Jim -- I would try a Diana Kennedy cookbook. She has fabulous mole recipes. If you don't have access to one, let me know and I will post a recipe or two from mine. By the way, though, it is really a superb CH book. Matt ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T. Matthew Evans Graduate Research Assistant Geosystems Group, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology URL: www.prism.gatech.edu/~gte964w ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Jim Nelson Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 8:49 PM To: Chile Heads Post Subject: [CH] In Search of - - - A Mole Negro receipe Greetings pods News update, first ripe Red Savina was found hiding in the bush today, a sign that the season of El Grande in Northern California is upon me. As I was out there identifying the chocolate habs and other new pods for this year, LSS (long suffering spouse) has inquired again what I plan to do with the unusual varieties this year ( yes a common question for us all, but I digress). I calmly reported back that this year I plan to make mole negro. LSS smiles knowingly having attempted this before and discovered that it is frequently a day long process if one has twenty odd years of experience and if not can be twice as long with disappointing results. The gauntlet having thus been cast (and getting a jar from the store and faking it out of the question . . . at least for now), Does anyone have a coherent recipe they could share? For those of you have been there I am aiming at an outcome similar to what one can get , for example, at La Fuente in Tucson ( usual disclaimer that I only wish I had a financial interest so I could convince them to give me the recipe) and thus is quite dark and in the intermediate heat range.