"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 1/21/2015 10:38 PM, Doris Night wrote:
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>> Mexican food, to me, seems like nothing but some form of corn or wheat
>> flatbread ( tacos, burritos,fajitas etc) with beans and a couple of
>> other things piled on. There doesn't seem to be much variation.
>
> Ha, I was just saying that the other day, 'Mexican' restaurants
> have long menus of items that are differentiated by how it's folded,
> or it it's fried, whatever. The ingredients are pretty much the
> same. I posted that once and I seem to remember having my head
> handed to me.

That's because it's just not true.
>
>> Same general thing with Italian food. I don't eat much Italian food
>> because (in most Italian restaurants, anyway) it seems to be just some
>> form of pasta with various things piled on. It's too expensive for
>> what you get.
>
> We call those red sauce restaurants. There are plenty of those
> around.

There are not that many here that I know of but then we don't have a large
Italian population here.
>
> But, if you're lucky, you'll find more authentic Italian places,
> and I imagine it's the same with Mexican restaurants.

Yes.