Papas+arrugadas+and+mojo

PAPAS ARRUGADAS AND MOJO

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__This is a typical Canarian song. It is about the canary mojo. It is very funny, isn't it?__


 * Mojo** is the name, or abbreviated name, of several types of sauces, varying in spiciness, that originated in the Canary Islands. [[image:http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_I9qWtEWWIlc/Sy8z862UJrI/AAAAAAAAAIg/V6T1oRJ5YGY/s400/Papas+arrugadas+y+mojo+rojo.JPG width="298" height="230"]][[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTATUVDCnyGaD3-Eo1S2sipy4Xt_znLvTq2O2pbM1K1z_pWTXvi6Q width="304" height="166"]]


 * The basic recipe** consists of olive oil, large amounts of garlic, paprika and cumin. Flavorings such as vinegar, lemon, orange or lime juice may be added. The most typical use of this hot sauce seems to be //papas arrugadas con salsa mojo//, or //potatoes with mojo//. Mojo is also commonly served with fresh bread rolls at the beginning of a meal. Similar sauces, also known as //mojo//, are also popular in Cuba and throughout the islands of the Caribbean, Hispanic or non-Hispanic, due to heavy Canarian emigration to the Caribbean, and have even influenced some barbecue sauces in the Deep South region of the United States, particularly the states of Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. [[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNjcvwOrQHvf3AauJEbl6Ey8Glsnu7h6-N1u4Yrs5Qj4auhJ1bOTBzKig3ng width="151" height="113"]]**The potatoes with mojo are delicious.**

The dish is made from small new potatoes which are cleaned (but not peeled), then boiled in water (originally in seawater, but it is more usual that salt is added to the water in the boiling process) and then baked in their skins until they become shrivelled. Alternatively, in some recipes, after cooking in salted water most of the water is discarded and the small amount that remains is boiled away until the potatoes become dry. This leaves them with a characteristic dry salt crust on their skins. The potatoes have to be the smallest the cook can find; otherwise, the potatoes will lose their supposed flavor and they will not absorb all the sauce. **They are considered one of the most unusual dishes in all Spanish cuisine, and a very exotic dish, especially for tourists or even Spaniards who aren't born in the Canary Islands.**
 * Canarian wrinkly potatoes** is a traditional baked potato dish eaten in the Canary Islands. They are usually served with a pepper sauce, called Mojo, or as an accompaniment to meat dishes.