"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 10:44:29 AM UTC-10, axlq wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>
>> >I keep seeing that term bandied about in here and people keep
>> >accusing me of eating it. But in looking up the term, there does
>> >not seem to be any one answer.
>> > ...
>> >Some sources say that Tex Mex is Americanized dishes smothered in
>> >cheese.
>>
>> Pretty close.
>>
>> >My uncle told me that sour cream is never used in Mexico. I think
>> >he was wrong about that as they have Crema which is very similar.
>>
>> There isn't really any one answer, but my view as a former
>> Texan.... Tex Mex is Mexican food "adjusted" for American
>> expectations. That includes the addition of cheese and sour cream
>> into dishes that normally don't have them.
>>
>> Having lived for many years in Texas, and having visited Mexico
>> a number of times, for me the main difference is cheese. I'm
>> particularly sensitive to dairy (I don't eat cheese at all), and
>> was pleasantly surprised that the Mexican food in Mexico rarely, if
>> ever, includes cheese.
>>
>> >Janet Wilder used to say that if you weren't eating it if you weren't in
>> >Texas.
>>
>> Semantically correct, but not realistically true.
>>
>> -A
>
> My buddy from Texas sent me a Tex-Mex cheese enchilada recipe that was
> popular at his family's diner for decades. The cheese used was Velveeta.
> Shocking, simply shocking!

Oh you will hear all about that now))) If they liked it ... so what.
They are not forcing anyone else to eat it!!

(Ooh I really have my dander up today. I think I had better go and do some
cooking and calm down. I have some nice dough in the fridge awaiting
attention ...)


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