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Default The key to making canned refried beans decent

On May 8, 10:12*pm, sf > wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2009 08:55:03 -0700 (PDT), Bobo Bonobo®
>
> > wrote:
> >My original post claimed that straight out of the can they are
> >definitely not good enough to enjoy that way (I like them like that
> >too). *

>
> They're good enough for this gringo.
>
> >The repeated cookings really make a difference.

>
> There is no way I'm going to refry canned refried beans.


I can see why you wouldn't want to eat canned refried beans. They are
less than ideal, but they really are improved by cooking them.
>
> >My favorite
> >bean thing is Del Taco's beans with cheese with liberal amounts of
> >their green chile on them, whether in a burrito or not. *If I lived in
> >NM, I could get a green burrito with even better green chile, but Del
> >Taco's is close.


Oh, and when I wrote, "Del Taco's is close" I meant that Del Taco's
green is close to being the same as NM chile. I was not referring to
proximity.
>
> >It's hard to improve upon a Del Taco green burrito.

>
> I'm not going to "go there" with Del Taco. *I've only heard about it
> here.


Are you familiar with the NM style green chile? Usually it has
nothing but NM type chiles such as Big Jims, water, cornstarch and a
little salt.
>

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