Charlotte wrote:

>>> Looking at your wiki reference, I suspect that Bob is making a Tex-Mex
>>> Migas -- at least that makes the most sense to me.
>>
>> Yes, in north America I have only ever heard of or seen the
>> Texan / New Mexican version. They are completely standard on breakfast
>> menus in an arc from Austin to Taos.
>
> There is, however, another major variation that I think is Spanish. I
> learned this by posting a recipe for (Texican) migas on my food blog.
> Comment #1 out of the gate was (paraphrased) "you awful person, those
> aren't migas, migas are with bread, how dare you not post that instead".
> (Gee, unidentifiable Internet asshole, I'll get right on that for you.)
> That post still gets comments years later ... mostly people from the
> places where they make migas with corn tortillas telling Ms. Jerk to
> lighten up. Don't mess with Mom Food, people!
>
> Next time I go into the blog and edit it, I'll add "The Great Migas War"
> or something on the sidebar right under my #1 post, "How to Eat a
> Tim-Tam".
>
> It all makes sense because "migas" is "scraps". Obvs. in some places the
> scraps are more likely to be bread.

Sorry for the confusion. I did in fact make the Spanish version of migas. I
used the term "migas" because I wasn't quite sure what to call it: It's a
bit like dressing (like people make on Thanksgiving, not like people put
onto a salad). Essentially, it's a kind of hash which uses bread cubes
instead of potatoes.

The meals I actually made Monday and Tuesday were these:

MONDAY
Seared Salmon with Dijon mustard
"Migas": Crisp salmon skin, bacon, onions, apples, and marble rye
Wax-Bean and Potato salad with sour cream vinaigrette
Vegetable Stew: zucchini, elephant garlic, tomatoes, and okra (plus some
seeds from okra pods which were too stringy to use otherwise); seasoned with
salt, pepper, and grains of paradise

TUESDAY
Cucumber-melon gazpacho with gravlax
"Strong" greens (watercress and arugula) with seared skirt steak and blue
cheese
Slightly-pickled wax beans with red onions
Blistered zucchini


Bob