Hi all,

I often make chili or burrito's using spice packets. And looking over
the ingredients on the package, they tend to be nearly the same. Salt,
pepper, garlic, onion, chili pepper and maybe oregano.

Being a smoker I guess my taste buds are not what they should be.

What do you think the significant difference is between chili and
burritos or other mexican type foods (tacos and fajitas), besides how
one eats it?

Enjoy the weekend,

Chili cooker

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What do you think the significant difference is
between chili and burritos or other mexican type
foods (tacos and fajitas), besides how one eats it?

Book recommendation: Diana Kennedy's "Recipes from the Regional Cooks
of Mexico." There is *so* much more to Mexican food than burritos,
tacos and fajitas; TexMex-style chili doesn't even enter the equation.

-j

Unknown saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:09:16 GMT:

Hi all,

I often make chili or burrito's using spice packets. And looking over
the ingredients on the package, they tend to be nearly the same. Salt,
pepper, garlic, onion, chili pepper and maybe oregano.

Being a smoker I guess my taste buds are not what they should be.

What do you think the significant difference is between chili and
burritos or other mexican type foods (tacos and fajitas), besides how
one eats it?

If you buy the commercial spice packets from the shelf in the
supermarket, the only difference is the preperation. If you look in a
mexican cookbook, they're NOT identical at all. They may have
different proprotions of ingredients, even in the packets too...
(huggles)

~Karen AKA Kajikit

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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 23:09:16 GMT, Unknown wrote:

I often make chili or burrito's using spice packets. And looking over
the ingredients on the package, they tend to be nearly the same. Salt,
pepper, garlic, onion, chili pepper and maybe oregano.

And some cumin, I hope. You can vary the taste by making your own
seasoning mix (cheaper), or seasoning individual dishes with separate
spices and herbs.

What do you think the significant difference is between chili and
burritos or other mexican type foods (tacos and fajitas), besides how
one eats it?

At Taco Bell, practically none. In real (or even good imitation)
Mexican cooking, quite a bit. Meat other than ground beef, for
example. Slow cooked brisket, pork with red or green sauce, chicken
other than chunks of breast meat. Both really hot and quite mild
dishes. Various breads, deserts and pastries. Beans other than
"refried." Believe me, posole with green chile and pork isn't a
*thing* like Tex-Mex hamburger chile.