With all the fresh produce of summertime, we've been eating a lot of salads. Did I say a lot of salads? I meant to say almost exclusively salads. Steak Salad, Greek Salad, Peach Salad, Roasted Potato Salad, Tomato Cucumber and Feta Salad - it's Salad Season.
I also discovered, with some help with my friends, what a real Gordita is. Don't "Run for the Border" for one of these - the ones at Taco Bell have little to do with bone fide Gorditas. I am now the Foursquare Mayor at La Gordita in Vista, CA.
Real Gorditas are thick corn cakes that are fried on a skillet, then deep fried so that they puff up; then the pouch is opened and they are stuffed with a multitude of items. Much like how pita bread has a center that can be stuffed, these come however bearing carne asada, carnitas, or chorizo and potato.
We were given a tomato plant as a gift from the padre and have been enjoying real tomatoes. There's nothing like a tomato that came right off a vine, we've been eating half of them with just salt and pepper. I also ate two pulled pork sandwiches in one week, that's OK, right?
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Steak Sandwich with Sweet Potato Fries