Roberto’s is my Mecca.

Chasing a lower cost of living

I look forward to your posts.

I am ethnically Italian. I am culturally San Diegan, aka Mexican. I would have no trouble adjusting.

The 's at the end of Tesla says that they have some sort of possession of these people. That happens after a purchase, and can’t happen of these people are actively avoiding a purchase.

I moved from blue to purple, then red, then redder. It’s been an adventure.

They aren’t customers if they never bought.

Just people with no chill.

If someone wants to call this a chili that’s fine. I did it myself. But to say you can just use coriander seed as a substitute for cilantro goes well beyond that. Saying coriander is a completely normal thing to put in a chili is not true. To speculate on the origins of chili with no citations supporting your claim is just making stuff up.

I don’t have a problem with the general vibe. I have a problem with the specific claims. It’s like claiming that eggs and bread crumbs are perfectly fine in a hamburger mix. That’s a pan fried meatloaf, which sounds pretty tasty right now.

I make about two quartes of chili powder a year.

I am from the internet. I’m here to help.

Ludo is very good with cats.

This was a foster cat from last year. None of the other pictures are nearly as dynamic as the one I used for this picture. This was their intake photo and in addition to moving day jitters he was still a little feral and not wanting to be cooperative. Still better than most ferals I foster. But still feral.

But here he is 6 days later being much more chill.

Powerade has about 50% more electrolytes AKA salts than Gatorade does.

But that’s also part of the trick. It’s not just sodium chloride. The potassium is monopotassium phosphate, a salt. Sea water is 3.5% salt and almost all of it is sodium chloride. Gatorade is only about .25% salt. Sea water has 14x the amount of salt as Gatorade

He accounts for every minute of shopping, prep, and reheating. He can’t make meal one for less money and time but with leftovers things get cost and time effective real fast.

We are no longer having a good faith conversation.

We have documentation. Ground coriander seed is as far removed from the original chili recipes as can be. We know the origins of chili. It’s well documented.

“Who’s to say” isn’t evidence. It’s wild speculation. It’s the equivalent of “we don’t know the reason so the reason is X” which is the Argument from Ignorance fallacy.

Ground coriander tastes nothing like fresh. One is not a substitute for the other. Fresh coriander on chilli is pretty rare too and seldom found outside of formerly Spanish held territory.

This is like chili. I said so in my original post. But saying that all you need is paprika and some coriander to season chili is like calling Taco Bell authentic Mexican food.

But the seed isn’t a substitute for the herb. There is nothing in the flavor of the seed that would prepare anyone for what the leaves taste like

I’m going to disagree. Here is my prep for making two quarts of chili powder. I do this about once a year. Paprika is one pepper. It may or may not have heat. It may or may not be smoked. But even with those variables there is no way that can compare with the depth of flavor offered by three chilies, paprika, garlic cumin and oregano.

Coriander comes in two forms. American tiny seeds that don’t offer much and Indian which are considerably larger and have a very fruity aroma. Like kids fruit cereal levels of fruity.

A simple egg salad sandwich. Lightly toasted potato bread, hard boiled eggs and either of the second two mayos. That’s it. Rough chop the eggs, fold in just enough mayo to hold them together.

Cumin is a core spice in Moroccan cuisine.

American coriander is just tiny little balls of dirt compared to Indian cumin.

I don’t ever use diced tomatoes in anything. In this particular dish, the rough chop is more rustic and offers more variety and texture in your bites. Whole stew potatoes are more versatile as a pantry staple than diced. And they had more flavor because they have more of a whole tomato. Diced tomatoes tend to be nearly seedless and lack the guts.