Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Bob Newell (bobnewell@bobnewell.net)
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:42:53 -0700
> I knew the food would be right up my alley from what I
> had heard, so I went looking for some Tex-Mex (not
> really knowing what it was).
Tex-Mex is not the same as Mexican is not the same as New Mexican. In
Texas you get chili, Tex-Mex style. In New Mexico you get chile, red
and green. In Mexico as far as I know you get neither, but something
else again. (Mexican chili con carne is made with chunks of meat
rather than ground meat, if I recall correctly.)
Of course you can get some New Mexican style food in Texas and Tex-Mex
here in New Mexico (Frito Pie being a prime example). I've also had
New Mexican style in Arizona and Colorado, but never in California or
elsewhere. Tex-Mex, on the other hand, is pretty ubiquitous.
Unrelated aside: hadn't been to a MacDonald's around here in literally
years but went to one yesterday, and found double green chile
cheeseburger on their $1 menu. It was pretty indifferent, nothing
like Dave's Not Here in Santa Fe or even Dos Amigos in Espanola, but
at least they had it.