modom > wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 05:37:43 +0000 (UTC), Mark Shaw
> > wrote:

> >modom > wrote:
> >> 1. I made burritos in my daughter's apartment in southern France last
> >> week. They were good.
> >
> >Where did you get tortillas in southern France? I've lived
> >there, and can't remember ever seeing them.
> >
> >Did you make them from scratch? Or use crepes?

> Crepes would've been funny. Really funny.

Well, you should have seen the "tacos" I got at a "Tex-Mex"
restaurant on the Bord de Mer in Villaneuve-Loubet. They were
pretty funny, too. They were grilled.

Not bad, though.

> But we found a burrito
> "kit" in a Champion grocery store. Old El Paso, in fact.
> Globalization is scary. We tossed the spice mix and used garlic,
> oregano, cumin and some chiles we brought with us to season the meat.

Ah.

Me, I miss being able to buy canned cassoulet. And decent
bread, of course.

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Mark Shaw
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