Michael wrote on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:05:14 GMT:

>> TFM® wrote on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:42:56 -0400:
>>
>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> notbob > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What in the world is a chicken fajita salad? First, a
>>>>> fajita is beef, second, it's not a salad.
>>>>
>>>> I think officially, fajitas refers to large slices of
>>>> pepper/onion.
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>
>>> You would be incorrect. Fajitas are a cut of meat. Beef to
>>> be exact.
>>
>>> "Chicken fajitas" (misnomer) would be more appropriately
>>> named chicken tacos.
>>
>> However, you mustn't eat out much if you have not seen both
>> "chicken fajitas" and "shrimp fajitas"!

> If fajitas refer to a cut of meat how can other meats be
> considered authentic fajitas? If fajita specifically refers
> to beef, then chicken or shrimp in flour tortillas must refer
> to something else. I can't find anything that says "fajita" is
> a cooking method. It's kind of like the martini discussion I
> got sucked into a year or 2 ago. To the purists if a martini
> is not made with gin, it's not a martini.

Ah, we lonely purists! A "vodka martini" is no worse than a regular one
and "fajitas" are Tex-Mex, IMHO, and thus subject to English language
usage :-) I'm probably beyond the pale like a lot of other people since
I like Uncle Julio's (once Rio Grande)!

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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