Caray, Caray!

No question, but Wm. Levy!!! I would serve him stuffed mushrooms (because I made them today and they came out delish).

With a damp paper towel I cleaned rather large mushrooms and then removed the stems. I chopped them and set them aside. Then I chopped garlic. I added olive oil in a pan and sauted the chopped garlic. When slightly sauted added the chopped stems until all are done. To that I added seasoned bread crumbs (Italian) and mixed it all together a bit more. Finally with a tsp. I filled the center of the mushroom until it was packed in and did this to all the mushrooms.
Then, in a shallow pan I added some water and placed the mushrooms. I added a drop more of oil to each mushroom and baked for a few minutes until the mushrooms are done. Mmmmm good!!

Ann-NYC
 

Spectacular lights in KC, Connie! We did all our city lighting business too, of course, and it never fails to disappoint me every year. I hope everyone had good food and fun family time yesterday, mates. I was cooking and running the town from early until late, but I was here at Caray in spirit.

Before I get to the Turkey Day Questions, let me get this out about the previous episode:

Is Bruno dumb, or just really stupid? He handed over his blood WITHOUT something in writing first?? Dooooooood. Get thee immediately to Fernando Escandon's (FELS) School of Expert Villany and sign up for How To Pull A Fast One Without Effing It Up 101. Seriously.

Wow. MJ looked sicker than a dog--nice job. But can y'all imagine being sicker than a dog and waking up to Alejandro Lombardo's smile? *heart monitor hiccups, then beeps happily* (Transfusion? We don't need no stinkin' transfusion!)

Someone commented about being none too pleased with Useless' sweater and I'm here to agree. WTH was that? It was worse of a geometric nightmare than the Watermelon frig in the Manse.

Gawd, Raquel. Shut uuuup. Your mouth is worse than a clap-bell. My ears are bleeding!!!!!! (Now there's your snob, folks)

Finally. Alex and MJ having a civil conversation. Even smiling at each other. Hopefully for longer than a dang day.
:)

Hmmmm. My obvious answer to Connie's first question would be either our Alejandro (I LOVE being around true gentlemen with naughty streaks and I'd get a run for my money there) or our Bruno (he'd never suspect that the secret ingredient in his lemonade was arsenic--bye bye, Bruno). But seeing as the question is about ANY TN character, that widens the field. I want to think about it and the other questions.

"Donelops disease" LMAO. Stop telling my business, Connie! LOL

Laters, all. :)
 

I'd invite Fernanda from MEPS to dinner.

Too bad Barbara Greco got 235 years in prison, and burnt herself up, and killed people. Babs knew how to throw a party.
 

Good morning Connie. I hope you and all the wonderful folks here had a glorious Thanksgiving. My daughter and her family are here for a couple of days which is really neat since it's been a few mos. since we've seen them. They live in N. Texas near Oklahoma. She brought photos of her cattle (for some reason they are raising Longhorns) and the thing that struck me most was how flat it is where they live.

Thanksgiving dinner? Gardenia (MEPS), but not for reasons you might think. She is probably the best of the cooks who is not actually employed as a cook or chef. Lorena from QE would be a good choice but she is a professional chef. I want for Thanksgiving an authentic home-cooked meal. I wouldn't need to worry about keeping up my end of the conversation and I'll bet her pumpkin flan (I wonder if there even is such a thing) is to die for and we know that her tamales and enchiladas are great.

Pet? I'm partial to dogs and thought Tonki(Duelos de Pasiones) a Belgium Malinois (what's he doing in rural Mexico?) was gorgeous, loyal, and intelligent, but he too obvious a choice as is Capricho (FELS). My favorite is Lucas (Heridas del Amor), a hulking, menacing Rottweiler who had the misfortune to link up with Berta (deliciously evil). He had such wasted potential. He also proves that no matter how bad you may be, treat your dog with affection and you will always have someone who loves you.

Family business? Tequila. Love the beautiful agave fields, the science in cultivating the agave and turning it into such a heavenly product. I completely understand haw Meester James (who I think was originally a wine snob) fell under the spell of this magical elixir.

Carlos
 

Good morning all. Who is going shopping today?! Not me, that's for sure. I have a friend that used to do that. I always thought she was crazy. People at Wal-Mart have actually been known to steal your stuff right out of the basket. Fight, fight! We can talk about anything today not just my questions. So feel free to vent, rant, or whatever.

My favorite TN animal would have to be Capricho. Not only was he beautiful but he was smart. Smarter than all the Reyes brothers that's for sure. He could communicate also in his beautiful horsey way.

I'm not sure who I would invite for Thanksgiving dinner. Maybe Gabriella. I would put her place in a small closet and wouldn't have to feed her anything because she would go crazy from being in an enclosed space. Or I would let her sit at the big table and everytime she reached for some food I'd smack her with her riding whip. I'll have to think on the special dish though.

What does everybody think about the recipe book idea?
 

Carlos, I agree with you on the tequila. I'm not a tequila drinker but the agave plants are pretty. We didn't actually learn much about the milk industry did we?
 

Mujer de Madera had some interesting pets:

el Perico (arguably the best villain ever, certainly the most cultured and most lovable) had a loyal parakeet who even joined him in prison at the end of the show.

Cumbayo (the nightmare-inducing witch Dr. with zombi eyes) had his very own (not so loyal) jaguar. They too ended up together... the jaguar ate him.

Carlos
 

Connie - LOL I'm just now pulling out of my turkey coma.

The industry I found most interesting this year was the Hermanos Reyes e.coli bakery. 'nuff said. (grins....)

Best animal: Capricio

Stephe - Useless should donate his sweater to this site:
http://badsweaterguy.typepad.com/
I haven't visited it in a while, since it was called "Buried Lede." The legend continues... and the collection. Great stuff. ;o)
 

Oh! Wait! Buried Lede web site & sweater project lives on!
http://www.buriedlede.com/projects/sweater1.html
 

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LOL! Donelops disease! OMG! I plead guilty to suffering from that one! I plead guilty also to venturing out to Walmart very early this AM and throwing all sense of shame or pride out the window with the turkey bones and cigarette butts. (Normally I wait till Saturday, but the bargains were too good.) Surprisingly, I got what I wanted without too much hassle --probably because I had very little patience for daydreaming dawdlers in the aisles and I was a one-woman tank today and I forged along in the spirit of Babs and Gabbi, taking no mercy on those unsuspecting kind souls. They never knew what hit it 'em.

My favorite animal would have been Capricho, smart, sophisticated, and graceful and definitely more entertaining to watch than all of these last three telenovelas combined. I'd invite Victoria over for a bit of roasted crow made especially in her honor. As for industrial education, tequila has been the most enlightening effort and served my palate well....
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Does anybody have at least one telenovela related thing to be grateful for?

1) I'm grateful for not having Victoria and Maura's color sense.
 

Ackk! Doris! The yellow sweater reminds me of the first sweater I crocheted for hubby. LOL!
 

"Does anybody have at least one telenovela related thing to be grateful for?"

Yes.
1. I'm glad Barbi and Gabriela were not my mother
2. I'm glad I'm not Slowfía
3. I'm glad Fernando (FELS) is not a member of my family
 

I'm thankful that Fernando Escandon is not my son-in-law or my husband. And for one night I didn't have to hear chucho say "carnicas." :)
 

I can't even remember what Useless' sweater looked like. I must have been really out of it because I usually notice that kind of thing.
 

Carlos, this is for you
pumpkin flan, Gardenia will be happy to make it for you
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/pumpkin-flan-recipe/index.html

For dinner, por supuesto, Eduardo Juarez, better known as FC, damn the no bow rules. he can bring his young amigo WL.

No doubt about it, Capricho, smarter by far than the rest of the cast.

I found the tequila business very interesting & they really gave mucha info about it. After doing some web investigation, it was pretty accurate.
 

Variopinta, thanks! Wow! How good does that sound? Now, if I can just track down Gardenia... Actually I have some connections, so I'm going to get this made and will report back.

As for pets, I've seen a number of TNs where a pet would be an integral part and then suddenly unceremoniously drop from sight. The cute little monkey in Peregrina comes to mind though he might be back in un Gancho al Corazón.

Carlos
 

The industry of most interest? Probably the tequila industry for the most complete info. For fun, the Reyes' bakery with their special Sofia buns, and the same hermanos' bricklaying business. And we also have insider knowledge of those lovely "crap from afar" shops like Sofia and her sisters, or MJ and Paula worked in.

TN animal? Capricho was seriously beautiful and smart. Funniest may have been the little dog, in Rubi, which was owned by Rubi's stereotypically gay friend and hanger-on. He always dressed the chihuahua to match his own outfits.

Dinner guest? Maybe Sergio Sendel. I could always serve him a kettle full of discarded cell phones. We could go out to the back yard and set up a target and he could go at it.
La Paloma
 

There are two TN characters that I just can't decide between, because they were both favorites, both terribly tragic, and what could be better than bringing a little joy into their lives and possibly steering them away from their sad, sad endings?

Our beloved, hunky, and mentally challenged Gaspar (Duelo de Pasiones) is definitely one. Oh, what I would have done to talk him and his bruja mama out of that cave and into civilization, the maldita Thelma would never have gotten pregnant, much less taken him down into the watery depths with her nasty butt. And who can argue with lucha libre every Saturday? With HIM? Yay!

The much blog-maligned Santiago (Pasion) is my second choice, pobrecito. He started the show off getting shafted, got shafted all the way through it and all the way to the end, yet he wasn't supposed to be in a bad mood or act out in his anger. ?? Maybe by distracting him from the Camila/Rita fiasco early on, he wouldn't end up wasting his luscious hawtness in a monastery.

The only woman I would invite to dinner would be La Paisana (Maria Julia, Pasion), the female pirate. She was a man's woman, all right, but when necessary she could throw on a gown and clean herself up quite nicely. She understood the heartbreak of being a mother, and just imagine the naughty stories she could tell me about her adventures on the High Seas. Heh.

The dish I would present would be my special Savannah-style chicken brunswick stew. Oh, that would get them all right. They would be putty in my hands... bwahahahaha.

My favorite animals are Capricho and Mariachi, and Tonki the wonder shepherd.

I was most fascinated by the tequila industry in Destilando.

Hmmm... a Caray cookbook would be rather fun!
 

LOL @ La Paloma and Sergio Sendel! Too funny.

I always did feel kind of sorry for that guy's little dog in Rubi, yeah. :)
 

I can't believe that no one has mentioned the pirating industry.We certainly got a taste of it from Pasion. It certainly had it's hazards;just ask Alberto La Font... oh, that's right, he lost his head. Plus side, guys get to wear eye makeup and ponytails without criticism. Apparently pirates are babe-magnets as well.

Carlos
 

I already knew a lot about pirates and their ilk, but I knew absolutely nothing about how tequila was made. That's what tipped the scales for me. I did like all the bread business with FELS (if only the health department had been involved--ha. A woman could do worse than watching Big Ed knead pan. Mm.)

Which novela had a milk industry?
 

Stephe: Milk was Manana Es Para Siempre. The only thing we learned about there was that milkduds could make millions.
 

I'd like to mention Celso's dog Sansón, a beautiful American Bulldog mainly because it's a breed I love. He was really underutilized which is too bad. One of the niftiest short documentaries ever is: A Little Vicious which chronicles the efforts of Vicki Hearne's successful(mas o menos) efforts to rescue Bandit, probably an American Bulldog from death row. Her book, Adam's Task is a joy. Vicki Hearne is a character that we need more of. Bandit is one of those once in a lifetime dogs.

Carlos
 

Hummm...who would I invite to a Thanksgiving dinner? It is a toss up between Silvia Navarro or William Levy. If I invite cute William, I’ll have to remove every light fixture in my house and replace them with candles (necessary at my age) OR rent a time machine to zoom me back a few years. The only thing about the time machine is that when Jeff Goldblum tried it, he turned into a human fly. Unfortunately, he overlooked a tiny fly in the machine and during the transference their DNA was mixed....OK I’ve thought it though, I’d like a rocking girl’s “Thanksgiving dinner” with Sylvia. I have a great recipe for white chocolate raspberry cheesecake, if anyone wants it, let me know...it’s too long for this post!

I like Cucu from Sorti, he/she has an uncanny ability to identify every maldito in the neighborhood!

I liked the Fabrica de Ceramicas in La Usupadora, I like to work/create with my hands.....
 

Yum! Cheesecake my favorite. Should we set up a separate posting area for recipes? I forgot all about the Reyes Bakery. How could I forget that? Pan Sophia, yum, yum.
 

Connie I love the idea of a Caray Caray cookbook. I hope the corn pudding makes it. The lovely Linda made some yesterday and it was awesome. I want her to add jalapeño to it but in deference to the rest of la familia, she didn't.

May I suggest a good Tequila, neat, accompanied by a chaser of homemade lemonade? Wow!

Carlos
 

We can have a beverage section too. That sounds pretty yummy Carlos. You all can email me recipes directly or we can post in a separate area. Just let me know what you want to do and I'll get things going.
 

Jaime Camil por supuesto! I am ignoring what I have been reading about his personal life. I love him and he has real acting talent.
 

"Does anybody have at least one telenovela related thing to be grateful for?"


I'm thankful that FELS is finished.
 

I'm glad that no one has invited Sabastian Ruli. He' definitely is my numero uno favorito. Gorge Salinas (Oscar from MEPS) would make a nice second choice.

Favorite animal, I'd take any of the horses since I can't tell the difference.

The cookbook idea sounds yummy but my common sense is telling me that I need to take on another project about as much as I need a hole in my head. I love group projects but have entirely too many irons in the fire.
 

Variopinta, I meant to respond to your question about something to be thankful for.

I'm thankful for novelas in general because they make make learning Spanish fun. I'm thankful that they have given me the delusion that one day I might understand the language as well as our recappers.

I liked both the Agave and the Milk "classes". Both were worth while fillers.
 

Tks to the person who mentioned Cerámica Bracho in La Usurpadora.
I just couldn't read their sign very well, the C looked like a G to me.
I'm watching it now, w/o subtitles.

How to tell a hot jalapeño
For those that don't know, it took me several decades to discover this.
The hot ones have brown lines, if you don't want them hot look for solid green.
 

Joanne, ITA but it sure helps if the TN is a little intelligent, not totally estupida like FELS.

Someone posted a link on a huge dairy farm which was very interesting. Anyone remember the site?
 

Best telenovela animal: Tonki the wonder dog of course...better actor and consistently more heroic than anyone else in the cast.

Best industry: Tequila (Destilando Amor). Learning about cochineal from Alborada was also very interesting.