On Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 2:40:05 PM UTC-6, tert in seattle wrote:
> Ophelia wrote:
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> >
> > "Janet B" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:51:34 -0800 (PST), Nancy2
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>Doris, to me, nearly all the Mexican food that has been made for
> >>>typical American taste buds has the same ingredients, and the way
> >>>the dish is assembled and how much of each ingredient is included
> >>>determines what it is called. I am probably wrong, but my comment
> >>>Is based on my experience here in the Midwest. I think differences
> >>>are probably more pronounced nearer the border or in areas where
> >>>there are more concentrated Mexican-culture communities.
> >>>
> >>>N.
> >>
> >> I had a taco in Tennessee at the local Mexican fast food place a time
> >> ago.. It was a tortilla, boiled rice with something to make it
> >> reddish, fried hamburger crumbles, topped with a bit of processed
> >> cheese, lettuce and a piece of tomato. The place was run by people of
> >> obvious Latino extraction. All the local cops ate there. Everyone
> >> thought it was wonderful. I never did understand what was going on
> >> with that place. Either the owners knew that they would never be able
> >> to sell real Mexican food to the locals or the owners had been in the
> >> middle south so long that they forgot their food heritage. There were
> >> bottles of ketchup on the table.
> >
> ><g> but they found what sells in their area That is good business for
> > them
>
> In Seattle there are two types of Mexican place -- the kind that serves
> food on a giant plate, at least one third of which is covered in a pool
> of refried beans with gooey white and or yellow cheese melted into it,
> and the kind that doesn't. Fortunately the kind that doesn't is becoming
> more common.

I like refried beans. At some places I ask for double beans instead of
rice and beans. At this place, the rice is pretty good.
https://www.facebook.com/ElComalRest...42895185793624

My wife loves their banana leaf tamales.

--Bryan