[Dawgreg]

It’s the gravy.....the brown gravy.....I hate the red sauce and have sent my food back if it didn’t have the chili gravy on it. I’ve tried to make it myself and no matter what I do I can’t seem to cook it long enough to get the flour taste out. I wish I could taste my grandmothers’ dough and fat menu one more time, except hers was far from bland. That woman could cook. We used to buy the Patio Mexican Dinners too......just a thing of the past now I guess. Can’t find them......and we ate them in recent years too, not just when we were younger.......sigh

[Jamestown1630]

I don’t think they’re made anymore - I haven’t seen them in the store in about 8 years.

Apparently Costco used to have a ‘Don Miguel’ brand; maybe they still do. I’ve tried the ‘Annie’s’ but they’re just not the same - probably too healthy to be like the old ones ;-)

Here’s a thread where folks are waxing nostalgic about them:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=614401

-JT