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Default Bean burrito additions?

On 7/30/2014 12:51 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:11:19 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> On 7/30/2014 12:54 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't know about Velveeta with peppers. IIRC Ken is an older
>>>> man, possibly a widower who hasn't done a lot of cooking.
>>>>
>>>> I don't make a lot of this sort of food. I would definitely suggest
>>>> (at the very least) grating some monterey jack or pepper jack cheese
>>>> in place of Velveeta.
>>>
>>> Most stores sell a shredded Mexican blend.

>
>> Don't know why, either as it's not very Mexican.

>
> Considering most, if not all, Mexican cheeses are a copycat of some
> European cheese with a Spanish name attached to it, why would you say
> that?
>

Probably because the Kraft or store brands of the shredded "Mexican
blend" cheeses (they come in a zip-lock bag) is pretty crappy cheese.

Jill