Showing posts with label translation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label translation. Show all posts

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Lost in Translation

A lot of the food items here in Mexico are "bilingual" in that they have both English and Spanish labels. It's always interesting to me to read the translations...I really got a kick out of this one!

Tostadas from Soriana (a large grocery store chain here)
...basically large corn chips.

English translation: "Yellow toast" Huh?

Then I noticed a recipe on the back for
"Tostadas de Tinga" (which are
very good, by the way...)

So here we go...
Tinga Toast
Ingredients:
1 boneless and skinless chicken breast (cooked and shredded)
1 big sliced onion
2 Soriana vegetable oil tsp.
1 smash tomatoe tbs. salt and chipotle
Directions:
In a pan, fry the onion,
add some thick soup (as in the tomato smash?)
with the chicken broth. When reaching
boiling point, add the chicken and chipotle.
Note: Pile the chicken mixture on top of the tostadas
and top with shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes,
sour cream, and/or salsa...
o con lo que te da la gana...
or with whatever toppings you like.
Enjoy with your toasts!