That prime rib look outstanding! I like how you're not fucking around with the SV and going big the way you do. Baddass bro.
Sounds like your slicer gets used more than mine
I bought mine maybe 10 years ago and have probably used it 6-7 times. Every now and then I'll put a chuck roast out on the Santa Maria rotisserie then shave it down for lunch meat. Used it a couple other times for large blocks of cheese but yeah it stays out in the laundry room.
The SA puffy taco is something of a legend and has a little bit of Hatfields and McCoy thing between the two brothers who invented it in the 1950s, Ray & Henry Lopez. Some claim it was done earlier around 1938 but Ray and Henry are considered where it started. And those things are the fucking pride of San Antonio! When it comes to Tex-Mex cuisine, it starts with the puffy taco.
In fact now you got me craving some and might need to take a drive. There's a pretty good spot here in Austin with some great puffy tacos but Ray's or Henry's down in SA is worth the trip. I'm already on a taco bender too. I get this craving and I'll eat tacos until there are no more tacos to be had!
The big difference between what I did in that post and the real puffy is deep frying.
On the griddle they'll puff up but then deflate once I put them in the tortilla warmer. I like doing it because that hot air keeps the warmer warm and they get a little steamed from it.
Deep frying a tortilla does the same thing but it will stay puffy since it's fried to a crisp.
The trick though is the tool used to fold it and keep it puffy otherwise if it stays flat it's a tostada. And that tool was kept secret by the two brothers for decades like it was cold war nuclear codes or something. But word got out eventually and those rumors eventually turned into what we see today in taco shell tongs.
Speaking of tacos my wife considers this blasphemy but I don't give a fuck! I'm a gringo on a taco bender and aint nothing gonna stop me, she can only hope to contain me.
I took her chicken + rice and red mole sauce with a little shredded gruyere and made it into tacos last night.
Her sauce is so good she could sell it. She does it with chicken but with hints of Caribbean and coastal Mexico flavors in there I've convinced her we should do it with shrimp, tilapia, and even a vegan one with squash and root veggies. Could even use it as an enchilada sauce.
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