Machaca... nuff said...

Just because it's your Birthday!!!SALUD!!!

Happy Birthday Kent!

Happy birthday brother! I've made carnitas but never machaca...going to have to look into that as it looks delicious!

Sure does, happy birthday, enjoy it.

Kent please post your basic recipe

Will do, out with the family right now, when I get home.

Many thanks!

Happy Birthday Kent!!!

That looks great.

Happy Birthday, man!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy B'day bud - enjoy all of it. Hope to see you before too much time passes.

Happy Birfday Kent!

My granddaughter's birthday is Thursday, we are celebrating her today at peter piper... It's loud in here...

Happy Birthday and best wishes.

Gotta have that recipe, Kent!

Ed

Happy Birthday, Kent.

SALUDE!

Awesome Kent -

Happy Birthday, Ugly Old Pappy! Hope it's the best one yet!

When does the next one arrive? It seems that I have forgotten.

Happy birthday friend. Enjoy those children while you can, they grow fast. miles

Looks dynamite! Thanks for sharing.

happy b'day Kent, hope it was great

Thanks all!

OK...

Meat, about 5 lbs today, chuck roast I got for 3.77 a lb so whatever's on sale.

1 sweet onion
4 garlic cloves
2 serranos, but any hot pepper will do, just pepper to taste
1 green chili
2 tomatoes

Chop dice all

1 lime squeezed
Olive oil
probably 1/3 cup worcestershire, I just pour in what looks good
oregano
salt pepper
and a half cup of Santa Cruz chili powder

Mix liquid, garlic and spices in a bowl, enough olive oil to get a covering on all the pieces of meat.

Put a half inch of water in a roasting pan, I put some beef bullion and a little more chili powder in the water and heat it in the oven while getting the meat ready.

Put meat in pan, put diced veggies on top, cook for about 3 hrs at 350 uncovered or until it shreds easily, usually the juice has cooked down to just wet meat, vegetables absorbed in the meat. I check the juice when turning and don't want it to get completely dry.

You can throw everything in a crock pot also, just sear the meat first.

serves 6 to 8 people, six of us ate all that in fried tacos and burros with red sauce... but we were stuffed as ticks.

Kent

Scheduled for a C section tuesday morning. Unless she goes into labor before.

That's why we did Mia's birthday today, mommy will be in the hospital on her birthday.

So my birthday is the 18th, grandson's will be on the 21st (if not earlier), the other grandmother's Bday is the 22nd and Mia's is the 23rd... My daughter said she can't afford april anymore.

Kent

Feliz Cumpleaños, Viejo !

GTC

Blowing out her candle and eating cake... gotta love kids...

Headed out early am to meet Enrique and Steve to do some fishing on black river. May be early in the year but we'll check it out and make plans for their archery elk hunt coming this fall.

Thanks again brothers and friends.

Kent

happy b -day buddy -- cool party -- awesome eats

Shouldn't that be scrambled with eggs, peppers, onion and tomatoes? That is the machaca I know.

Traditionally machaca is dried spicy shredded meat, like crumbly jerky. Can be eaten as that or rehydrated, ingredients added, put in a tortilla, breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Now days machaca typically means cooked spicy shredded meat, can be breakfast with eggs, tacos, burritos, or just by itself... the do all dish.

Think I'll dry some when I make jerky for next hunting season, get back to tradition as a trail food.

Kent

Good looking chow for sure.

Thanks !

My Bday present was I left at 3:30am, met Enrique and Steve in Globe, went to Black river, 3 1/2 hour drive total, hiked down into the canyon, threw some bait, caught a few fish, it was too early yet...or too late in the season, water was low from the drought.

Had a great time, left at noon, talked about their elk hunt coming up.

Saw a ton of antelope and deer going up, Enrique took some pictures on his phone, hopefully he'll share.

Needed the wild hair trip.

Looking down to a strip of water...



Steve and Enrique with his first catch.



'I was kicked out of the whole town of Heber' Steve...



And me in borrowed waders... I wear them well...

Enrique sent me some pictures off his phone.