Sonoran Dude wrote:
> The Galloping Gourmand wrote:

> > We're still discussing Mexican food, but we have found our way out of
> > the Norteño Taco Hell and moved south to Oaxaca and Yucatan...
> >
>
> Sounds a little Bigoted... nothing wrong with border food, to each his own.

Do you even know the origins of the term "bigot", as opposed to the
radical liberal redefinition that came about in the last century?

Yes, everybody has seen that now classic satire on American
conservatives. The Archie Bunker character in "All In The Family" was
supposed to depict the middle-aged White male as a bigot, in order to
critique the attitudes of the working class in the 1970's.

Now Hank Hill is doing the same thing, as did Homer Simpson. But the
cartoonists made Homer yellow, so as not to draw too much attention to
his ethnicity as he interacts with recent immigrants.

But, back to the two main stories about the origins of the term
"bigot".

The first one says that there was a little village in France that was
called "Bigot". And the people who lived in Bigot did not want to
become Roman Catholics when the first priests arrived. But the church
forced the liturgy of their Roman faith upon the stubborn people of
Bigot, and anybody who unreasonably clings to their older ways is
called a "bigot".

The other story is that the Norsemen came a-viking, i.e., raiding, in
that area of France which is now known as "Normandy". The French king
knew that he couldn't beat the Vikings, so he paid them to leave by
giving them a chest filled with gold and jewels.

This practice of paying off the Vikings wasn't limited to France, it
also took place across the sea in England, where the Anglo Saxons kings
paid the Vikings "Dane Geld" or "Dane Gold".

Well, the Vikings found the French king to be much too easy going, he
wouldn't fight, he'd rather pay. So they came back to rape on burn and
loot and pillage. So the French king decided that he would be better
off if he made a military alliance with the Norse.

He gave them land and titles, and all he wanted in return was loyalty.
The French king asked to Viking prince to swear an oath of allegience
to him, and he wanted one more little thing. He wanted the Viking
prince to get down and kiss his dainty, slippered foot.

And the Viking is reported to have shouted, "By God (Bi Got), I will
not!"

But nowadays, we have radical liberals throwing the "bigot"term around
very loosely, applying it to anybody who disagrees with their own idea
of what is "politically correct" at the moment.

Back to Mexican food. I personally *love* tamales, and I dig
enchiladas. My mother was probably the first person of German
Jewish/Danish descent in our little town that ever held a taquiza. The
Americans didn't like her tacos that came out of a cardboard box with
the Kraft label.

I never cared for greasy tacos in brittle shells that much, and despise
soft tacos, but that's my *personal taste*. I'm not telling anybody
else they shouldn't like tacos.

But there are like seventy different ways to make antojitos that I know
of, and Americans are so accustomed to seeing antojitos served as if
they were main dishes, they've come to think of a "combination plate"
of a tamale and two enchiladas with rice and beans and a little salad
as a traditional "plato" instead of a "platillo".

All those antojitos are just botanas, they are snacks, like hors
d'oeuvres, I don't plan to make a *meal* out of antojitos.

But, if you want to post a recipe about the 71st way to make an
antojito, go for it.

It will have to be very novel and previously unknown for it to fire my
imagination...