On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:54:40 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>I was having dreams last night of the enchiladas that I used to get at Los
>Amigos. They used to be a Mexican restaurant that had a few locations in
>this area. I have seen a taco truck listed online and wonder if the same
>people might run it. Anyway... They made really good bean enchiladas.
>Just refried beans and cheese rolled up, more enchilada sauce on top and
>thin slices of green peppers and white onions. Soooo good!
>
>I would sometimes recreate similar for my lunch at work using a frozen bean
>burrito. I lived alone so never bought or made enchilada sauce. And I
>never bought tortillas in those days. Actually I think there was far less
>Mexican food available in the grocery stores here then. So I bought what I
>could. I would use some plain tomato sauce and chopped fresh or canned
>tomatoes. Whatever I had in the house. Then the peppers and onions.
>Heated in the microwave. People used to hover over it asking me what it was
>because it looked and smelled so good.
>
>Another favorite that I would make a big pan of was cheese and onion
>enchiladas. I no longer have the recipe but it was put out by some onion
>website. The sauce was red and made from scratch.
>
>I plan to make the bean ones in a few days. I have some tortillas and sauce
>and you know I have beans! Just need to wait until I find some good
>peppers. The one that I got from Safeway was oddly anemic but not mushy.
>And I think I will need more than one. If memory serves, I used one big
>onion and two peppers per pan.

I don't think I have ever in my life eaten an enchilada. Tacos a few
times; burritos or fajitas the very odd time we've eaten at a tex-mex
restaurant, but never enchiladas.

As far as I can tell, these Mexican foods are all pretty much the same
- a wrapper of some type, a bit of meat, tomato sauce, some cheese,
beans, and toppings like avocado, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.

If someone can point out the difference between all these things, I'd
appreciate it, because in my mind, they all taste exactly the same.

Doris