This is the molcajete at the Mexican joint right around the corner from my house. It comes with tortillas and, while not as tightly stuffed as the one in the OP, it easily feeds 4 people. It's glorious.
Am I the only one who hates when someone overfills a bowl which causes it to spill everywhere. Sloppily presented food is so dumb. Just get a bigger fucking bowl. You aint gonna Jedi mind trick me into thinking you are giving me soooooo much that my bowl floweth over.
Mexican place that opened up near me recently does a stew out of a Molcajete like that. They taste *amazing*, because the material the bowl is made out of basically acts like a cast iron pot on steroids and saves all the flavors and seasonings in it.
The black bowl is a molcajete and the dish is also called a molcajete, in this case, it is a molcajete de mariscos (shellfish) there are also molcajetes of beef, chicken and other meats. It has become a popular dish to share with other people at the table. The idea is to make tacos with the things in the molcajete (but it's optional)
Oh it's great specially I love it in a taco with beef because it adds some acidity but not a lot, you just add some nopal strips. In texture it is also great, very satisfying to bite, the only issue is that as you cook it instead of realeasing water it releases a slimy substance, the one in the video is overcooked but that's how you get rid of all the slime, but there are other ways of getting rid of most of the slime without overcook it by just putting the chopped nopal on a strainer
I like cheese. The problem -- that much cheese sort of dulls the flavor of everything else. Then again, a molcajete is usually very spicy, so the cheese might calm it down... uhmmm... 2 to go please!
... The molcajete originally is and was used since pre-hispanic times as a mortar to grind things to make salsas or moles, even to grind corn for tortillas, and the green thing at the beginning is a grilled nopal (prickly pear)
I think it just seems unnecessarily messy/overstuffed. Like no one has even taken a bite yet and already there is overflowing sauce all over the paper on the bottom. Seems fun in concept, but maybe just not great in practice.
Half way thru i went from "oh yeah" to "this is too much for me, thats like 3 meals worth." Honestly sad that these videos are often like that, its either over portioned and wasteful or over portioned and unhealthy
Yes, there are so many of these restaurant "look at our food" pictures/videos that feature horrid creations that just overflow their container and run all over the place. I mean, the food probably tastes good, but why would I want to eat it from something that is two sizes too small where half the food ends up on the table - or worse in my lap...
Uh, I have traveled as a backpacker through very small, rural towns in North Loas during the morning rush. I have seen things for sale as food, and being openly consumed, .... no wait, openly enjoyed! Which make this seem refined. Living tarantula, flash fried mice babies, un-hatched, but living song bird eggs, living bats simply de-fur-ed over an open flame and stuffed whole in the mouth!
snappysnaps
It's alive, rise my beauty and lead us!
DarkwingDuc
This is the molcajete at the Mexican joint right around the corner from my house. It comes with tortillas and, while not as tightly stuffed as the one in the OP, it easily feeds 4 people. It's glorious.
tzahtman
Place near me has Stone Bowl Bibimap and it is tasty
BeckyLookAtHerButt
Animal style
rockyvanren
Iโll take two please.
eatlightningcrapthunder
Makes me think of this
WilloftheNorth
Just lut it on a dam plate
HeadJamistan
Time to make another trip to Vancouver!
KeyMasher
ScatterJ0Y
I want all of it in my face. Including the steaming hot container. All of it!
GNiko
Well now I'm even hungrier, but have to give a blood sample in an hour, so thanks for that.
st1pp5
Apart from the amount of cheese it looks quite good. Plus, never tasted cactus before.
PhilStone911
Itโs called a molcajete and it is fucking delicious
5NoteHalf
I dunno who ORDERED it, @op, but I WANT it.
gobnaitOLunacy
Would sir like to order? Why yes, just swish up a net of whatever floats past. Then boil it.
xantous4201
Am I the only one who hates when someone overfills a bowl which causes it to spill everywhere. Sloppily presented food is so dumb. Just get a bigger fucking bowl. You aint gonna Jedi mind trick me into thinking you are giving me soooooo much that my bowl floweth over.
selej
My fat ass always stops on food i cant ever get. tsk.
Error424
Looks like something straight out of Monster Hunter
Gerokeymaster
Mexican place that opened up near me recently does a stew out of a Molcajete like that. They taste *amazing*, because the material the bowl is made out of basically acts like a cast iron pot on steroids and saves all the flavors and seasonings in it.
sammyismycat
Ohhhh molcajeta mixtas! SI, POR FAVOR!
Dannyalcatraz
Totally would.
Afterlife666
Yes please
rivitingone
Ah molcajete. The deliciously impossible to eat food. My favorite part is when they leave the shrimp tails on.
leohtbaere
those are edible
alantosai
mmmmm chitin
65454685132465846865163
Eating octopus is fucked up, beyond the fact that they taste gross, they're also really intelligent animals
owlcatsanctuary101
So does that mean we can eat dumb people?
mrputter
๐๐ฉ'๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ถ๐ช ๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ธ'๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ถ ๐'๐ญ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐จ๐ข๐ฉ'๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฉ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฏ.
ps238principal
In France, what do they call "Tentacles With Cheese"?
MKUltraMega
tentacule et du fromage
GNiko
Ursula.
WhenInDoubtC4
Que?
ElbowDeepInUserSub
Chtulu Royale?
Sprinx
lmao
evilgendo
mrputter
Cthulu au Fromage.
WoodORama
Back to your lab, Dexter.
metalrulercid
Qui a coupรฉ le frommaaaaage ?
samwyze
This has been Frenching with Freakazoid.
mt77932
I get that reference gif
pelon365
Don't eat octopus people they're way too cool for that
PrincessWasabi
Theyโre way too smart for that as well
PickledRaisins
Octopus people are a thing?
ydwyrd
AnyUsernameWillDoForMe
Shush theyโre delicious.
CameForTheBooty
I mean, cheese is good, but why putting cheese everywhere? Sorry for the unpopular opinion
gobblinal
The cheese I'm okay with. It's all the other seafood that's turning my stomach.
TheNihilistsParadoxicalWashingMachine
It's to hide the fact there's a frog at the bottom.
camvani
it's queso fundido
PleasantPeasantPheasant
No this was my thought too, cheese with fish does not sound like a good combo.
SpoilsburyToastMan
Salmon and cream cheese says you're wrong. Tuna cheddar melts are backing them up. White fish with parsely and cheese sauce would also like a word...
SpoilsburyToastMan
Sorry, that first one should be "smoked salmon and cream cheese".
Sheldonian
The black bowl is a molcajete and the dish is also called a molcajete, in this case, it is a molcajete de mariscos (shellfish) there are also molcajetes of beef, chicken and other meats. It has become a popular dish to share with other people at the table. The idea is to make tacos with the things in the molcajete (but it's optional)
anujvelu
Thanks for the info. Very interesting.
UnattendedDeviant
Thanks for that info.
Calicoastin818
Sharing?
Sheldonian
That's optional too of course
CallsYouATosser
Reminds me of paella but without the rice and room to stretch out and get comfy.
scienz
You should also add, it's absolutely delicious. Those cactus are called nopales, and they're great.
cmsport2
What does cactus taste like?
Sheldonian
Oh it's great specially I love it in a taco with beef because it adds some acidity but not a lot, you just add some nopal strips. In texture it is also great, very satisfying to bite, the only issue is that as you cook it instead of realeasing water it releases a slimy substance, the one in the video is overcooked but that's how you get rid of all the slime, but there are other ways of getting rid of most of the slime without overcook it by just putting the chopped nopal on a strainer
Imalwaysready
Only two tentacles and you want me to share? As if!
OutOfTheHat
now I'm hungry. but it's waay too much cheese.
camvani
you dont have to eat it all you know?
OutOfTheHat
I like cheese. The problem -- that much cheese sort of dulls the flavor of everything else. Then again, a molcajete is usually very spicy, so the cheese might calm it down... uhmmm... 2 to go please!
FallingStar7669
That's great. .... but maybe they could use a slightly larger molcajete for this...?
Sheldonian
Here you go
idonthaveanyideawhatthehelliamtalkingabout
Slightly larger, same amount of stuff in it
Sheldonian
Instructions unclear
Willowknowsall
Sooo good my favorite what's the green thing they give you with it
camvani
well theres cactus, green onions, jalapeรฑos and avocado
Sheldonian
... The molcajete originally is and was used since pre-hispanic times as a mortar to grind things to make salsas or moles, even to grind corn for tortillas, and the green thing at the beginning is a grilled nopal (prickly pear)
GRZMNKY
Say molcajete one more time...
DiabloGrandeArts
Can confirm. Grew up in northern Mexico. I never liked nopales, but I would go ham on a molcajete de res.
Dolenmorgul
Not gonna lie, that looks horrible
tazedconfused
It looks really good, filled with 1/3 of that shit I won't even touch
chbarts
I'm going to blame that on them doing dumb stuff for Instagram, as opposed to the food itself being bad.
onecowboytoo
You don't eat it that way. You are supposed to make tacos with the ingredients so shrimp for some, squid for some, etc.
MrStealUrChange
I was gonna say that looks God damn amazing. To each their own though. More for me!
4etherling
Crazy, I was just thinking that is the best looking molcajete I have ever seen.
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
Id fuck this dish up, it wants to be inside me.
onecowboytoo
You don't eat it that way. You are supposed to make tacos with the ingredients so shrimp for some, squid for some, etc.
phalanxausage
I agree. It's a terrible final product made almost entirely out of wonderful things.
so1oeclipse
Yโall are boring
SugarGnome
I'm with you that looks dreadful...
Schlenda
Yeah, I guess it's an American thing. I love your burgers but too often you just lose it.
PithyCommentBelow
Thereโs no way this is an American thing.
4etherling
It's actually a Mexican thing. Molcajete. You're supposed to use it to make tacos for a group.
Schlenda
That makes sense now
camvani
this is actually not an american thing, you share the meal and make tacos out of different meats
Trainman
I think it just seems unnecessarily messy/overstuffed. Like no one has even taken a bite yet and already there is overflowing sauce all over the paper on the bottom. Seems fun in concept, but maybe just not great in practice.
OverSpiced
I was thinking the frog is a little understuffed and fell kinda flat.
JaimeLannistersRightHand
Tons of videos are like this for some reason... Starts off looking amazing, then halfway through you're thinking "Nah, that's too much"
ButLogicallyTho
Half way thru i went from "oh yeah" to "this is too much for me, thats like 3 meals worth." Honestly sad that these videos are often like that, its either over portioned and wasteful or over portioned and unhealthy
Krakencrotch
Other people saying this is meant to be shared between folks at the table but still, this presentation is just shit
Frodyne
Yes, there are so many of these restaurant "look at our food" pictures/videos that feature horrid creations that just overflow their container and run all over the place. I mean, the food probably tastes good, but why would I want to eat it from something that is two sizes too small where half the food ends up on the table - or worse in my lap...
MrStealUrChange
Isn't that like half the hype of a sloppy Joe!?!?@?
ilejk
It just kept getting worse. I think I saw intestine or something
Wharrgarrble
Better, it gets better
MeowWoof
That was octopus
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Talapia, shrimp, chicken, steak, octopus, sausage, jalapenos, cactus, cheese, limes. Not sure what the seared stick are.
HiHowAreYou92
Looks like haloumi
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Huh, it does kind of look like that. That would be an odd topping for a multi-yeti.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Molcajete*
HiHowAreYou92
Me too
WoodORama
I like 'multi-yeti' way better.
Seggs
Is the frog going to be ok
ChicksDigTrucks
Yeah, this is just the frog peeling. You can peel a frog 2-3 times a year and it grows back.
UnattendedDeviant
Professional stunt frog hired for video purposes. He's alright.
MeowWoof
Higure
The pot was already boiling, so the frog will notice the heat and get out.
YELLOWnotYELLOW
I totally thought that was a frog
2B4UALL
He is already flat out
fatherted
It's just his pajama
TCGView
That's cactus. I hear it's not bad.
TruthofOne
I was thinking the same thing, why is there a skinned frog in that?!
Sheldonian
It's nopal (cactus, prickly pear) it's awesome to eat in your taco with other things
heyguysimisaac
What about the octopus?
alwaysupvotecats
Thank you
nullbr
he's going to be delicious
SVMerlin
Precisely my thought.
Jaqdakloun
Yes, it uh, just disrobed to take a bath.
BedBatmanBeyond
It's not wednesday yet my dude
HarryBlackstoneCopperfieldDresdenIsMyPatronus
He's fine. He's had a long day. He's just sleeping.
jorgeanyday
F u. But thank you? Now I can't unsee?
TheOneAndOnlyButtStabber
you talking about the roasted pepper that looks like frog skin?
ThatSonOfaBitch
I think it's roasted cactus. But now I can't see unsee the frog. XD
fukkatsu
Bless you, I had a heart attack for a minute
DoctorWhoandDallasCowboys
I was certain it was a skinned frog
TripUpStairs
Thank you! I was wondering. It grows in Hawaii too, but I dont see prickly pear on plates.
jg03278888
Thank God for that. I saw a frog and it ruined this gif for me
kikimikibu
I was sure it was a frog! I hope you're correct! ๐คฃ
QuartzBlue
Oh thank goodness I'm not the only one that saw that. I was CONCERNED. I mean I know eating frogs is a thing but that looked like a deflated frog.
cuddleskunk
"...iiittt...iiitt'sss nnoottott Wedndndnesdaaay annnnymooorrre..."
SophieClockwise
No.
Phazoner
I haven't seen any food close to be that disgusting. Ever.
queefteef
Wat the actual fuq
DuffyMx
yuck.
spiderzim
AndThenThereWereSquirrels
this is the least appetizing thing i've ever seen
MattJeffery
What, you don't mix your blood jelly with burnt hay?
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
I am wondering what the charcoal is for, and flovorwise be strong enough to knock back the blood flavor.
SVMerlin
Good god. This is horrible!
GuyleDoucheFieldReporter
Whereโs the second one where she takes a bite out of the side of its stomach?
Apothecarius
Goddamn nightmare fuel, every single part of it.
davescifi1350
At least the frog is dead
MeatPopsicleMultiPass
I've had fried frog legs, but this is pretty fuckin nasty.
KeyMasher
This kills the frog.
NeverConfusedForNaught
It's a being food coma
Arfulblastskat
Uh, I have traveled as a backpacker through very small, rural towns in North Loas during the morning rush. I have seen things for sale as food, and being openly consumed, .... no wait, openly enjoyed! Which make this seem refined. Living tarantula, flash fried mice babies, un-hatched, but living song bird eggs, living bats simply de-fur-ed over an open flame and stuffed whole in the mouth!
ComcastLover
That's pretty cruel
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KingXizor
The... The frogs are not alive for this process.
ComcastLover
They were breathing when she picked them up
HypoMix
I think its alive when she picks it up, but dead when she is filling it.
HerpDerpYouAreDumb
No it wasn't.
Hobbit7416
Looked alive when she put it back in the steamer, couldn't watch the rest. Thats a certain NO from me.
HerpDerpYouAreDumb
No. No it wasn't.