A Hunger for Frito Pie, From the Artery-Clogged Heart of Texas

The New York Times ^ | February 21, 2003 | JOHN SCHWARTZ

[TADSLOS]

Chow Down!!

[CholeraJoe]

Wolf Brand is THE best canned chili in the US. My recipe for "North Texas Red" is better but takes a day and a half to make.

[knak]

oh man, did you have to do that?

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

My wife is from Minnesota, and she makes a GREAT Frito pie (not quite as much jalapeno as I want, but I am free to add all I want once it's on my plate!). By the way, she denies ever having eaten "Lutefisk", and does not "crave" it.

[jellybean]

YUMMMMMMM!!! Can't wait to try this!!

[TADSLOS]

No self respectin' Texan puts Mexican strawberry's in his chile.

[TaqueriaFanatic]

I lived in Massachusetts for four years, and I missed a lot about Texas at that time. The worst Mexican food I had was in a "Mexican" restaurant in Great Barrington, Mass., At that restaurant they charged for the tostadas ( a big sin in Texas). Once ,when I was still there , I made some excellent Texas style nachos for some locals; they loved it, it was the first time they had nachos in their lives, imagine! I also grew some Jalapenos in Massachusetts on a small plot of land nearby; I started them from seed in a greenhouse in February and trsferred them to the ground at the end of May. The local critters ate half of my tomato plants, but did not touch the Jalapenos.

[Larry Lucido]

Mmmm. Microwaved Moon Pie!

[ken5050]

Tonight, I'm gonna fry ice cream....I'll give you a report tomorrow...

[MarkL]

I recently found that the HyVee near my house in Lee's Summit, MO (after YEARS of pleading) is now carrying Nathan's Famous beef franks (and the mustard, too!). Tonight, for dinner, it'll be a few franks w/ mustard, kraut, and some Sabrett onions in sauce, finished with some tums or rolaids!

Every time I go back to NY, the one place I must eat is Nathans!

Mark

[Will]

Now, everyone knows the only real BarBQ in existenxe is produced in a narrow band between Memphis, Tennessee and Macon, Georgia bounded on the north by Decatur, Alabama and and on the south by Birmingham.

[areafiftyone]

I used to love Armour Chili and use to eat it when I was a kid. Do they still make it? I live in New York and all you can buy now is Hormel which is like soup.

[AppyPappy]

The deer here ate my habaneros and jalapenos. Wiped them out.

[Ichneumon]

Now that you've posted this, I wonder how many freepers will be eating Frito Pie tonight?

"Tonight", hell, it's lunch time!

Actually, even better than homemade is the chili pie at James Coney Island in Houston.

[Aquinasfan]

Frito pie sounds good. Spaghetti pie's pretty good too.

[MarkL]

Now, everyone knows the only real BarBQ in existenxe is produced in a narrow band between Memphis, Tennessee and Macon, Georgia bounded on the north by Decatur, Alabama and and on the south by Birmingham.

Them's fighting words!

Mark

[expatguy]

Being a Texpatriate myself I can truly emphasize with this. Going shopping here in Malaysia to one of the two small stores that carry imported food is an adventure everytime because you never know what they have in stock this time.

I still remember a few years ago getting a call from a friend up in Penang working for Dell computer asking me if I was able to "score" some Monterrey Jack cheese or not. I drove 200 miles one night with 20lbs of cheese in an ice chest and exchanged it for Pace picante sauce.

[brewcrew]

3) Add cheese. Velveeta is fine.

Not in Wisconsin it's not. Otherwise this sounds delicious.

[AppyPappy]

Shoot. That's pig-flavored soup.

[Jerry_M]

Frito Pie.

First concocted at:

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The Woolworths on the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico!

Sorry, Texans.