Things you are told not to do in Mexico

Better mole rocks than molasses.

 

Is that like rocky mountain oysters but smaller?

 

Go for nuts.

 

Puffin and whale no problem. Mole (chocolate and chilli sauce over bland
burittos) tastes like pureed dogshit.

 

In Mexico, puréed dogshit is considered a delicacy.

 

Why would one need to purée dogshit? Surely it's about the right
consistency to start with...

 

Well, there might be lumpy bits.

 

"Mole" is normally a rich meat stew, with an incredibly complex blend
of spices, including chocolate and several different types of
chillies. If someone's just got hold of some shop-bought mole (which
just means 'sauce') and poured it over something then yes, it'll not
be good, especially over burritos or similar.

I've even had it a little like that at 'good' mexican restaurants in
California, and I'm lead to believe that sometimes in mexico it's
equally bad, but it's quite clear that this is not in any way
comparable to a 'real' mole con guagalote (or other meat) such as we
cook ourselves.

 

Having never eaten that, I will defer to you.

 

Ace escribió:

From the Royal Spanish Academy Dictionary.

I don't think it needs translating (apart from cerdo = pork & pollo =
chicken & guiso = stew).

So it's the name of the thick sauce and the name of the stew made with it.
No specific mention of chocolate though.

"mole3.

(Del nahua mulli, salsa).

1. m. Hond. y Méx. Salsa espesa preparada con diferentes chiles y muchos
otros ingredientes y especias.

2. m. Méx. Guiso de carne de pollo, de guajolote o de cerdo que se prepara
con esta salsa."

 

Yup, as I said "Mole, which just means sauce".

Not in your definition, maybe, but any recipe for it does.

 

Ace escribió:

Ah.

It seems you are right.

http://mole-con-pollo.recetascomidas.com/
http://www.lasrecetasdelaabuela.com/pollo/moledulce.htm

And a bit of history:

http://www.enplenitud.com/nota.asp?articuloID=10186

"El término mole referencia varios platillos de la cocina mexicana. La
palabra mole es de origen náhuatl, viene del término molli o mulli y en su
acepción original hace referencia a cualquier salsa, aunque en su
significado actual se refiere específicamente a un grupo de platillos que
tienen algunos elementos en común, como el hecho de ser a base de carnes o
aves, preparados en salsas que pueden ser relativamente simples, hasta
bastante complejas en su elaboración."

The word "mole" refers to various Mexican dishes. Originally meant any
sauce, but not any more. It now refers to a group of dishes which have in
common that they are based on meat or poultry and are prepared with a sauce
that can be simple or complex.

So generic, but always with chocolate

 

I had that last week.

It was... odd.

Not so much unpleasant, as just wrong.

Talking about Mole, of course, not pureed dogshit.