On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 10:19:45 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> I know that some foods taste better on the second day but I have never
> noticed this with enchiladas until now.
>
> I made a pan of bean enchiladas. No recipe. Some big can of enchilada
> sauce, Rosarita vegetarian refried beans, corn tortillas, green peppers and
> white onion. I put a little chopped onion in with the beans. Beans were
> the filling. Sauce underneath and on top. Peppers and onions on top of
> that. Bake till hot and bubbly.
>
> I don't normally even buy enchilada sauce. For me to have bought it, I must
> have found some deal somewhere. Perhaps at the closing Safeway. Can't
> remember. This was not something I had eaten before. And perhaps I had
> intended to serve it to my husband because oh boy was it spicy hot! So much
> so that I had difficulty eating these the first time around. I also noticed
> that the flavors didn't blend. I could taste each ingredient but nothing
> blended together.
>
> But tonight? It's fine! Still a tad spicier than I would prefer but all in
> all a very good dish. Odd how a night in the fridge can do that.

My brother used to say his chili wasn't finished until it had taken a ride through the freezer! I tended to agree, but I always ate a bowl of what I called nouveau chili, fresh after the cook before the freezer! So I know if the blending of flavors to which you refer.

John Kuthe...