"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:33:02 -0400, pablo wrote:
> Mine comes from Fiesta Mart - made in-house in their butcher
> dept. Almost as greasy as the mass marketed stuff, and the same
> I'd get from the other 3 Mexican markets in town.
>
Sorry man -- that sucks. If there are enough Latinos in your community,
maybe you could find someone who makes it and sells it out of their home.
Failing that, you could grind your own, or go to a reputable meat counter
and get them to grind some pork for you. Then you could mix it with your
own spice concoction and a little red wine vinegar. If it were me, I would
do that or do without until I found a decent source. It's one of those
things that's easy to take for granted until you find yourself without.

(We met the owner of a Mexican restaurant in Paris about 10 years ago. She
said it was impossible to find reliable sources for fresh ingredients. She
had to learn to make a lot of things in-house --like tortillas and
chorizo --that she normally would have purchased.)

Pablo