Comments for Foodie Freak: Tacos at home at http://lakeconews.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://lakeconews.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:23:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9276 it does not look like a taco. - elmerf Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:01:25 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9269 if you have hypertension. I\'ve been doing without for many years and don\'t even add salt to my pinto beans. By the way, he\'s making his own \'chile powder\' -- paprika is ground-up dried chiles and he also used ground up dried chipotle chiles. When I was a lot younger I lived in a small town in Southern California that had a market which also cooked and served food. They never used hamburger for their stuff, but instead braised beef and pork. They would braise beef in water with only salt and no spices, then fork shred and dry fry with spices for tacos, and cut into chunks and add back in some broth for chile colorado. - allen Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:14:59 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9263 You may have misunderstood what Ross said: he said salt was subjective and that you should salt it to your liking, not that you [i]shouldn’t[/i] use salt. Lots of people can\'t use salt because of health reasons, and I appreciate finding recipes without salt but still with lots of flavor. And it would be redundant to use chili powder since it contains cayenne, cumin, oregano, garlic powder, and paprika, all of which are in his seasoning mixture. This is from [i]scratch [/i]scratch, starting at the very beginning. The chipotle is an added flavor not found in your average chili powder. Good call! :D - momotaro Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:48:35 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9254 If you are looking for a new great Mexican Restaurant, head to Havy\'s on Lakeshore Drive in Clearlake. Probably the best Mexican food in Lake County. Ross, go there and review them. Two more things....add some salt and don\'t add chili powder to anything! See you at Havy\'s. - tomtodd Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:59 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9253 I definately agree with the benefits of preparing food from scratch. I make my own salad dressings, like my mom did. What a wonderful family tradition. Even now, living by myself, I rarely purchase canned or packaged foods. But I understand about the mac and cheese, my family would perk up at the sight of canned biscuits and groan at the mention of homemade biscuits. But, for the most part, my home cooked food was appreciated. And my son has carried on the home cooking tradition. I only take one exception to your article. Where is the chili powder in the taco seasoning? My taco seasoning has LOTS of chili powder, and I never add water to my ground meat. Also, what a treat.. tacos made with left over roast... shreaded beef makes wonderful tacos, same seasoning and here I might add a little water. Lorna Sue - lornasue Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:13:51 +0100 http://lakeconews.com/content/view/6436/919/#comment-9246 Ross, Your DEAD wrong about not adding salt. Inexperienced cooks have no idea why their food tastes like dog dung, and sometimes its as simple as they don\'t know how to salt it. Getting the salt:food ratio is art. You can leave it on the less salted side if you truely are worried about your immediate blood pressure, but when you are serving tacos to someone they are going to think it tastes boring if it is completely without NaCl. Nobody is going to think to shake salt on top of their taco. For the inexperienced cook that thinks their dish doesn\'t taste right, take a spoonful, shake a little salt on it and see if it tastes better. If so, add some to the entire dish. Then do it again until you think its right. - jmadison Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:30:15 +0100