"cshenk" > wrote in message
...
> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message
>> ... On
>> Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 2:58:08 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>> > dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> >> On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 8:44:49 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove
>> wrote: >> > "dsi1" <dsi1yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> >> > ...
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't know crap about Mexican cooking. If you believe that not
>> >> > understanding the rationale for mashed beans means I don't cook
>> >> > then you're either drunk or an idiot. I believe it's a
>> combination >> > of both. You're acting like an authority on refried
>> beans but you >> > cannot answer my simple, earnest, question. You
>> obviously have >> > never made this dish. This tells me that you're a
>> liar and a poseur. >> >
>> >> > No matter, I'm sufficiently interested in this question and will
>> >> > just go forth and make this simple dish. I'm going to make this
>> >> > Mexican style - with a shitload of oil. Otherwise, what's the
>> >> > point?
>> >> >
>> >> > ---
>> >> > I think it was more a way to use leftover beans and make them
>> seem >> > different. These days and in this country, this is usually
>> not much >> > of an issue but I should imagine in the old days,
>> generating the >> > heat needed to cook the beans could be costly, so
>> they probably >> > cooked a lot at once.
>> >> >
>> >> > It's also a lot easier to scoop up some mashed beans in a
>> tortilla >> > than it is whole beans. Mashed in a tortilla can be
>> eaten out of >> > hand, so they are portable. Try that with whole
>> beans and you'll be >> > wearing them.
>> > >
>> >> It might be that the Mexicans serve refried beans at every meal
>> >> although making it will take hours. OTOH, that might just be my
>> >> gringo notion. What's the real story?
>> >
>> > The real story is they were cheap and effective for carbs and
>> > proteins and cooked in largish batches then the broken ones were
>> > mashed with fats to provide extra energy. They would think you
>> > silly for eating something as bland as rice all the time ;-) Heck,
>> > your McDonalds adds rice to the breakfast plates!
>> >
>> > Carol
>> >
>> > --
>>
>> Have some respect for rice - it has helped most of humanity survive
>> and flourish since the beginning. I doubt that Mexicans would feel it
>> silly that Asians eat rice or Americans potatoes. I can believe that
>> someone on this newsgroup would say such a silly thing.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Mexicans do eat rice. Pasta too. In some parts of Mexico they eat
>> either plain white rice or rice with a few veggies or cilantro in it.
>> It's also put in various soups as is pasta. I don't think Carol knows
>> what she is talking about. They only mashed broken beans? I don't
>> think so.
>>
>> ---
>> As it goes, high carbohydrate food sources i.e., starches have been
>> important for the survival of the human race. Whether you're talking
>> about rice, beans, potatoes, poi, pasta, et al., it might be that
>> without the high energy availability that cooked starches provide, we
>> might still be living in caves. You are correct that McDonald's
>> serves rice in the morning. What's your point?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Mexicans do eat potatoes too. I got the idea of putting jalapenos in
>> my mashed potatoes from Pati's Mexican table. She said this was a
>> favorite after school snack. Her grandma would make those and some
>> kind of breaded, fried meat patty. I want to say that it was similar
>> to chicken fried steak, but it has been some time since I saw that
>> episode. There are Mexican potato salad recipes too.
>>
>> What I learned about McDonalds is that different parts of the country
>> sell different things. We made one cross country move and stopped at
>> McDonalds for lunch almost every day. Thankfully they had a salad on
>> the menu at that point in time that almost every location sold, and
>> it was one that I liked. I saw hot dogs at one and soup at another
>> one.
>
> Julie, Please work on your quoting. It's impossible to tell who the
> comments are for.
>
> Of COURSE modern times mexicans eat rice and other things as they do
> throughout South America, just like we like Kiwi.

That's not MY fault. I am the one who put the "---" in there. All you have
to do is look at the ">'s" to see who said what.