"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.


mmm...that's what we had tonight - made with left-over chicken from
yesterday's rotisserie, homemade salsa, and fresh tortillas from the lady
down the road

HarleyLady in Baja