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To: dainbramaged
Mexican food is quite bland to me and guacamole is the most over rated glop they make.
Why do they have to re-fry the beans? Couldn't get it right the first time?

Anyone can make bad food in any language. I’m sure a little discernment is all you will need to enjoy comida sabrosa! Gaucamole is best when fresh with ripe avocados. Run away from preprocessed crap. Never use mayonnaise or aioli, no matter what those celebrity perv chefs tell ya.

Refritos are not all the same. In Spanish California the pinquito beans were smashed a bit and fried almost like a pancake, often with walnut oil and spices. In northern New Mexico folks prefer whole pinto beans fried just a bit and fried sauce made from smashed beans, oil, spices, and sometimes a bit of masa. My friends from the Yucatán seem to have an infinite number of ways to prepare beans and often include Caribbean spices and fruit as a salsa cruda.

here is a nice cookbook which contains a lot of familiar recipes: Comida Sabrosa. If you are an experienced cook you might also try this cookbook: Nopalito.

25 posted on 06/05/2021 3:49:25 PM PDT by no-s (Soap box, ballot box, jury box, cartridge box...you know how it goes...)
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To: no-s

Those links don’t work, and I’m interested.


33 posted on 06/05/2021 4:02:36 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: no-s

https://www.amazon.com/Comida-Sabrosa-Home-Style-Southwestern-Cooking/dp/0826323863


34 posted on 06/05/2021 4:05:36 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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https://www.amazon.com/Nopalito-Mexican-Kitchen-Gonzalo-Guzm%C3%A1n/dp/0399578285


35 posted on 06/05/2021 4:07:56 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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