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Wayne Lundberg Wayne Lundberg is offline
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Default Mexican food is a ceremony!

Chili verde... need to know more. There are many ways to make the many
versions of the many different words in chili verde.

Chili is normally associated with the Texas style fabulous chili in all it's
variations with and withouth beans.

Chile is normally used to describe a Serrano, Habanero, Ancho, Anaheim,
Poblano, Jalapeno... etc.

If I were to take a shot at what you may be looking for is a north of the
border concoction made up during the height of the Brazero program during
WWII.

Stop here if I'm not hitting the mark. But chili verde, in this case, is a
'gravy' made from green tomatillos, onion, garlic, cilantro and serrano
chiles. I call this a north of the border because it contains actual chiles
in the recipe. Not what you find in most south of the border Mexican
recipes.

If this is what you are looking for, let me know and I'll give you a few
variations. Most will include some form of meat, beef mostly north of the
border, and used to smother burritos to make a delightful meal.

Wayne