On 8/25/2014 4:07 PM, koko wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:38:38 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>
>> On 8/24/2014 10:06 PM, koko wrote:
>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:27:17 -0600, Mayo > wrote:
>>>
>
> Major snippage going on
>
>>> Having lived in New Mexico, I know how to make my own ristas.
>>
>> Good show then!
>>
>> And I'll bet you can do the garlic version too.
>>
>> http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-phot...-image15193500
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> No I haven't done that yet
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> a visit to see "The Thing" would be a mandatory penance.
>>>>>>> If I ever get around to making a bucket list, trust me, this will be
>>>>>>> right up there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I won't ruin it for you by telling you what the Thing is, or is
>>>>>> purported to be.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is however, smaller than I anticipated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh btw, they have a superb kitschy gift shop and you only pay a buck to
>>>>>>>> see their "museum"...
>>>>>>> Dang, how could I pass that up. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> koko
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hear you, cheap stuff from aisle to aisle, who can resist?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you push on to Deming the Mexican at Si Senor is year in and year out
>>>>>> the best in town and the Rancher's Grill is to be avoided, always.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I'll remember that for the next trip thx
>>>>>
>>>>> koko
>>>>>
>>>> No problem.
>>>>
>>>> I also will give a huge thumbs up to the El Camino Real restaurant on
>>>> the west side of town, next to the old Arbys.
>>>>
>>>> Their stuffed sopaipillas are to die for, as too the gorditas, and the
>>>> salsa is the best in town.
>>>
>>> I still make killer sopapillas.
>>>
>>> koko
>>>
>> I have no doubt, do you like to stuff them with shredded beef?
>>
>> Served enchilada style with green chile and cheese those are divine.
>>
>> Then they're right back for desert with honey and cinnamom sugar too!
>
> http://www.kokoscornerblog.com/mycor...opapillas.html
>
> I don't serve then enchilada style, I probably should sometime. I like
> my flat enchiladas, topped with the requisite fried egg of course.

Very traditional - bravo.

> I do eat the sopapillas with stew or chili and stuff the sopapilla
> with some of it though, really, really, good.
>
> koko

I consider the stuffed sopaipilla to be superior to the over-fried
chimichanga in every respect, pillowy, not tough.