Bay Area popup caterers ThinkSalsa make colorful tortillas using natural ingredients. You can, too!
Mas…Tortillas y tacos come in colors with these natural tricks (video)
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No justice, no peas? Eight excellent ways to rock the guac
- Go for it! Actually try that loco New York Times pea guacamole recipe that has been dividing the nation. Worst case scenario, it’s guácala but you can call your mama and brag to her that you ate an entire vegetable. Maybe she’ll make you some real guacamole as a reward!
- Got a fierce sweet tooth? Scandalize everyone by making this dessert guacamole with lots and lots of chocolate!
- Impress your Filipino friends by making this sabroso avocado milkshake with condensed milk. (Tell the metiches that ask you what it is that it’s full of nopales!)
- Just go ahead and throw everything in your ethnic identity in a bowl with this Chorizo-Queso Fresco-Guacamole!!
Mas…No justice, no peas? Eight excellent ways to rock the guac
From Australia: How to reheat mass quantities of tortillas (video)
Mexi-Australians Gerardo y Maria of La Tortilleria in Melbourne, OZ, demonstrated how to reheat their tortillas when you have a buttload of their tortillas to reheat. No kangaroos or wallabees were harmed in the making of this video.
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Mas…From Australia: How to reheat mass quantities of tortillas (video)
Tips for crossing the border, paper fortune teller style (photos, video)
What do you need to know when crossing to El Norte from Tijuana? One artist who lived that life incorporated all she learned into origami “cootie catcher” fortune teller paper tip sheets. (Silent video, above.)
Isabella Cruz-Chong grew up in Tijuana, she explained to POCHO in an email, “and I would constantly cross between Tijuana and San Diego. The instructions originated from common rules most people from there know, personal instructions that my parents used to tell me when I was growing up. Some are my own that I have learned that are important to be aware of. All of the instructions are written in my own words.”
Mas…Tips for crossing the border, paper fortune teller style (photos, video)
Tia Lencha’s Cocina: On Father’s Day I think about my ex’s chorizo
Hola. Is Tia Lencha here.
After many jears of being divorce from mijo’s daddy, (that’s a photo of him leaving I took for the lawyer), I share with ju the recipe I make for the Father’s Day, which is on Sunday. When I think of mijo’s daddy, I think of chorizo.
Oso, when I see a good looking chorizo at the store, I think of mijo’s daddy. Get jur mind out of the trash can, cochinos. Is because mijo’s daddy make really good chorizo!
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: On Father’s Day I think about my ex’s chorizo
Amazing video demonstrates how to make toast from bread
If you don’t know how to make toast from bread, this is the video you’ve been waiting for. Next week: How to make ice from water, and vice versa.
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How do you clean nopales? And how does Tia Lencha cook them?
Ani from Confessions of a Foodie (@afotogirl on the Twitter) demonstrates the best way to clean nopales.
But what then? How do you cook nopales? Our Tia Lencha has the answer:
Mas…How do you clean nopales? And how does Tia Lencha cook them?
Have the most kick-butt Taco Tuesday ever at Taco Town! (video, recipe)
Before the churro dog, before the taco donut, before the taco inside a gordita, there was Taco Town, home of the most kick-butt Taco Tuesday ever!
Mas…Have the most kick-butt Taco Tuesday ever at Taco Town! (video, recipe)
The love of mole (Por amor al mole) unites Mexico and Brooklyn (video)
From Mexico to Brooklyn, the The Love of Mole unites generations and communities. (Video by Mónica Toledo Fraginals.)
More Spanish words Anglos can’t pronounce (video)
There are some Spanish words English-speakers can’t wrap their tongues around.
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Los Hebrew Homies make Hanukkah potato latkes (NSFW video)
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah חנוכה starts Tuesday night, so Hebrew hermanos Jaquann and Luis prepare potato latkes (pancakes) one of the season’s signature treats. (Totally NSFW adult language.)
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Mas…Los Hebrew Homies make Hanukkah potato latkes (NSFW video)
DREAMers: Here’s how to apply for DACA [POCHO Video PSA]
This video tries maybe too hard to be cool, but it’s packed with information for college students on how to apply for DACA. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is President Obama’s program — established by Executive Order — that can keep you from getting deported and help you get a driver’s license, work authorization, and in-state tuition rates.
Vi Hart makes a tortilla hexaflexagon for a Flex-Mex taco (video)
YouTube hands-on math star Vi Hart makes a hexaflexagon tortilla for a delicious two-layer Flex-Mex taco. Kids: You CAN try this at home with a flour tortilla, a knife, guac, frijoles, pico de gallo and cheese and a little bit of patience and manual dexterity. Remember that doll that said, “Math is hard”? Forget that babosa.
Brit paper explains how to eat nachos — the exotic ‘titans of trash food’
Nachos are exotic foreign fare in Merrye Olde Inglaterra, so you need someone to explain how they work. We think “trash food” is British for “junk food,” but these people also call cookies “biscuits” so who knows what they mean.
Anyhow, our Limey expert’s first step to acceptable nacho eating is the purchase of Doritos. Ruh roh.
Mas…Brit paper explains how to eat nachos — the exotic ‘titans of trash food’
Proper Pronunciation for Pochos: ‘How to Say Chipotle’ (video)
Today’s word is chipotle, a smoke-dried jalapeño chile pepper. It’s also the name of a national food chain. It’s a difficult word to pronounce properly, so listen closely.
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Mas…Proper Pronunciation for Pochos: ‘How to Say Chipotle’ (video)
Lalo Alcaraz: How to draw a cartoon character (video)
POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz offers a quick lesson in creating and drawing your own cartoon character.
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Can you dance like a Mexican? Here’s how! (video)
California cultural ambassador Joseph Alvarado wants you to learn How To Dance Like A Mexican.
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Hebrew homeboys make Chanukah potato latkes (NSFW video)
The Jewish holiday of Chanukah חנוכה starts Wednesday night, so Hebrew hermanos Jaquann and Luis prepare potato latkes (pancakes) one of the season’s signature treats. This year Chanukah and Thanksgiving coincide, so all the Pochodores wish you a Gobble Tov! (Totally NSFW adult language.)
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Mas…Hebrew homeboys make Chanukah potato latkes (NSFW video)
@SaraChicaD paints her nails like skulls for Dia de los Muertos (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews — Sara Inés Calderón — is back with another Halloween/Dia de los Muertos DIY nail art demo, this time with skulls! She’s’ @SaraChicaD on the Twitter.
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Mas…@SaraChicaD paints her nails like skulls for Dia de los Muertos (video)
Nail art by @SaraChicaD: The Frida Kahlo look (video)
What? Stand up for Pochas everywhere with some chingon nails? Frida Kahlo nail art with a unibrow and bigote? Show me how it’s done, @SaraChicaD!
1. Cook sauce 2. Drown eggs 3. Breakfast taco 4. Nom nom (video)
First prepare the sauce, then cook the sauce, then add the eggs, then fill up that breakfast taco! Florida college student Constanza Gallardo makes Huevos Ahogados — drowned eggs — for her Mexican Breakfast.
A Latina’s Guide: How to talk to a racist
As unfortunate a reality as it may be, one way or another in our country, you’re going to have to deal with someone who is racist, or at least holds a little bit of prejudice.
What’s even more unfortunate is that you’re most likely to come across someone who doesn’t necessarily know that they are prejudiced, and thus, pointing out this behavior or dealing with it may be a bit more difficult for you.
Now, say that you are a Latina and so have to deal with society’s sexist — as well as racist — attitudes and all of a sudden you find yourself in a bit of a bind. How does one fight The Man, preconceived notions of femininity (from both American and Latino cultures), civility standards, sexism and racism all at once?
I have a few tips that I thought might be useful, so here we go:
1. Don’t blow up
Feliz año de la serpiente! Draw a snake in one brush stroke (video)
OK, class, in honor of the Chinese New Year — and this is the Year of the Snake — here’s a two-minute silent video that will show you how to draw a snake with just one brush stroke. Are you ready?
Mas…Feliz año de la serpiente! Draw a snake in one brush stroke (video)
Homeboys show you how to make Chanukah potato latkes (NSFW video)
The Jewish holiday of Chanukah חנוכה starts Saturday night, so Hebrew hermanos Jaquann and Luis prepare potato latkes (pancakes) one of the season’s signature treats. Remember: Chanukah is the Festival of Lights, bitches. (Totally NSFW.)
How to eshake hands Chicano style (CA y TX versions) [video]
In this video for POCHO U’s Gabacho Outreach Program (POCHO U, GOP!) I demonstrate the Chicano Handshake including a California version, a Texas version and a version with extra love. Why can’t we be friends?
Paint your nails to look like Dia de Los Muertos calaveras (video)
Sara Inés Calderón turns her fingernails into calaveras for Day of the Dead and you can too!
Gracias a POCHO amigo Carvin Knowles for the scary soundtrack!
Top Tips: Pocho Ocho ways modern Chicanas can get their man
Anyone who has read the Dear Abuelita columns, or dated, knows that it can be a rough world out there. Here we are, beautiful, educated Chicanas, and we can’t seem to bag husbands in time to put a bun in the oven.
What’s a Chicana to do? We came up with a few ways that modern Chicanas can bag a man in no time:
8. Make friends with his mom. That way, she can just order him to go out with you.
7. Get in a fight with his ex. While this may not result in a relationship, it will certainly get his attention, and shit, who doesn’t love to watch girls fight?
6. Flirt with his best friend. Machismo at its finest would not permit a man to see a woman he liked with another vato.
Mas…Top Tips: Pocho Ocho ways modern Chicanas can get their man
CholoWizard Graffiti: How to draw a cholo (video)
Artist WIZARD demonstrates how to draw a cholo. We especially like the attention to detail shown in the facial tear-drop tattoo and the Nike “swoosh.”
Fresh Father’ Day gift idea: Make a necktie from a napkin (video)
It’s not too late to get a cool present for Dad. But another necktie for Father’s Day? Seriously? Does he even WEAR neckties except for funerals or court? But he eats, am I right? So make him a napkin necktie — the spork of dining fashion. This video shows you how.