Gunner wrote:
> "jay" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:59:14 GMT, Jerome Ranch wrote:
> >
> >> The only Huevos Rancheros I've seen is with refried beans, not chili
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >>>Yup, it's called huevos rancheros.
> >
> >
> >
> > Huevos rancheros is not eggs and "chili". If by chili you mean chili con
> > carne. It is typically eggs with a tomato based chili pepper sauce
> > (salsa).
>
> Not trying to start a flame war but your definitions are confusing. The
> term Chili con carne is redundant. Chili as spelled is generally
> considered an Norteno ( North American, a Yanque) stew of dubious origin
> and it could be your definition of tomato and chili (sic) or a straight
> Chile sauce based recipe such as a Texas or Terlingua Bowl of Red but most
> often Chili is associated with some type of meat with Chile peppers such as
> a Chile ( an enchilada style pepper sauce) with(con) meat (carne),
> chilli is generally considered an Asian pepper sauce and the spelling chile
> is known to be the pepper ( green or red) made into a sauce( salsa) . For
> culinary purposes, note the spelling of each; chile, chili and chilli .
> Each means something different to somebody here. These are most often
> misunderstood and hotly debated, but they need to be definitively defined
> for culinary purposes.
>
> I have had traditional fried eggs and red chile sauce on tortillas, as well
> as several varieties of a Chili con Carne( even with beans ) and scrambled
> eggs in what we in the West Texas Oilfields called a Cowboy breakfast. I
> have even had green chile salsa and eggs rolled in a tortilla long ( 20
> years?) before Taco time or Taco Bell marketed one.
>
> An appreciation of the chile pepper does not have to mean the American
> fanaticism of stupid extremism. There are over 400 varieties of chile and
> each has more or less a distinct flavor and culinary contribution to taste.
> There is some idiotic thinking ( scrambled brains maybe) out there in
> terms of taste and chile flavor
>

What do you want from others? To tell you which of the 400 varieties of
chiles to put in your eggs? Or are you just trying to show your
superiority in the trivia(l) matters?