knows her food! (And her art and her photography and her Spanish and even her geography)

Thanks a lot Batz, I needed this

 

You can read her blog at http://albatz.wordpress.com/

We have a plan for me to guest blog on her blog and those posts will also appear on my blog once I figure out how to double-blog, assuming that is legal and all