I shall follow this epic with interest. Always longed to make a mole but freaked out by all the ingredients and process. Lucky you to have the wonderful Liz.
JT Twissel
Liz and I on another of our adventures – coaching softball, something about which we knew NOTHING!
When my friend Liz announced she was going to make mole (pronounced mole-lay) I offered to help. The process of making mole takes at least a day, even in Mexico where there are special mills for chili grinding so I saw this as a chance for us to spend some time together. You see, her life is in constant flux and I’m always writing, blogging or taking care of my elderly mother so mole-making would force us each to take a day off just for ourselves. In fact, Liz is so busy I half expected something to come up which would postpone our adventure, maybe forever. But, miracle of miracles, it did not.
Here’s what a commercially made mole looks like:
It’s actually a powder which, before serving, is mixed with crushed tomatoes and freshly…
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Thanks so much for the re-blog Billie! Hope things are going well over on your side of the world!