Temptations

On Sunday, Sergio organized a party to officially introduce his baby (Rafael) to the world. The occasion was even more special because Sergio's parents came from Mexico and guess what? They were going to cook! Uh oh, you probably know where I am going by now, right? :S

Anyway, as you can probably imagine I succumbed to temptation and ate some tacos of chilorio. Yeah, not only one but like three! I am telling you this because I do not want to feel like a hypocrite. Do you want to know my reasons?

First of all, I remembered what Marek told us once "if it was made with love by one of my loved ones I can make the exception". Second, despite I am Mexican, I never tried chilorio in my life so I thought "well, why not?"

I do not regret it, it was delicious! However, my body punished me later and my stomach felt the consequences... let's not get into details :P

I learned my lesson and even though I probably found the perfect excuse for breaking up my pescetarian way of life I am pretty sure I will not break it again, unless it is an extremely special occasion, just as it was last Sunday.

Recipe for today is very easy, and very typical in Mexico (the details were provided by Sergio's mom):

Frijoles de la olla (soupy beans)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of beans (any beans, but normally we use the black ones)
• an onion
• salt
• oil (any cooking oil... I am using now olive oil)
• a couple of small chiles (red or green, doesn't matter either).

Preparation:

Take the beans and put them in a bowl on water and leave them overnight (so they get soft and they get cooked easier).

Next day put the beans in a pot (or better a pressure cooker) with half an onion, the chiles (two or three if they are very spicy) and fill the pot with water (about 3/4 of the pot), add a bit of sea salt (watch it with the salt because if you put too much they get very salty) and some oil to the pot and that's it!

If you use a pot they will be ready in about two hours, if you use the pressure cooker it takes about half an hour.

You can add tomatoes, garlic (or bacon if you are omnivorous) and even beer (this version is called frijoles borrachos, or drunken beans)... but I just love them the way I explained. Nice and easy :)