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      2 years ago (edited)

      This dish has two stories, one romantic and one practical.

      The romantic one is that during the Mexican Revolution (civil war in other geographies), the rebels were followed by their women, called “soldaderas” (soldiers) and affectionately known as “Adelitas”. It is worth mentioning that between 1910 and 1920, the time that the hostilities lasted, sustenance was scarce and one had to make the most of what one could. The story goes that an Adelita, arriving in the city of Guadalajara, found baguette-type bread, completely hardened by time, but, in order not to discard them, she thought of submerging them in some liquid that would remove the hardness (a very spicy and watery sauce that she had at the time) and then fill them with whatever she had for her family to eat; on this occasion, it was bits of pork meat. The bread used was called Birote, in honor of a French baker who, during the invasion of Mexico by Maximilian of Habsburg, taught the people of Guadalajara how to prepare it. His name: Camille Pirotte.

      The other story that is told is that, around the 50’s of the last century, a man who sold tortas – a small baguette that can have milanesa, cheese, ham or anything else – when he was preparing one of them, he dropped it in the sauce pot and the customer told him that he would eat it that way. The torta at that time was made of pork confit, which is now the typical filling of this dish.

      In both cases the product is called Torta Ahogada.

      On Sunday we had a barbecue at home and had leftover beef eye and churrasco, onions and cambray cactus; on Monday we had leftover sauce from the marinated beef tongue; on Tuesday we had leftover cecina, longaniza, caramelized onion and chicharrón.

      Using all the ingredients and with a couple of birotes we had from last week, we prepared tortas ahogadas with everything that was left over in order to participate in the #RetoDesperdicioCero of this, our second home for those of us who love cooking.

      The platform does not allow me to include in the same post video and photo so, in the comments, I will put the ones I took; in the one where I appear taking the cake with gloves, it is because, being the sauce so spicy, if after eating you touch your eyes, or it occurs to you to scratch your nose, you will remember for a couple of hours, what you sadly ate without covering your hands!

      ¡Buen Provecho!

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        • Esta es la combinación de todo lo que quedó de las comidas anteriores

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              Hola Jorge.

              Me gusta el relato que nos haces sobre estos platillos, no solo están llenos de historia si no que se ven muy ricos y nos transporta a sus raíces, orígenes. Es interesante como integraste los restos del asado y otros ingredientes en las tortas y aprovechaste al máximo todo lo que tenías a la mano. Tu presentación es inspiradora que celebra la cocina sin desperdicio.

              Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de contarnos un poquito de las tradiciones de país, disfrute leerte.

              Saludos.

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              • Me encanto el plato y la historia

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                • Qué hermosa historia, me encantó conocer un poco más de la gastronomía de tu pais y por supuesto se ve muy apetitoso todo, me dieron muchas ganas de probarlo

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                    Cuanto me gustaría sentarme a tu mesa y degustar tu cocina llena de historia. Magnífico Jorge 👏

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                    • Level: favicon spaced Scoolinary Team

                      Tu historia vendría a ser un prólogo de lo que más tarde se conoció como Cocina con Desperdicio Cero. Es exactamente el alma de toda esta cuestión. Gran trabajo y gran presentación, Jorge. Ya te lo he dicho antes pero lo repito pues ¿por qué no hacerlo? Amo como cuentas tus historias. Brindemos por esas Adelitas 🙌🥂 Legados que no mueren.

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