Friday, December 16, 2011

GIMME SOME OF THAT GOOD OL' CUBAN GRAVY

The trees in my mother's backyard put out a bumper crop of sour oranges this year. My friends, Diane and Scott Meltz, showered me with Meyer lemons. Garlic, cumin, and olive oil are always in the cupboard.

The happy result: Mojo.

Or, as I like to call it: Cuban gravy.

It's essential for roast pork. Goes good with chicken, shrimp and fish. And I'm convinced it could make a decent cocktail of some sort. But then, I'm convinced most anything can make a decent cocktail. Further experimentation is necessary.

In any event, if you're on my holiday gift list, this might be what you're getting.

Ho-damn-ho...

4 comments:

Tyler said...

How do I get on your Christmas list? That looks like some righteous moho, mon...

Bob Morris said...

Tyler -- It is righteous, and it become almost holy when married with pork. As for the list, if you can invent a mojo cocktail -- one that is drinkable -- then I'll put you on the list.

Suwannee Refugee said...

Do you have a recipe for the mojo?

Bob Morris said...

For a recipe, the basic one I use is from the Three Guys from Miami website (the one with oil) and I jazz it up with a little cumin. I also mess around with it and add the Meyer lemons and orange juice. It's mojo. You can't really mess it up. Here's the link http://icuban.com/food/mojo.html