"Wayne Lundberg" wrote in message
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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

Just wondering - most of the time I use either a cast iron pan or a griddle
to make quesadillas.

The George Foreman Grill makes sensational grilled cheese sandwiches. Has
anyone used the G F grill on a quesadilla?

Dimitri