Comments on: Pochero with Spicy Eggplant Sauce

By: Some thoughts on Spanish colonialism, the Caribbean mondongo, the Chilean caldo pata (hoof soup) and the Philippines’ balbacua — House on a hill

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:58:47 +0000

[...] 500-year contact with the Spaniards. If they hadn’t come, we wouldn’t have afritada or pochero or even [...]

By: Dublin coddle (boiled sausages, bacon, potatoes and carrots)

Dublin coddle (boiled sausages, bacon, potatoes and carrots) — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 05:02:03 +0000

[...] Turkish haslama, America’s New England boiled dinner, the Spanish cocido, the South American puchero… And we have our bulalo, among other dishes. In fact, in every region of every country, there [...]

By: Shrimps with lemon-butter-garlic sauce

Shrimps with lemon-butter-garlic sauce — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:45:32 +0000

[...] (think Christmas holidays and visiting friends or relatives) and there is no time to cook those yummy meat stews and picture-pretty dishes that are considered standard Christmas fare, well, almost [...]

By: Ham and pasta soup

Ham and pasta soup — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:59:41 +0000

[...] you cooked a delectable pot of pochero (puchero) for a holiday family lunch or dinner and, after all the tasty meat has been consumed, you find you [...]

By: Scrap ham spring rolls

Scrap ham spring rolls — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:59:26 +0000

[...] curious thing happened when I made puchero a few days ago. The ham bone I used to make the broth had a substantial amount of meat that, after [...]