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rsnlboi #as10 woman paid $8000 for her ticket and got kicked out for talking trash to kobe. smh

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Chorizo I want to buy a great chorizo sausage. Where is the best? I'm prefering dried, for slicing. But cooking with chorizo is also on my horizon, so fresh is great too. I hate the chorizo, for example, at whole foods. Ew. (Yeah, I know, I know...) Permalink | Reply George Aug 26, 2006 04:43AM 15 Replies so Far Are you referring to Mexican style chorizo? If so, best places are local carnicerias that make it fresh, but Carmelita brand is OK. I recommend longaniza style chorizo which uses higher quality meat pieces than the standard chorizo type. Permalink | Reply Ernie Aug 26, 2006 04:50AM try la espanola meats in harbor city. Permalink | Reply dano Aug 26, 2006 10:08AM The best, as far as I know: IBERICO CHORIZO FROM SPAIN, now available in USA. http://www.tienda.com/food/chorizoibe... Permalink | Reply RicRios Aug 26, 2006 03:23PM Stater Brothers has a respectable chorizo at the meat counter. It's inexpensive, leaner than the packaged stuff and won't contain the surprises you sometimes get at the Carnicerias (hard white things that break your teeth) Permalink | Reply GoodEatz Aug 26, 2006 03:34PM I'd look around for Basque chorizo. It's generally the best. Permalink | Reply SteveTimko Aug 26, 2006 03:38PM surfas in culver city has spanish chorizo Permalink | Reply budlit Aug 26, 2006 04:09PM Although it has many supporters on this board, I'm actually not a huge fan of Guelaguetza (3335 1/4 W 8th St., (213) 427-0601), but I'll go out of my way to get their fresh home-made chorizo. Cooked down 'till it's all dense and crispy, then mixed in with fresh scrambled eggs, it's one of my all time favorite dishes. Really, really good stuff. (Throw in a couple of warm, handmade tortillas, and you've got a meal to remember.) Permalink | Reply David Kahn Aug 26, 2006 08:05PM Have you tried La Espanola? http://www.laespanolameats.com/Mercha... Edited to add: Oops! I hadn't noticed the previous poster's suggestion about it in Harbor City. La Española Meats, Inc. 25020 Doble Avenue Harbor City, CA 90710 Phone: (310) 539-0455 Fax: (310) 539-5989 E-mail: info@laespañolameats.com CUSTOMER SERVICE HOURS: Monday through Friday: 8:30am to 5:00pm Saturday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday: Closed STORE HOURS: Monday through Friday: 8:30am to 5:00pm Saturday: 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday: Closed Permalink | Reply PseudoNerd Aug 26, 2006 08:28PM I second La Espanola, that is where Surfas gets their Chorizo and they have SUCH a selection... you'll find what you need (And if you go... bug them to see when they can finally import Jamon... ;)) For Mexican kind, I perfer the finely ground slightly greasy ones from Mexican Markets. My favorite right now from Gigante... :) For the Meaty kind (which you might not like because it's similar to the ones at wholefoods), I love the ones from Bob's Market in Santa Monica... in fact, I picked up my stash from them yesterday... Yum!!! :) --Dommy! Permalink | Reply Dommy Aug 27, 2006 04:10PM re: Dommy Dommy, When Tiangis went out of business I lost my best source for Mexican chorizo and have been looking unsuccessfully since then. Can you tell me the general geographic area of Gigante Market? Thanks. Permalink | Reply SilverlakeGirl Sep 06, 2006 10:55PM re: SilverlakeGirl The BIG Mexican Chains are sadly VERY regional. It's like they have an 'understanding' what their 'turf' is so Sadly there is no Gigante near Silverlake. I would consider a good sub to be Jons or Vallarta in ELA (Vallarta is actually a Valley Chain, but htey opened a BEAUTIFUL store on Whittier recently) http://www.giganteusa.com/ http://www.vallartasupermarket.com/ Also try smaller Carneceria's... There are lots of little guys out there making AMAZING sausage. :) Finally, for a super market brand, Farmer John's Choritzo is the best, we like it better than the Carmelita brand... --Dommy! Permalink | Reply Dommy Sep 06, 2006 11:04PM re: Dommy In general, Bob's Market has excellent sausage selections and -- along with Sanchez Market for carne asada -- is a backyard grilling/tailgating at the Rose Bowl staple for me. Dommy -- I think we're from the same 'hood based on your posts -- what do you think of Top Value on Inglewood. I live around the corner and shop there all the time, but the specialties of a Mexican grocer are not something I grew up with. Any opinions on Parviz Cafe in front and the store in back? And did you know they'll be selling fresh tortillas any day now? Permalink | Reply PaulF Sep 06, 2006 11:05PM re: PaulF Yup, I'm now Culver City based... :) As for Top Valu, is truly BAD. They have no butcher, they often leave rotting fruit and veggies on display. They bakery is equally horrid, they can't even do a proper Bollio right!! Nope, Carneceria Sanchez is where it's it's at for meat and seafood and for more of a real shopping experience, it's SO WORTH it to get on the 405, exit century and head up to Gigante in Inglewood Plaza, the difference in WORLD apart... And they make their tortillas on site too, including the Jalapeno Tortillas I used to make this tostada! :) http://members.aol.com/pmgon/Chowhoun... --Dommy! Permalink | Reply Dommy Sep 06, 2006 11:11PM re: Dommy Thanks for the info and the tip on Gigante ... I live walking distance to Top Value so I pick up milk and cereal and stuff like that, hate their produce, though, unless I'm looking for an onion to slice for burgers, something like that. I will say that they have a pretty tasty family meal deal with rice, beans and rotisserie chicken that isn't too bad and they'll make a chicken burrito out of the rotisserie chicken which I like because they aren't using chicken soaking in liquid, they literally chop up a rotisserie chicken. But other than that, I drive to chain stores most of the time, instead of walking to Top V. It's a good neighborhood for family Mexican food in general: there are nice dishes to eat at Don Chuy's, Mi Ranchito, El Abajeno, Gallegos, the taco place at Washington and Centinela (Estillo?), Tacomiendo and there are some others opening all the time that I haven't tried yet. Sanchez Market rocks ... it's a good Chowy neighborhood in that respect Permalink | Reply PaulF Sep 06, 2006 11:32PM re: Dommy That tostada is now my desktop background. Looks great Permalink | Reply PaulF Sep 07, 2006 08:58PM La Espanola is incredible. Thank you all so much for these recs. Chorizo craving in hand! Permalink | Reply George Sep 06, 2006 09:07PM

Downloaded that Heavy Rain demo. Definitely a good game. I wish they'd make more games in that genre.

The trick in my situation is that there was no trick, no matter what the movies tell you. No rules, no secret mantra, no road map. It wasn't about how smart or how good you were. It was chaos and luck, and anyone who thought different was a fool. All you could do was to hang on madly, as long and hard as you could.

A gunshot boomed and she fell down in slow-motion. She was a nice girl, not really a stone-cold killer, and now she was stone-cold dead.

Life was good. A house on the Jersey side across the river. The smell of freshly cut lawns. The sounds of children playing. A beautiful wife and a baby girl. The American dream come true. But dreams have a nasty habit of going bad when you're not looking.