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| Susana Trilling with the chefs of Quilitongo |
FROM Susana Trilling's Food Diary.......Tacos de Izote (Yucca Blossom Tacos)!
One of the best days I ever spent in the Mixteca was the day we went to visit San Pedro Quilitongo. We went to visit Manuela, the woman whom I call “dedo verde” (green thumb) for her incredible ability to grow the most fertile and abundant milpa. We harvested many plants and vegetables to cook with that day. Walking through the village to the kitchen I saw a blooming yucca with a gorgeous huge white blossom. On a whim I asked if we could cook that also and before I knew it, a ladder appeared and people started coming out of their houses to offer help and advice.” It takes a village”…half an hour later it was being lowered on a rope. Everyone got in the act of removing the flowers and cleaning them and later they were fried simply with onion, garlic and eggs. What a flavor! It tasted so much like artichoke hearts that I am calling for them in my recipe, as you may not have a yucca plant flowering outside your door.
Buen Provecho!!
Buen Provecho!!
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