January 18 movie: Mystery Street. Last night Sylvia and I had another meeting of the NC Ricardo Montalban Appreciation Society. It was great fun! We had soft tacos with picadillo and chard with potatoes, and fried beans, all courtesy of Rick Bayless. Sylvia commented that the picadillo tasted like barbecue, which makes sense: it has tomatoes, sweetness from the raisins, and both spicy and smoky from the chipotles in adobo.
I was a little disappointed in the chard. The potatoes made the sauce kind of gluey. On the other hand, Georg and Sylvia insisted that they didn't think it was gluey. So maybe it's just that I haven't cooked potatoes in awhile and forgot how they cook up. The recipe has you boil the potatoes in broth, then add the whole thing to the chard and cook off the liquid, then stir in Mexican crema. Maybe next time I'll boil the potatoes in water, discard the water and then add fresh broth. That would get rid of some of the starchiness I think.
Okay, so the movie. This is my favorite Ricardo Montalban movie. It's a detective story, not a romance, and he never takes his shirt off. But in a way that's one of the things I like about it: instead of being typecast as the "latin lover" he's a smart, savvy professional.
I wonder what Montalban movie we'll watch next? We've already seen my two favorites (this and Fiesta) and Sylvia's, My Man and I. Hmm, maybe Neptune's Daughter. Probably it will depend on whatever TCM shows next.
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I was sad that Rick Bayless was beaten by Bobby Flay in the last episode of Iron Chef America that I saw. His food looked fabulous.
I know, Bayless was robbed! But the Iron Chef usually wins. Even if he's an obnoxious hack like Bobby Flay.