Whenever my wife and I cruise the Mexican landscape, we usually eat at the
market or from the street vendors near the plaza and/or market. Tacos is one
of our favorites, but probably the one we both enjoy the most are
quesadillas.

Such a simple, yet marvelous treat, it must be categorized among the top ten
wonders of gastronomic delights in the world.

A simple corn tortilla heated in a drop of oil, into which you put any kind
of cheese, beans, squash flowers, nopalitos.... fold the tortilla in half,
put on the lightly oiled girdle of steel, aluminum, clay - it does not
matter - and cook until just a tad bit al-diente. Scoop up the quesadilla
with fingers making sure to play the piano as you do while it cools... or be
a city person and use a fork (ugh). Dab it in salsa, or squirt
street-bottled chile de arbol salsa, or pick an escabeche'd carrot or chile
ancho and stuff it inside... and munch.

That's what I'm fixing for tonight as we watch an old movie with Cantinflas
fighting off the politicians and crooked cops.

Enjoy!

Wayne in Chula Juana