“Many ethnic dishes in America are “Peasant Food”.”
100%. The state foods of Texas (or at least they should be), chicken fried steak and enchiladas, are pure low-class fare. German immigrants wanting for native schnitzel made of pork loin took beef cube steak, tenderized it, breaded it like the schnitzel, and, fried it like the schnitzel to make what we know today as chicken fried steak.
The staples common to most every Mexican family in days past were corn and wheat (tortillas), juevos, and, rice. Meat would consist of chicken or beef. You don’t hear much of pork enchiladas but I do know one place that makes them and they are great. Combine them all together and you get what is a No. 2 or No. 3 or No. 4 in just about any diner or Mexican food place in the state. Ironically, some of the best enchiladas I ever had were from a BBQ joint in North Texas.
The one in Godley?