Rick's Twitter Travel Guide: Baja 2009

8:37 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Women are making fresh tortillas for carnitas. Also spicy ricotta4soft tacos,chicharron

8:36 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Now at carnitas cookout over wood fire: organic pig. Sorry for dark photo http://yfrog.com/b9w1qcj

8:34 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Also making 4 guacs: roasted garlic,pumpkinseed, bacon&tomato,watermelon & mint

8:11 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
mis en place 4 my class: cooking classic tortilla soup, gr mole w quail, lobster mush-chard tacos w chptle salsa http://yfrog.com/j8ewwj

8:07 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Tamal steamers in Abarrotes store outside main mkt--from tiny to huge http://yfrog.com/j369558707j

8:04 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Butcher removing skirt steak from beef carcass for me to use in my class http://yfrog.com/9g86zj

8:02 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Special for day of dead: calabaza en tacha/pumpkin cooked in piloncillo, anise, canela http://yfrog.com/ef6wt

8 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
And Uruapan has truly remarkable fresh cheeses/quesos frescos&aged cheeses/quesos anejos http://yfrog.com/effzbj

7:59 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
Beautiful lobster mushrooms, quail, crawfish, dry beef and chorizo here http://yfrog.com/dzg7nj
7 p.m. Oct. 31st 2009
At market in Uruapan eating thin gorditas of dry beef/scr egg/guajillo chile aporreadillo http://yfrog.com/7fzbrj
9:26 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
At entrance to antojitos/snacks streetfood mkt, there is a vendor with beautiful Day of Dead bread http://yfrog.com/7465nj
9:24 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Everywhere I look in Uruapan there are huge bunches of marigolds for people to use on Day of Dead altars http://yfrog.com/j5s37j

6:33 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Travel same distance to Chgo as Calif 1s;more abundant H2O here RT @nika7k @Rick_Bayless wonder what carbon footprint is on those avocados

6:30 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
50-55 cases RT @jkingsle @Rick_Bayless How many cases per week of avocados do you use???

3:07 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Avocados being cleaned and sized at the packing company. Alejandrina boxes (brand we use at Frontera) in back http://yfrog.com/j3s5ovj

3:06 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Avos ready 4 chill to 45 degrees 2 keep them from ripening.They'll b n Chgo as soon as 4 days, ready for del to FG http://yfrog.com/5usolij

2:02 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
50 yr old native (criollo) avocado tree trunk on which is grafted Hass. http://twitpic.com/njw8i

2:01 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Criollo not in com production RT @Testclap Hass? Is commercial crop pushing out criollo?Criollo, to me, much tastier but sure can't travel

2:01 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
This is the orchard our avocados come from for Frontera/Topolo/Xoco http://twitpic.com/njw3e

1:15 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
One of the secrets to Mexican avocados: fine, high-mineral volcanic soil http://twitpic.com/njmcd

1:01 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Top avocado is ready 4 harvest (more golden in arms pit). bottom 2 still have 2 much water,not enuf oil conctration http://twitpic.com/njlj7

12:58 p.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Our first encounter with ready to pick avocados in an orchard outside Uruapan http://pk.gd/iFI

11:06 a.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Nothing frm streetvendrs or tap.Btls & restos RT @TheSandyMan @Rick_Bayless Chef, what's your rule about water/ice when traveling in Mexico?

10:41 a.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Headed 2 Uruapan 2 avoc orchards.Clear air(6000 ft),sunny,volcanic soil(1350 volcanic peaks here). 2.2 billion # avoc prod.Perf cond 4 avoc

8:55 a.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Now it's dawn. Looking out from my hotel room (Virrey de Mendoza) over zocalo, cathedral at back left http://pk.gd/iE5

8:53 a.m. Oct. 30th 2009
Arrived n Morelia, Michoacan, 1 of Mexico's most beautiful cities! UNESCO world heritage site. Fireworks off cathedral http://pk.gd/iE4