The 44th TPBM Random Chat and Leg Lamp Compactor

Belmondo wrote in post #12248684
Mmmmmmm. Sounds wonderful!! We've made many wonderful Mexican friends here in the desert, and a few of them know of my fondness for Mexican food, especially tamales. I've had just about every variant you might imagine. The most unusual had cranberries in the masa. The color was unusual, but just a touch of sweetness made it truly delicious.

That sounds good....I wonder if I can convince my grandmother to add cranberries just to try it out. She makes them now that she no longer goes to Mexico.

3Turner wrote in post #12248545
<=== Had tacos for lunch.

You had me all envious, until......

3Turner wrote in post #12248633
Oops, sorry...they were Taco Bell too.

.....this. I love tacos and lots of other Mexican food. We make it all the time. Taco Bell is so bland unless you use their sauce which is not that great. Plus, I maybe weigh on the north side of 200, but I am a lightweight compared to most of the patrons there.

3Turner wrote in post #12248664
I love homemade tamales.

My grandmother used to go to Mexico every holiday season between Thanksgiving and Christmas to visit her sister and also bring back several orders of homemade tamales from a lady that would sell them for a living....I'm talkin' like 20 dozen tamales. Which of course would be eaten up by the family during the Xmas get-togethers. my favorite ones the lady would make were white masa, filled with chicken and instead of being wrapped in a corn husk, they were wrapped in a large spinich leaf. So you ate them whole, spinich wrapping n all. They were delicious! I'd ask my grandmother to buy me 3 dozen each time she went.

Mmmm.....now those sounds great. I love the spinach leaf idea.

Hey!!! A Snake 3fer.

BearLeeAlive wrote in post #12248826
You had me all envious, until......

.....this. I love tacos and lots of other Mexican food. We make it all the time. Taco Bell is so bland unless you use their sauce which is not that great. Plus, I maybe weigh on the north side of 200, but I am a lightweight compared to most of the patrons there.

Mmmm.....now those sounds great. I love the spinach leaf idea.

Hey!!! A Snake 3fer.

I like to eat Taco Bell ONLY when I have a craving for their style of taco with the Fire hot sauce...just makes that unique twang. Otherwise, it's various different local restaurants for me with "estilo jalisco" Mexican food.

I've never had taco bell, Mexican food is something that I think I would like a lot, but have never had much of.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12248878
I've never had taco bell, Mexican food is something that I think I would like a lot, but have never had much of.

Well that's something your going to have to change .

Although, out of all the areas I've been to and had Mexican food....nothing compares to the food that can be had here in South Texas. Although, I didn't get to try a Mexican restaurant in California when I went to San Diego and Los Angeles. I bet San Diego has some good hole in the wall spots with some great Mexican food.

3Turner wrote in post #12248864


I like to eat Taco Bell ONLY when I have a craving for their style of taco with the Fire hot sauce...just makes that unique twang. Otherwise, it's various different local restaurants for me with "estilo jalisco" Mexican food.

My absolute favorite Mexican restaurant is a dreary little hole-in-the-wall in Indio (it backs up to the railroad tracks). The food is amazing, and relatively inexpensive. Maybe it's not Taco Bell cheap, but the two of us can eat for less than $20.00. Can't do that at Denny's.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12248878
I've never had taco bell, Mexican food is something that I think I would like a lot, but have never had much of.

Can't imagine why not. It's just about everywhere. I think you should go out and have a big chimichanga somewhere, then come back and give us a full report.

I'm trying a whole 'cleansing' thing for my lupus, no chimichanga's on the menu...

Belmondo wrote in post #12248923
My absolute favorite Mexican restaurant is a dreary little hole-in-the-wall in Indio (it backs up to the railroad tracks). The food is amazing, and relatively inexpensive. Maybe it's not Taco Bell cheap, but the two of us can eat for less than $20.00. Can't do that at Denny's.

I agree...the hole in the wall type places are usually the best ones and relatively inexpensive....so long as they are not too popular.

Skrim17 wrote in post #12248934
I'm trying a whole 'cleansing' thing for my lupus, no chimichanga's on the menu...

What are you talkin' about? Nothing helps better at 'cleansing' than some good 'ol extra hot salsa and Mexican food. Trust me.

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thomascanty wrote in post #12248508
Sez you.

It doesn't do any good for you to invite me over after the fact...

I can attest to the tastiness of the tacos at Jon and Ann's house!!!!! YUMMY!!!!!!!!!! I'm just sayin! lollol:

3Turner wrote in post #12248950
What are you talkin' about? Nothing helps better at 'cleansing' than some good 'ol extra hot salsa and Mexican food. Trust me.

We had a gringo hack of a mexican favorite: chilaquiles tacos. (shredded chicken, spices, eggs, green chilies). I made homemade costenos sauce (chipotle peppers and sour cream).

HOLY YUM.

cfpackerfan wrote in post #12249034


We had a gringo hack of a mexican favorite: chilaquiles tacos. (shredded chicken, spices, eggs, green chilies). I made homemade costenos sauce (chipotle peppers and sour cream).

HOLY YUM.

I LOVE chilaquile tacos! That is what I order when getting breakfast tacos at a local drive through joint. Though the chilaquile ones are made a little different here.

Onion, diced or sliced jalapenos, diced tomatos, cheese and crispy tortilla chip strips scambled with eggs....and of course topped off with some hot n spicy salsa in a big 'ol handmade flour tortilla that still has the powder on it after it's been cooked

LOVE those home made flour tortillas. YUM!

We usually make corn tortillas from scratch, but didn't have the time tonight. The costenos sauce makes up for it though.

On a side note, that may not be the 'correct' term for the sauce, just what I call it.
When I worked at the Mexican restaurant, we had a dish called Tacos Costenos. One of my ultimate favorites.

Shredded beef, onions, spices, sauteed till yummy, on a corn tortilla. Generously doused with a yummy sauce made from Chipotle peppers in Adobo sauce that had been blended with some sour cream.
The sauce is AMAZING, and easy, and I don't know why I don't make it more often.

You'se guys is making me hungry!