"THE NEW TAMALE"

Toasted Nori seaweed sheets filled with short grain brown rice and...almost infinite choices!

I am talking about making a new "tamale", a "Renegade Wrap" (John Boswell's label), something portable to eat on the move that won't kill you.

Imagine this one--toasted nori sheets filled with organic short grain brown rice, pinto beans, sharp cheddar cheese, and sliced jalapenos. Some bits of umeboshi salted plum for those who favor the sour and salty taste.

I don't see any sushi tuna swimming around the Lubbock area, but pinto beans are plentiful. This combination has a lot of what current science is saying to eat--whole grains, complex carbs, spicy food, trace minerals.

Portable, replicable, tasty, easy to make, understandable, simple.

Menu item Number One--NORIMAKI SUSHI--West Texas style.

Sushi means "rice sandwich" in Japanese. The filling doesn't need to include raw fish.

This is fun. Keep on rolling...