Great Barbers Eat Plants

I got a kick out of Trump´s visit to the Knockout Barbershop at 1189 Castle Hill Avenue, around the corner from me. It turned out, of course that Trump was entirely correct in sensing that people are ready for change, and with the team he brought in, he also showed he is ready for change.

To celebrate the positive mood, we organized a plant-based lunch for the crew. 

Clearly. this stuff went over really well. I kept it moderately spicy, and that worked out well, as always when you do not know your crowd in advance.

For the occasion, owner Javier Rodriguez donned his T-shirt

MAKE BARBERS GREAT AGAIN

And people were really enjoying the food.

And some people came back again and again.

It started out with a trickle, but once I announced I was leaving, the food disappeared very fast.

Javier Rodriguez sampling the food.

We had one box of  Black Bean Salsa

Ingredients

2 cans of black beans, drained

One 15 Oz can of Corn

Bunch of fresh Cilantro

1-2 celery stalks, sliced thin

Juice of 2-3 limes (depending on how juicy the lime)

16 Oz jar of medium green salsa

Liberal amount of pickled jalapenos.

Directions

Soak and Cook the beans with a kombu strip (Abt. 45 mins.), or simply drain the cans and rinse the beans.

Slice the peppers, especially the hot ones, as thin as possible, and small chunks.

Celery also, paper thin slices are the way to go, that way, the taste blends throughout. (Use the mandoline).

Wash and chop up the cilantro

Add lime juice, mix in the black beans and the salsa.

Mix well.

And we had:

Cactus Salad - Ensalada de Nopales

It all started with Tacqueria Tlaxcalli 
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Ingredients

Cactus leaves

Red Onions

Tomato

Pressed Tofu in lieu of ch

2-3 TBS¨P of nutritional yeast

Cilantro

(Mexican) Oregano

Sliced Radish 

Serrano peppers or pickled Jalapeño

3/2/1 dressing with lemon and lime

a sprinkle of Green Salt

Pepper to taste

Directions

Cut the nopales paddles in 1/2" strips and cut those to 1" lenghts. Cooked: boil the nopales paddles in ample water for 15-20 mins with a small onion and some garlic in the water.Let cool.

Place the nopales in a large bowl; add the chopped tomato, onion, serrano peppers, radish and cilantro. Mix the ingredients.

In a separate bowl mix the dressing with oregano, salt, and pepper.

Add this to the nopales mixture and stir.

Top the salad with crumbled fresh cubed tofu and the nutritional yeast and avocado slices.

(Radishes go well with this salad also).

Eat with corn tortillas or tostadas.

And they still have the picture of Trump coming to visit the shop.

Lots of fun was had by all. 

We'll do it again after the inauguration.