Tacos Al Pastor

By jen

Ok, i have been having a hankering for Tacos al Pastor for a while.  Then I saw some joint on Diners Drive Ins and Dives where this guy was making them and it seemed a bit more in the realm of what I can pull off in the kitchen.  Given the fact that the pork is generally done on a vertical rotisserie like the lamb you would get at the local gyro joint I was really not thinking this could be pulled off in the house.  I dug around on the net and found a bunch of different ways to do it and sort of meshed the best of the ones I found and as we speak I have a some pig marinating in a combination of chiles, citrus, and just about everything else that can make it look and smell more middle eastern than Mexican.  In a few hours I shall toss it in a smoking hot pan and damn near burn it.  Top it with some cilantro and some pineapple and mmm good.

While I was reading on the net I found out the answer to a question that has been perplexing me for several years.  The questions:  Why does everyone think I am Lebanese?   Hell, Lebanese people think i am Lebanese.  Anyway, I always said it must be the special mutation that occurs when you mix cajun DNA and Mexican DNA.    I found out in some article that Lebanese folks immigrated to Mexico and brought with them some of the arab type spices and whatnot that you run across in some regional Mexican foods including Tacos al Pastor.  Also, they seem to have given the world another dish, Salma Hayek who is a Lebanese Mexican chica.  Why can’t I look like Salma?  I got the rack but I didn’t get the ass, damn shame.

Anyway, I shall write later and tell you how amazing they were.  If it is delicious i will post the recipe.