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A little about Playa Zipolite, The Beach of the Dead . . .
Playa Zipolite, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, on the Pacific Ocean. A little bit about my favorite little get-away on this small world of ours.
Zipolite, a sweaty 30-minute walk west from Puerto Angel, brings you to Playa Zipolite and another world. The feeling here is 1970's - Led Zep, Marley, and scruffy gringos.
A long, long time ago, Zipolite beach was usually visited by the Zapotecans...who made it a magical place. They came to visit Zipolite to meditate, or just to rest.
Recently, this beach has begun to receive day-trippers from Puerto Angel and Puerto Escondido, giving it a more TOURISTY feel than before.
Most people come here for the novelty of the nude beach, yoga, turtles, seafood, surf, meditation, vegetarians, discos, party, to get burnt by the sun, or to see how long they can stretch their skinny budget.
I post WWW Oaxaca, Mexico, Zipolite and areas nearby information. Also general budget, backpacker, surfer, off the beaten path, Mexico and beyond, information.
Cuernavaca firm produces Mexico’s first robotic bar
Barbot serves shots, mixes cocktails
Friday, September 14, 2018
Fancy being served a shot of tequila or a margarita without having to make small talk with a bartender? A Mexican company has the solution.
Cuernavaca-based MiniFab has designed and produced a robotic bartender called Barbot, which is capable of serving shots of any liquor as well as making more elaborate mixed drinks and cocktails.
In fact, the robot can be programmed to serve whatever a customer wants, meaning that it’s not limited to alcoholic beverages. MiniFab, whose core business is making 3-D printers and selling 3-D printing filament, is now selling its drink-serving robot, the first ever made by a Mexican company. The price: 38,000 pesos (US $2,000).
“There are machines that do the same thing in other countries but not with the same cost efficiency. There is a robotic bar on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that does exactly the same thing but that machine costs US $2 million,” MiniFab founder Fabien Legay told the newspaper El Economista.
Barbot doesn’t completely replace the need for human bartenders, however.
While the robot can make and serve drinks with precision, it needs someone to change the bottles it uses. It is also incapable of garnishing drinks with the same intricacy as a human.
MiniFab has already sold 12 robotic bars and Legay is now considering making a few tweaks to his creation that will enable it to serve beer and accept electronic payments.
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On a recent trip to Veracruz on the Mexican Gulf Coast, I was reminded of how much I love to eat fish and seafood. I indulged in treats I don’t normally have the opportunity to enjoy, like fresh shrimp and fried fish. Delicious!
Fried fish is a classic dish in Mexico, especially during the hot spring and summer months. It’s a cheap, quick, and easy way to make a yummy dinner, and you can pair it with a lot of things. You can’t go wrong with fried fish!
Now, you may be thinking this is probably not a very healthy dish because it’s fried, but nothing could be more wrong.
It’s true you have to fry the fish in plenty of oil, but it’s all going to end up in the skin anyway, which you can peel off to reveal the lean flesh. So just put your fatty fears aside and get ready to dig in.
Now, roll up your sleeves and let’s get cooking!
Having fresh shrimp on the beach.
Mexican Fried Fish Recipe
Before we get started, you need to select a fish to fry.
Here in Mexico, most people go for a tilapia, or mojarra (roll the R), but there are plenty other fish in the sea which are great for frying, like red snapper, bass, trout, black pomfret or even catfish. It all depends on what you like.
The portion will vary depending on the size of the fish you pick out. If you choose a small fish, you might need two per person, but you’ll only need one for each if you select a larger fish.
Fresh tilapia all clean and dry and ready for cooking.
Ingredients
1 large fish or 2 small per person
Plenty of oil
A deep frying pan
Lemon rind
Garlic cloves
Salt
Pepper
Flour (optional)
Directions
Before you start cooking, make sure the fish has been thoroughly cleaned. All scales should be gone, as well as the entrails, but leave the head and tail.
Here in Mexico, when I buy fish the vendor always cleans it well so that it’s ready to cook.
If there is no whole fresh fish available, it’s not a problem. Frozen will do. Just make sure it’s completely thawed and dry before cooking it. You don’t want the humidity to make hot oil jump all over you!
Now that your fish is clean and dry, place it on a cutting board and cut three vertical slits across the body. Turn the fish over and repeat on the other side. These slits will allow the flesh to cook evenly.
Cut slits on the fish so it will cook evenly.
Once you’ve cut the slits, it’s time to season the fish. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper to your liking. You can also add powdered garlic if you like.
Some people also use lime or lemon juice to season the fish, but I don’t like to use it because the juice makes the flesh fall apart when it’s cooking.
A good tip is to add garlic cloves and lemon rind to the frying oil. That way, the flavors go all into the fish with the garlic and lemon spilling out all over the place.
While you’re seasoning the fish, pour enough oil into the frying pan and start warming it up. There should be enough oil in there to submerge at least the entire half of the fish. That’s why you need a deep frying pan.
The kind of cooking oil depends on your personal taste. Coconut oil is a healthy option and it’s also great for frying. Avocado oil and olive oil are also good for this. I normally use canola oil because it has a high smoke point.
Warm up the oil over a medium flame, not high. To know if the oil has reached a good temperature for frying, throw in a little piece of bread. If it sinks to the bottom, the oil is not hot enough. If the bread starts frying immediately, the oil is too hot. But it if it floats and starts frying gradually, then the temperature is good.
Before frying, some people dust the entire fish with flour to better protect the flesh. This is helpful, but if you don’t fry the fish correctly, you run the risk of the flour ending up all stuck to the pan.
But don’t worry, you don’t have to use flour. It’s completely optional.
Next, just place the fish in the frying pan with the hot oil and let it cook for at least 5 minutes on each side, or when it turns a golden brown color. Carefully, turn it over and then let it fry on the other side. A pair of thongs will come in handy at this moment.
Once it’s cooked, take the fish out of the oil and let it lie on a couple of paper towels so the excess oil will drip off. And then it’s ready to eat!
Enjoy Mexican Fried Fish
In Mexico, we like to squeeze plenty of lime juice on the fish and some hot salsa too. If you’re not into spicy food, skip the salsa but keep the lime.
I like to eat fried fish with Mexican salad, red rice, beans, and fried plantains on the side. And probably a cold beer too.
Perhaps you think having an entire fish on your plate (with the head, tail and all) looks weird, but let me tell you this is one of the best ways ever to have fish. If you rule it out just because you don’t like the way it looks, you’ll be missing out on something great.
Fried fish served with red rice, plantains, and cucumber salad.
FYI, my kids love to eat fried fish. They even like how the head and tail look too!
What I like best about this dish is you have to eat it slowly. First, because you need to be careful so you won’t get any fish bones stuck between your teeth. Second, because it means you just have to take your time to sit down and enjoy the meal properly, which makes everything taste better.
So when your fish is fried and ready, pour yourself a cold beer and sit down to make this a memorable occasion. Imagine you’re sitting in a little eatery in Mexico, overlooking the beach. Buen provecho!
At the beach in Veracruz, Mexico.
Would you like to try this? What’s your favorite way to have fish? Share in the comments!
Getting to Zipolite might be a bit tricky as there are no international airports nearby. The major airport is Oaxaca, but don't fly to this one. Seriously!
