Okay, this is the most recent Recipe Thread

[skysidhe]

THAT is it! Thank you Jim. It's the carrots. It's all about the carrots.

[skysidhe]

Orange cranberry fat free muffins and a cup of fresh brewed Seattle's Best coffee.
mmm mmm

No recipe. I used these. Ready in 10 min. R&R, short break, simple sweet indulgence.

[footfootfoot]

made flautas tonight, my cretinous children only wanted plain tortilla quesadillas. (cheddar melted on a tortilla, no salsa, nada.)
More flautas for me and homegirl.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

made flautas tonight

I never heard of flautas. From context, they are clearly some form of mexican tortilla wrapped dish.

Makes me wonder, just how many different names are there for stuff wrapped up in a tortilla?

In order of my own personal exposure, I know of:

Enchiladas
Chimichangas
Burritos
Tostadas (Not really wrapped, so doesn't count)
Soft tacos
Wraps
Taquitos
and now Flautas

Take pictures of all of them, and you will see little difference.

I'd love to see a definition for each.

In my own experience, an enchilada has sauce on it, a chimichanga is fried crispy, a burrito is plain and can be eaten with your hands, a tostada is open faced, a soft taco has cold ingredients, a wrap is lunch meat, and I'm not really sure what taquitos and flautas are. Probably a small burrito.

And I forgot tamales. Which are nasty soft corn tortillas or sometime corn husks.

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by glatt

I never heard of flautas. From context, they are clearly some form of mexican tortilla wrapped dish.
And I forgot tamales. Which are nasty soft corn tortillas or sometime corn husks.

Lots of flautas around here. They are long and rolled--like a flute, then fried.

tamales are not nasty! they are yum. They are made from a similar dough as corn tortillas, though; the dough is filled, rolled in corn husks, then steamed. Very labor intensive--traditionally made assembly line style by the women for Christmas.

not common knowledge for you folks?

[Perry Winkle]

I would kill for Chile Rellenos. No decent Mexican food to be found in Montana.

My wife is slowly convincing me we need to move to the south west. She wants Albuquerque or Tucson, maybe Phoenix.

[skysidhe]

Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

I would kill for Chile Rellenos. No decent Mexican food to be found in Montana.

My wife is slowly convincing me we need to move to the south west. She wants Albuquerque or Tucson, maybe Phoenix.

I love a Chile Rellenos! I'll have to make my own, I keep thinking I will, one day. It can't be too difficult.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Perry Winkle

I would kill for Chile Rellenos. No decent Mexican food to be found in Montana.

Give it a couple of years ... they eventually get tired of landscaping and shovelling snow and open restaurants.

[skysidhe]

That's too easy. ah youth.

[monster]

put pasta on to cook.

new pan;
mushrooms, butter: cook a bit.
Add milk, bring just to boil.
remove from heat, stir in cornstarch/milk mix
return to heat, stirring.
when bubbling, turn off heat add blue cheese, stir until melted.

serve on pasta. takes 10 minutes, tops.

[Shawnee123]

The taquitos I've seen in the frozen food section are totally tubular, and crispy.

[Clodfobble]

Generally speaking, taquitos usually means corn tortillas, while flautas means flour. Both are small, tightly wrapped, and usually fried. Like a skinny little chimichanga.

But if we're including corn as a wrapping (e.g., tostadas,) then you can add tamales to your list too. And if you're adding other ethnicities (e.g. "wraps" with lunchmeat) then you should toss in gyros as well.

[footfootfoot]

I always had corn tortilla flautas. That's what I made anyway. They were yum.

[Clodfobble]

Flautas (flutes) is a more accurate name than taquitos (little tacos) anyway.

[Trilby]

anybody have a good (and pretty easy) recipe for chicken chili?