Iluvtobake...(can I shorten that to luv?) glad you liked and enjoyed the black bean recipe. Thank you. I agree, the citrus gave it a nice twist and bright flavor. The acid from it also helps 'tenderize' the beans while they cook as well as tasting quite yummy.
Was laughing as I too have an addiction to cookbooks and love collecting them. Second hand book stores are one of my favorite places to check for them. Not sure if you have any around your area but they are a treasure trove. Garage and estate sales are also good places and I've found some nice 'vintage' cookbooks there. Haven't found anything for S.American cooking either, sadly. That is all the more why I value my friend's recipes. They are unique.
Sean........ glad you liked the looks of dinner. It was yummy, if I do say so myself! As for the poppers, I can't take credit for those. That is my husband's recipe and he cooked them. As for making them, the husband said to cook them indirect at 250 or 275 for a couple of hours until done. Just turn once or twice on the grill. Don't need toothpicks as the bacon sticks to the pepper and constricts and shrinks as it cooks and will stay on the pepper.
Also said the best mix is cream cheese with taco seasoning and some corn and tiny raw lumps of either shrimp or crab. Use about a teaspoon (like the literal teaspoon from your silverware set not a measuring 'teaspoon') or teaspoon and a half of filling to stuff the pepper and then wrap it.
His favorite brand of bacon is the Hormel black label. Not too fatty or greasy but gets crisp without burning and hangs on good. He said he also likes the cream cheese filling over regular cheese. Reason being the regular cheese all oozes out and none is left in the pepper. The cream cheese stays put. A little will come out but very little and 95% stays in the pepper while cooking.
So those were the husband's 'notes' on the poppers. He is on a BBQ grilling forum and these are pics he posted from his 'cook'. I'm sharing with his permission.
raw ingredients....
stuffed, wrapped and ready to go...
on the grill cooking...
done and ready to eat!
