tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661206873613003503.post6317633388391330021..comments2023-12-20T05:18:45.590-06:00Comments on The 39 Steeps: Rick Bayless's Xoco. I have never had hot chocolate before now.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661206873613003503.post-32743250933019487332011-11-17T12:53:51.599-06:002011-11-17T12:53:51.599-06:00I know most "normal" people think chocol...I know most "normal" people think chocolate when they see xoco (xocolotl, which technically didn't mean chocolate at all, it referred to a corn-based drink), but when I see xoco, I think xoconostle.<br /><br />See a <a href="http://cazort.net/photos/xoconostle-cactus-pears" rel="nofollow">picture of xoconostle</a>. I have yet to try one. Esoteric, I know.<br /><br />=)<br /><br />And when I went back to that market later, I saw no fewer than THREE different types of cactus pears...Alex Zorachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335878680429494039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-661206873613003503.post-20526697211385320522011-11-13T16:39:24.507-06:002011-11-13T16:39:24.507-06:00Dear Management. It is so good to have you back -...Dear Management. It is so good to have you back - I love your blog. I just discovered that all this appreciation of tea has also heightened my appreciation of coffee. As to hot chocolate, I am in love with the Mexican brand Abuela - grandmother in Spanish. Or I make my own - I never had Swiss Miss until I was an adult -ick! It does help out really bad coffe at meetings where that is your only option.Marlenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01075020988377774265noreply@blogger.com