Re: [CH] LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
Matt Evans (tmattevans@gmail.com)
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:22:24 -0500
Bob --
I heard that the Woolworth's in Santa Fe closed down but that the
snack bar lives on. True? The Frito Pie at Woolworth's was one of
the best (and certainly the cheapest) lunches in Santa Fe.
Matt
On 11/22/05, Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> wrote:
> > 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.
>