: In article >,
: "jmcquown" > wrote:

: > Still not
: > impressive enough to make me want to prepare this from scratch.

: I'm having a hard time thinking of anything that I'd want to
: prepare from scratch if all I tried was a canned version. Do
: you have access to a restaurant that serves menudo? I don't
: care for it much myself, but I'll bet it's lots better than
: any canned version.

: You mention liking hominy. Have you tried posole? I've
: had some in New Mexico that is one of the best soups I
: can remember eating. I've thought of making it myself,
: but my family aren't big on soups.

: Mike Beede

Posole isn't a soup, rather it's usually served as a side dish on the
same plate as the entree. Yes it does have a thin broth with it which
runs all over the plate, but it isn't normally thought of as a soup.
Real(tm) posole has lots of hominy and little broth.