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>>>>> I spent many of my teen age years in Mexico City.
>>>>>
>>>>> Our "girl" Lupe had charge of the house and the kitchen. If I wanted
>>>>> to eat or to practice my Spanish I hung out in the kitchen with Lupe.
>>>>>
>>>>> One of our favorite dishes was Enchiladas Suissas invented by and
>>>>> made famous by Sanborns in down town
>>>>>
>>>>> Here how Lupe made them:
>>>>>
>>>>> She simmered a Chicken and stripped off the meat saving the broth.
>>>>>
>>>>> She then stripped off the outer husks from a bunch of tomatillos and
>>>>> par boiled them for several minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> When tender the added them to a blender with a small amount of the
>>>>> boiling water and liquefied adding several Serrano chilies. She then
>>>>> heated a little oil and added the liquefied sauce to the hot pan
>>>>> adding a minced white onion and several cloves (teeth) of garlic,
>>>>> allowing the sauce to simmer and stay simmering.
>>>>>
>>>>> She then heated a pan of oil (maybe 1/2 inch or so).
>>>>>
>>>>> The fresh corn tortillas were then dipped into the oil to soften and
>>>>> then into the tomatillo sauce then filled with chicken and some kind
>>>>> of fresh white cheese.
>>>>>
>>>>> The rolled enchiladas were placed into an open casserole pan and
>>>>> placed in the oven with a small amount of sauce spooned over the top.
>>>>>
>>>>> When served I remember she called the cream, creama agria (sour cream)
>>>>> with extra sauce spooned over the plate & the cream on the top.
>>>>>
>>>>> A nice memory - once in a while I walk into a Mexican joint that
>>>>> smells like Lupe's kitchen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dimitri
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>>>> That "fresh white cheese" was probably oaxaca. It's wonderful and
>>>> melts beautifully Thanks for the story and the method, Dimitri! I
>>>> love enchiladas.
>>>>
>>>> Jill
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>>> IIRC the invention of Enchiladas Suissas had nothing to do with Swiss
>>> Cheese but rather a tribute to the Swiss Dairy industry hence the sour
>>> cream and cheese.
>>>
>>> A wonderful classic.
>>>
>>> Dimitri
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>> Oaxaca cheese is a soft Mexican melting cheese. Has nothing to do with
>> Swiss cheese. Are you losing it, Dimitri?
>>
>> Jill
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> Not losing it but a lot of people misinterpret the reason for the Suisas
> as meaning Swiss cheese.
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> Dimitri

I didn't misenterpret that, I was merely clarifying what white cheese she
was probably using. It has a wonderful taste. Damn, now I want to go find
a mexican restaurant You gave me a craving for enchiladas and I don't
have the ingredients!

Jill