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Junio 2010 Noticias
Tanteale
 Excerpt from "The Buen Provecho Book"
by Patricia Merrill Marquez 
 
 Tanteale has been a grandmother's common response to the question  "How much cilantro should I add?" or "How many chiles should I put in?".
 
Tantear means to guess or estimate all most anything. In English the closest expression is the term "guesstimate", used when we are improvising and making experienced choices.
 
 The best cooks often do not measure. Seasoned housewife-cooks would be expecting things la tanteo, and would advise tanteale or ponle al tanteo. This is based on tanto asi, or "this much" of this and " tanto asi of the other. In the US, a similar subtlety of seasoning is described as adding an ingredient "to taste.
 
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Jamaica
jaimaca
This "Agua Fresca" is made a little differently than those using actual fruit. The color and flavor is similar to tart cranberry with a subtle tea flavor in the background. When it is served ice cold, the tea flavor is almost imperceptible. It is also loaded with Vitamin C, so it's good for you too!

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz dried Jamaica Hibiscus flowers*
  • 3 cups boiling water
  • 6 cups drinking water
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1-2 cups ice (if you need to serve it immediately)

Preparation:

Bring 3 cups of water to a boil and pour over hibiscus flowers. Let the flowers soak in the water for about 20 minutes. Pour the liquid and flowers through a strainer into a large pitcher. Add in the sugar and stir for 1-2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Pour in remaining water and taste for sweetness. Add more sugar or water if necessary.

To serve immediately, only add in 5 cups of water and stir in the 1-2 cups of ice and stir until it is ice cold.

Jamaica Hibiscus flowers can be found in bulk or in cellophane packages in most Hispanic stores.They are usually called Jamaica (say Huh-MY-ih-kuh) Hibiscus, but sometimes just hibiscus alone is used.
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