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Post your best Mexican Food Recipes
16 March 2006 | expatguy

Posted on 03/15/2006 9:54:16 PM PST by expatguy

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To: andyk
LOL, I make Bambi burritos!

I bet they are deerlicious! We actually call our moose burritos, "moo burritos", but I knew folks wouldn't understand that term, nor our "boo burritos" (caribou).

41 posted on 03/15/2006 10:28:06 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: antidisestablishment

Cant use Lard in a Muslim country here - so that is out - what can I use instead?


42 posted on 03/15/2006 10:28:44 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: RandallFlagg

I love being a copycat. thanks!


43 posted on 03/15/2006 10:29:11 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Andy'smom; bradactor; politicalwit; Spunky; mplsconservative; don-o; boadecelia; freeangel; ...

FOOD PING....
Yummy Mexican food.


44 posted on 03/15/2006 10:29:56 PM PST by HungarianGypsy (I'm writing a post to a message board. I don't care if it's not grammatically perfect.)
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To: Chena

I love these threads. They're hard to read while stuck at work for 12 hours, though.


45 posted on 03/15/2006 10:31:13 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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To: expatguy
. . . absolute best authentic Mexican food recipes . . .

Not to be too picky, but that is the wrong request.  The way we fix (Tex) Mexican food in San Antonio is a lot different than they do in El Paso.  Then again, they're closer to the real thing.  :-)

Calabacita con Pollo

Rita Fischer contributed this recipe to a cookbook I use from time to time.  It's her Mexican Grandmother's recipe.  If she were still around, Grandma would be something over a hundred years old.  So, I guess it qualifies as authentic.  And, best of all, it sure is good.

4  small chicken breasts
2  tablespoons olive oil
1  teaspoon cumin seed, crushed
3  large cloves garlic, minced
1  small white onion, chopped
    kernels from 2 fresh ears of corn on the cob of 1.5 cups frozen corn (fresh is best, if you can get it)
1  large pattypan squash or 2 medium zucchini
1  10 oz can diced tomatoes with roasted garlic
.5-1  cup water
    salt and pepper

Cut chicken breasts into bite size pieces.  Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large skillet.  Saute chicken with half of the cumin seed and half of the garlic until brown.  Add onion halfway through browning.  While chicken is browning, remove corn from cob and dice squash.  When chicken is browned, add remaining incgredients, including enough water to achieve desired consistency.  Cover pan and simmer until squash and corn are tender.

Made in Texas H-E-B's 100th Anniversary Cookbook

Where will you get the tortillas?

If you want to improvise, toss in hot peppers to taste.  I do.

46 posted on 03/15/2006 10:34:14 PM PST by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: RandallFlagg

I do to, and thankfully my workspace has a stove, frig, freezer and INGREDIENTS! LOL (I'm a homemaker and love to cook for my men)


47 posted on 03/15/2006 10:36:21 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Chena

Kopycat! ;-)


48 posted on 03/15/2006 10:37:50 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: Racehorse

Sounds yummy. Now i have a recipe for the next time my produce co-op orders pattypan squash.


49 posted on 03/15/2006 10:39:07 PM PST by HungarianGypsy (I'm writing a post to a message board. I don't care if it's not grammatically perfect.)
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To: Racehorse

Sounds good! I'll share this with my daughter-in-love. Her family lives in San Antonio.


50 posted on 03/15/2006 10:40:06 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Hiya Joe! I'm invisible as we speak. LOL


51 posted on 03/15/2006 10:40:56 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Racehorse
Well being from Texas, Im not going to get into the authenticity debate - but I can understand exactly where you are coming from.

I surprise a lot of people overseas when I explain to them that fajitas are not Mexican food. They are from Texas.

Believe it or not, but tortillas (without lard) are imported here from California I believe - both corn and flour -

52 posted on 03/15/2006 10:41:34 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: expatguy

meowwww.... ;)


53 posted on 03/15/2006 10:42:04 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Chena

I can't see you.


54 posted on 03/15/2006 10:43:01 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: expatguy
"Cant use Lard in a Muslim country here - so that is out - what can I use instead?"

A Filipino outfit called CIIF has something they call PLS (Pork Lard Substitute) - will this work?

http://www.ciif.ph/ciif/export.htm#8
55 posted on 03/15/2006 10:43:18 PM PST by decal (My name is "decal" and I approve this tagline)
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To: Chena

I can't see you, but I can see what you are saying.


56 posted on 03/15/2006 10:43:47 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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To: expatguy

Diana Kennedy's cookbooks are excellent. Cuisines of Mexico or My Mexico, especially. Be prepared, however - this is not Tex-Mex.


57 posted on 03/15/2006 10:43:54 PM PST by Rte66
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To: expatguy

Dang, I'm good, ain't I? Have litter box and NO one wants to even GO there. ;)


58 posted on 03/15/2006 10:45:02 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: decal

Manteca


59 posted on 03/15/2006 10:45:11 PM PST by Rte66
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To: expatguy

You can see what I'm saying? Guess I'd better catapult myself elsewhere. ;)


60 posted on 03/15/2006 10:46:39 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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