MassBytes Food Tour: El Pelon Taqueria

Oh Cheese-us, What Month Is It?! By: Thryn Franz

National Grilled Cheese Month is here. 

I caught a whisper of a wind that maybe, perhaps, it could possibly be National Grilled Cheese month.

Ha, well, true to form I’m a day late, a dollar short, and the last to know. I caught a whisper of a wind
that maybe, perhaps, it could possibly be National Grilled Cheese month. It sounded like a good idea, so who was I to argue….or do any sort of investigation to the truth of this claim. I simply accepted it as fact and decided to celebrate!! As it turns out it’s actually National BLT month. Again, I’ve done nothing to stake validity in this either but I can say that my sources are more reliable this time around. Who knows, the former persuasion could be entirely true as well because I still haven’t, and won’t, look in to it. But that is beside the point as I didn’t make a BLT, I made grilled cheese!!!

Dough Rae Me by Thryn Franz

The Ingredients

And so it begins, fellow ruggers know that Saturday is a rugby day. Today is a cooking day. Plans, plans, and yet- no plans. I aim to make bread and lots of it. My cooking pattern follows that of the binge alcoholic, I can’t have just one, so I usually knock out a week of meals in a day. While I love to create and prepare, one only has so much time for indulgences. On numerous occasions I have been referred to as having an ‘Old Soul’ for my fundamental interests (i.e. baking, knitting, gardening) Perhaps it is just my fierce independence rearing its head that has me attempting the basics but I have a strong belief that one should know how to make the things that you use on a daily basis. Starting with things like ketchup, mayonnaise, and salsa that are easy and building on that. Not suggesting that you should always & only make them, but rather to have that information in the reserves, for a rainy day. If nothing else you know what your food is or perhaps should be comprised of. A dear friend once said to follow the K.I.S.S. philosophy; Keep It Simple Stupid. While this is applicable to many avenues of life it’s particularly refreshing in the food world as it gets muddled with the GMO’s, chemicals, and hormones. But I digress, enough of that- WE HAVE TO MAKE BREAD!