[CH] Huevos Rancheros
Assembly (Assembly1@btinternet.com)
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:13:55 +0000
In my old stomping grounds of the Inland Empire, Mitlas Restaurant, the
business meeting centre for West San Bernardino, made huevos rancheros with
a spoonful or so of chile verde slopped over the eggs. It was heavenly. My
old workmate, Inez, was the grand-daughter of the restaurant founders, and
her chile verde was similar: no tomatillos, just a mixture of onion, garlic,
Anaheims and jalapeņos with stewed left-over roast pork (I think the use of
roast pork was a sop to her hubby, a non-CH). The pork broth was thin and
we soaked it and the egg juice up with the tortillas and frijoles refritos
which were served with it.
I haven't seen it served like this anywhere else. There's not much which
makes me homesick for that part of California but the huevos rancheros at
Mitlas, the fish dishes served with Guacamaya sauce at Tarrascos in Mentone,
and the tostada salad and gorditas at Marias (at various times in Redlands
and Mentone) are a strong, nostalgic lure.
Cheers,
Virginia