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Ever seen that movie? Julie and Julia?? No? Oh, ok, good, I haven't either, but I do know that its about some girl named Julie trying out Julia Childs recipes for 365 days and writes a blog on it..
Let me tell you, last night in my kitchen, it was battle zone de la Mexicana!! I'm almost too embarrased to write about this in the first place, and of course, as it was rolling around in my head to post or not to post, Kelly gets the bright idea to "Post it on the blog!". So here we are.. and my confession..
I take great pride, and I mean great pride, in knowing how to cook Mexican food, and even twisting it just a little, but still keeping the overall "Homemade" part. While I still need to learn how to make beans (this should be #1 on how to make), I'm good at the rice, tacos, tamales, enchiladas, you get the picture. And I even take greater pride, because my taste is not the normal average persons. My allergies have made it extremely hard to taste any one particular spice, so I bank on color, consistency, and measurements.. and then make other people taste since I cant... and alter from there... To get back to my confession, I thought that even though I've been sick, I was feeling pretty good and decided to cook dinner for Kelly and Patty (roommates). So I'm flipping through my recipe book for Albondigas, and I stumble across a recipe for Sopes. As I look at the ingredients, I realize that I already have the Masa Harina and everything. Great! That's what I'll make!! Recipe looks pretty simple, and it can be a "new" thing for me to post.. yay!!! Clearly, I forgot that Mexican food, while its cheap and simple, really does require some processes to be perfected. Had I come to this realization BEFORE I decided to dig in, I would've just stayed away completely.
All I have to say is THOSE LITTLE SONS OF BITCHES ARE HARD TO MAKE!!!!!!!
Not only did I mess up on the dough the first time,

 
which turned out to be soup, I attempted a second batch of dough, and messed that up even worse!! After adding 3-4 more cups of Masa Flour than required, I got the consistency of dough and started rolling those balls out,



flattened them and started frying, and realized that I was getting fried dough. 
 
I read the directions again, and realized I skipped a whole half-page of directions. So then, I realized I had to cook them on a grease less griddle first, let them cool, shape into mini cups, THEN fry!!
So I tried again... and again.. and again.. and again... By the time dinner time came and went, I still wasn't getting it.. I just don't understand!!
And to add to the situation, Kelly was past helping (thank you intoxication), and could only come into the kitchen, inspect, laugh, and walk away..
I finally gave up... So I stuck with the tried and true, Flautas and became a success only after my battle zone mexicana...

Dough, flour, and grease were everywhere, and dishes where piled high to the sky, and the whole house was in a haze of smoke from me frying the living hell out of rebellious dough..
Needless to say, I tried, failed, and I'm more than sure will try again.. But maybe this time, I'll consult someone who's actually made them before.

Another new thing I tried was Almond milk.. Since I'm lactose intolerant, milk with my beloved cereal is usually a no-no, and I use horrendous, watered down rice milk.. So I picked up some Almond milk after remembering that my friend Audra recommended it one time, and all I've got to say is: YUCK AND DOUBLE YUCK!! Sorry Audra, but I just cant do it.. So 2 attempts at "new" has completely backfired in my face, but I wont give up just yet.

Oh! Also on Saturday, I worked overtime in the ER and the abulances were coming non-stop.. One of the poor paramedics had mentioned that he and his team were so busy that they weren't able to stop for coffee yet, so he was working on fumes.. I felt bad, and after 2-3 times of them coming back saying the same thing, I thought, HEY! I'll give him my starbucks gift certificate, and they can go and get coffees on me, and a "new" thing, to give a gift to 3 complete strangers.. So the next time he came back, he had a coffee in his hand.. DAMN!! This whole new thing just isn't workin for me this week.

And to add to the situation as of right now, I just tried and attempted to post pictures throughout my blog, which is new (yay!) and i just taught myself, but I had to create a whole NEW account to Flickr because my original one disappeared.. This is not my week.