"Food Snob" > wrote in message
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> On May 19, 9:59 pm, "The Joneses" > wrote:
>> "Food Snob" > wrote in message
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>> > On May 19, 6:30 pm, "The Joneses" > wrote:
>> >> "cybercat" > wrote in message
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>> ...>Itried most of them out, and I love
>> >> Rosarita fat-free in burritos or just
>> >> >as a side dish with a little cheese on top.
>>
>> >> > The suckiest ones are the American "texmex" brands, pace and so
>> >> > forth.
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>> >> I picked up a sack of the dehydrated "refried" beans. They don't taste
>> >> bad...I'll keep some on hand for the popolypse time, or might be good
>> >> in
>> >> the
>> >> kid's hurricane kit. Or to go camping with. Certainly were quick to
>> >> fix
>> >> and
>> >> might make a nice soup base or dip or something where there are other
>> >> things
>> >> to spark up the taste.
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>> > These:http://www.mexgrocer.com/1419.htmlare better than any canned,
>> > but they're pricey.
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>> >> Edrena
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>> > --Bryan
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>> Yes, those are the ones, Bryan, packaged just north of here. Have you
>> tried
>> them?
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> I bought shitloads when a local supermarket discontinued them. Ate
> them all the time. The last few bags were discovered by mice though,
> who apparently liked them as well. The fat free were great. You add
> your own fat, instead of the hydrogenated crap in the regular variety.
> I eat canned RF beans, but it the height of laziness, and I only do it
> when my 5YO wants beans & cheese, and I don't want to waste the rest
> of the can. I SHOULD cook beans and keep them in the fridge. They
> last a long time.
>
> I found out how to make NM type green chile this Spring.
> Ingredients:
> green chilies (preferably NuMex Big Jim variety)
> water
> salt
> corn starch
> That's it. Nothing else.
> Funny how short ingredient lists yield better food.
> --Bryan

I remember the first time I ordered "chile" in a small NM town. That's what
I got, a sort of veggie stew primarily of medium green chile. Was not bad,
but was not chile con carne that I expected.
Edrena