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Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko" :rolleyes:
 
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All I know is that "Speedy Gonzalez with rice" means the same thing at any of them . . .

CAJUNLAWYER said:
Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko" :rolleyes:
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Actually, it's "el baño". (Those squiggly marks make a huge difference in Spanish.)

What many don't realize is that there is no "standard" Mexican food. In this country you have Tex-Mex, New Mexican, and that nasty stuff that they serve in places like Illinois.

Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads.

And to confuse things even more, a tortilla in Spain is actually more like an omelet than anything called by that name this side of the Atlantic.
 
Sistema1927 said:
Actually, it's "el baño". (Those squiggly marks make a huge difference in Spanish.)

What many don't realize is that there is no "standard" Mexican food. In this country you have Tex-Mex, New Mexican, and that nasty stuff that they serve in places like Illinois.

Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads.

And to confuse things even more, a tortilla in Spain is actually more like an omelet than anything called by that name this side of the Atlantic.
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Very true!


I had the best of both worlds. My dad was of Mexican descent (who loved to cook) from the Texas panhandle and my mom is a Pueblo Indian - so I get a tasty hybrid mix of flavors and traditional food.

Before my dad died, I managed to get some of his recipes but I haven't quite managed to get my food to taste like his did. Close, but not exactly.
 
CAJUNLAWYER said:
Had a nice KETO mexican meal last night Fajitas without the tortillas and no refried beans/rice. Also I passed on the pre dinner chips and red sauce.
Was able to make a nice salad with the lettuce, pico, sour cream and guacomole-all in all a good KETO meal. Which brings me to the following inquiry:
Is it el bano or la bano??
Second question
How do you say toothpick in Spanish? I now know it is NOT "el toothpicko" :rolleyes:
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Once you take the tortillas, rice and beans away, it stops being a fajita. Sorta like taking the bread away from a ham sanwich. It's just ham!
 
WR Moore said:
Isn't Keto one of the guys trying to run for President?
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I thought he was sidekick to the Green Hornet...

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427mach1 said:
I think ALL the Mexican restaurants order identical menus from the same print shop.
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Nope, New Mexican "mexican" food is so much better than the mexican food they serve here in Arizona. To someone who spent most of their life in NM, Arizona Mexican food is disappointing at best. In AZ nothing is remotely hot, they don't use hot Jallepenos, they use Cillantro and only one restaurant I know of serves Sopapillas.

BTW never heard of a Speedy Gonzales w/ rice.
 
Have eaten Mexican food all over.
Agree, NM Mexican is the best.
Not that I don't Love the Tex-Mex, have eat a ton of it!
Also never heard of the the Speedy Gonzales.
When I looked it up, it appears to be mostly East and South of here.
 
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Just recently had one of the best broiled
salmon I've ever had at a Mexican restaurant.
It was served with white rice but the ever
present refried beans were there too.

I understand that in certain areas of Mexico,
fish is the real deal for daily food. And, of course,
fresh fruit.

Listened to the health minister of Mexico explain
how NAFTA really started ruining the general
health of Mexican kids when American processed
food became prevalent. Now, she said, the
country has a lot of pre-disbetic fat kids.
 
"Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads."

A fact for which I am eternally grateful. Tex-Mex is fine; I have no need to make my Mexican food "authentic".
 
AZretired said:
Nope, New Mexican "mexican" food is so much better than the mexican food they serve here in Arizona. To someone who spent most of their life in NM, Arizona Mexican food is disappointing at best. In AZ nothing is remotely hot, they don't use hot Jallepenos, they use Cillantro and only one restaurant I know of serves Sopapillas.

BTW never heard of a Speedy Gonzales w/ rice.
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Go to Los Dos Molinos off Baseline road in South Phoenix they have hot/spicy food that will knock your socks off! As an aside: The restaurant is located in Tom Mix's old house! We go to Arriba Mexican grill in N Scottsdale all the time and the food is excellent!
Jim
 
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Ain't a Mexican restaurant around here that's not fully staffed with Mexicans, of the barely speak English variety. We got Don Carlos, El Torrero, El Tapatio, El Sol, etc. The Midwest has a massive immigrant population, driven primarily by the agricultural jobs available. If you can survive picking watermelons, chopping cotton, and roofing houses, you graduate to indoor work at a restaurant. Every small town around here has one, along with a Casey's and a Dollar General. We got three. I stand by my earlier posts.

HOUSTON RICK said:
"Mexican cuisine, in Mexico, varies considerably from North to South as well as coastal and inland. Much of what we eat in the US would have Mexicans shaking their heads."

A fact for which I am eternally grateful. Tex-Mex is fine; I have no need to make my Mexican food "authentic".
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