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Posts posted by Nueces River Rat
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2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:
Yeah. Everyone loves the co-worker's aunt who makes them every year. But those are getting harder and harder to find.
My secretary has a neighbor who makes oaxacan style banana leaf tamales -- they're incredible. Not what I grew up with, but still tasty. And my son loves them because they're just like the ones you buy from bicycle vendors in CDMX.
I've never tried the banana leaf version, but yes that is the popular method the further south you go into Mexico. Probably has to do with the corn crops being more a of dry land crop and most of the agricultural region which fits this would be in the north, so the corn shucks are easily available. Whereas in the south, it's more tropical where banana trees are a crop.
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1 hour ago, Apex73 said:
Touché. Looks like I am the idiot here. Drinking too much isn’t good for grammar or apparently reading context in my case yesterday.
No problem man. We all DWP (Drinking While Posting) once in a while and miss a few things and wish we could revise and extend our remarks.
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7 minutes ago, Lobwedgephil said:
Thanks, forgot about that service. They don't have At&t sportsnet either on At&t Now, formerly DirectTV Now. Only good option to stream the Astros is FuboTV. Hopefully that changes in the future.
I think the AT&T service is available in limited areas as of now. I'll check into the FuboTV.
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6 minutes ago, kevwun said:
It is rumored that AT&T wants to sell their regional sports networks. That is good news for Astros and Rockets fans because it should be more widely available when that happens.
I heard that too. I've never figured out why the Astros and Rockets tied their hands the way they did with the current set up. At least for the Astros, a significant chunk of their fan base live in where AT&T is not available via traditional cable. San Antonio, Corpus, the RGV ,and Austin are all Spectrum dominated. Other areas in between are served by other companies not affiliated with Comcast as well.
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4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
Yeah. Everyone loves the co-worker's aunt who makes them every year. But those are getting harder and harder to find.
My secretary has a neighbor who makes oaxacan style banana leaf tamales -- they're incredible. Not what I grew up with, but still tasty. And my son loves them because they're just like the ones you buy from bicycle vendors in CDMX.
Exactly. They are hard to find
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4 minutes ago, Lobwedgephil said:
What new streaming service is AT&T rolling out?
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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:
Damn. It's supposed to be cold this weekend. Maybe a good caldo is in order.
And yeah, we did tamaladas on occasion, and they were glorious. To this day, if you see a little mexican lady with a cooler full of tamales, buy some. Maybe they won't be great, but are you willing to take that chance? I'm not.
And every year, I say "this is the year" we're going to make tamales. But we're always too busy/tired to do so. It's such a big damned job.
I live in Corpus now and starting probably today thanks to Holiday season coming up, we will start getting people who sell tamales stop by our office. What they do with unsuspecting buyers is bait them with good tasting ones with plenty of meat and thin masa. Then they will bring your order back to you and it will be the exact opposite with plenty of masa and thin.
Best thing is to find that one person by word of mouth and buy them by the dozens when you get a chance before they get too busy.
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5 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
No matter what type, fresh tortillas are where it's at. Angie's here in Austin makes great corn tortillas, and it's the fresh tortillas that make the whole place smell like my grandmother's kitchen.
Yep. I was an anglo kid who grew up down in the RGV. But as my friends used to say, he eats like a Mexican. And that was the truth as I would often go to my friends homes where they had their Abuelas living with them and ah man after school meals or summer time mid afternoon or late in the evening meals were awesome. Fresh tortillas, beans, and during the Christmas season some of the best tamales I haven't been able to find since those days. Oh and Caldo on cold days.....
The best thing I did was marry into a Mexican family, but we keep it a heck of alot more healthy. I've seen what too much of that stuff can do to people in her family and it's not good. We do eat a lot more corn torts than flour.
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14 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:
Flour tortillas are a very tex-mex thing., but that doesn't make them any less delicious when made properly though. Also where they hell have you guys had enchiladas with flour tortiallas? I have never had that in my life.
The only thing I've had that might come close to what you described was a burrito called the Jalisco burrito where they put a little bit of sauce and cheese on top. And because of this, you had to eat with a fork. And it wasn't at gringo oriented Mexican place like Chuy's or On the Border. It was at a mom and pop like place down here called Taquieria Jalisco. I guess they are more like a small/local chain, but still owned and operated by Mexicans.
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2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:
We used to buy great flour tortillas from the tortilleria in Jimenez, and my aunt’s housekeeper make world-class small ones in Piedras Negras. Those weren’t special orders for gringos - it’s what they made.I guess it varies from region to region along the border. I grew up in the Weslaco area, so going to Nuevo Progreso/Aka Los Flores was pretty much a routine thing for us. The only thing I saw stacked up in the tortillerias on the main street through town were corn. But I will admit I never inquired if they made flour. None the less the corn tortillas were out of this world.
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Just a word of caution for Astro fans like myself about AT&T and their new streaming service they are rolling out. You will not get the AT&T Sports Nets which makes zero sense. They do offer LHN , but when I did my channel search for my area, the only regional sports nets that came up were Fox SW and Fox SW+.
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On 11/3/2019 at 7:26 AM, Brisketexan said:
It all depends on context, and even region. Flour is a northern Mexico-south Texas thing. In southern Mexico, they mostly eat corn.
But it’s also context. Enchiladas are almost always made with corn. Same with tostadas.
Both are really good, and fresh/homemade are always better. I actually like the HEB fresh flour - but buy them when they’re actually fresh, and yes, finish on the comal.
I’ve also microwaved plenty of tortillas in my day because young/lazy/in a hurry.I would say flour is a very northern Mexico thing if that. If you walk in the markets, even in the border towns like Nuevo Progresso/Los Flores, the tortilla shops sell corn. Some of the restaurants might offer flour for we Norte Americanos who go over for a few drinks and a meal.
And anyone who wants to warn up tortillas should invest in one of these. Just keep it seasoned.

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I use the HEB Pinto Bean seasoning but not too much, a small slab of salt pork, add some onion (1015) and 1/2 a can Rotel diced tomatoes/ green chilies . Maybe 30 mins before they are done, I add the cilantro. I'll throw in a little salt and pepper during the cook time periodically.
I prefer the crock pot method, but most of the time it's the stove top due to time constraints. Anyone tried the Instant Pot? I just got one a few weeks ago, but haven't given a try with Pintos. How long is the cook time?
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12 hours ago, Apex73 said:
You are and idiot and it completely contradicts the point you just made.
an....
And you obviously didn't see the sarcasm in my post.
Idiot on along......
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Roma is an interesting place. When I was in Junior High and High School (1980s) , Roma was the only valley town that didn't field a football program. They put all their efforts into basketball and actually had some good teams who competed on the state level which is rare for a valley school. Anyhow my first recollection of going there was getting to the school for game one day and their big nice basketball gym was in the middle of run down neighborhood with dirt streets which even as a valley kid was kind of shock considering the poverty up and down the valley, but most other towns didn't place their schools right in the middle of the poorer hoods. But man they packed in the gym like many towns down there and elsewhere pack it in for Friday Night lights. They finally added football sometime in the 90's. Roma does have a storied history as well as it's neighbor to east in Rio Grande City going back to Spanish rule in Texas. Both towns were important trade routes when the Rio Grande was navigable river and Ft Ringgold in Rio Grande City was a major army outpost. And Rio also had a damn good Mexican food place back in the day, but I can't recall it's name.
San Diego (Texas to not get if confused with other San Diegos) is kind of similar. One of my boys had a basketball tourney there a few years ago and it's almost like Roma. They have very nice school facilities thanks to taxes revenue from oil and gas , but the town is still feeling the effects decades later from the fall out of the Parr family corruption. You can tell by driving around the little town had it's day before those crooks earned their place in Texas history. The streets are like the surface of the moon and the major sales tax generators are probably Dollar General, a small supermarket, DQ and a Circle K. What was once downtown has buildings collapsing and it's a very sad sight to see.
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On 10/31/2019 at 7:37 PM, ShaggyBevo RIP said:
Nor is it Robstown or Alice.
San Diego says wait a minute.
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On 11/1/2019 at 2:49 PM, tx 3 putt said:
Panama Unit is my fave
One of many. Valley corruption should have a Netflix series.
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1 minute ago, JOSEYWALES66 said:
I doubt he would take an assistant position but I’d live to see him on the Texas staff. He has the reputation as a good recruiter.
Ummm.... So does 3rd and Orlando and Tim Beck.....
Just sayin.....
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He only got two years to clean up Jimbo's turds..... What a shame.
Memo to CDC..... It can be done. But in our case it's picking up turds from three different coaches including the one who is currently overfilling the toilet bowl.
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20 hours ago, BradInATX said:
Yep, and all this nonsense about "motivating players" being the #1 trait in a coach; Bellicheck and Saban would laugh their ass off at that.
The most important thing a coach can do is make sure his team does the exact right thing on every play of every series of every game. Know your role, know what you do/don't do well. Do your job. The elite coaches would take a group of athletes that know that and play with 80% heart, over a team that is undisciplined but plays with 120% heart and kisses their coach and whatever other nonsense Herman fantasizes about.
Trust in doing the right thing is a two way street. You can't ask for discipline and reliability from your players if you as coach keep your underqualified buddies around on staff, who are doing the players the disservice of giving them shitty coaching. You can't expect excellence of execution from your team if they can't trust you to build schemes and game plans that set them up for success.
If I were a player I wouldn't take Herman's pleas for professionalism and execution seriously either. If he can't put aside his buddies and his ego to make his team successful, why would the players? He is setting his team up for failure for selfish and personal reasons. Excellence and consistency and professionalism start at the top. Even the peripheral things like Michelle Herman's trashy Twitter wars are a microcosm of the whole thing. Do you think Bellicheck or Saban or Meyer or Payton or Popovich or whoever would be okay with their wife doing that? Tom Herman is not professional enough for this job.
What’s Michelle bitching about?
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53 minutes ago, gmr548 said:
Think about how bad Baylor just looked on offense. Process it. Remember it.
They will score 30 on Texas.
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I want some of that stuff you smoked before you posted this.
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Holy crap. WV needs a new center.
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Lol! EsecPN projecting with a 99% probability the SEC would get a team in the final four. Of course you fuckers. You control the media narratives which the committees slurp up and broadcasts their pussy non conference games which allow them to build up their poll positions and stay there.


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