What's for Lunch for CINCO DE MAYO??

[yuiyoshida]

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	I live on the West Coast, I had Mexican for Lunch
	0 (0%)
	I don't live on the West Coast, But I still had Mexican
	2 (40%)
	No Lunch, But Mexican Beer!!
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	I didn't have Mexican today, wish I did...
	1 (20%)
	I didn't have Mexican today but that sounds like a great idea
	0 (0%)
	Mexican food for Dinner tonight!!
	0 (0%)
	I have no idea what I am having for Dinner...
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	One word : Tequila!!
	1 (20%)
	But, its has to be AUTHENTIC MEXICAN....non of this Tex-Mex stuff...(Taco Bell)
	0 (0%)
	VIVA la Mexico, vamos a comer mucha comida mexicana hoy!
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[rurallib]

1. We have Mexican several days a week

one of our best friends owns the restaurant - so cinco de mayo, dos de mayo it makes no difference

[haele]

2. Actually, it was leftover FunkyBurger Gyro Waffle Fries, reheated in a toaster oven.

But this morning, I had started up my nationally famous home-made Chili con Carne with spiced medium-hot ranchero sauce, and we'll be having Northgate Market in-store made refried beans and tortillas, and catfish ceviche to go with it. I'll also have their house guacamole, that I add another avocado and a squeeze of lime to cut down some of the heat.
Tonight, it's just the two of us and a slightly sick five-year-old.
I'd do tamales - I used to make my own using a recipe a long time ago neighbor from Oaxaca taught me that includes crickets in red mole sauce with nopales - but I've developed an allergy to corn along with my allergy to shellfish in my old age, so no more tamales.
Our next-door neighbors are doing Cinco de Mayo with their relatives in Tecate, and for just two people, tamales can be a pain.

Haele

[longship]

3. The tamales look wonderful!

Now where's my bottle of Cholula?

Looks yummy!

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Chili Lime

[longship]

7. Looks good, but I prefer the regular.

Unless it is my former step-son's made from scratch Serrano pepper salsa. Zowee!!!! The best I ever ate, and that includes New Mexican cuisine, which is saying a whole lot.

My favorite Mex meal was an enchilada served in a little town south of Santa Fe, smothered in molé. Zippie and absolutely delish! Washed it down with a Dos Equus. I was driving cross country and filling up at a gas station. It was evening and I was still an hour's drive or so from my motel reservation. There were two local cops paying for their gas at the same time as I was. I told them that I was driving from CA to MI and I absolutely had to eat dinner in NM, but didn't want to drive into Santa Fe. Anyway, I was sure that there'd be great New Mexican food right here. They knew exactly where to send me, and even drew me a map, since it was a bit off the path. It was one of the best meals of my life.

Keep it spicy my friend.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Oh, both the chili lime and the chili garlic cholula are not to be missed.

Like i said upthread, one of the few downsides about OR is, it gets harder to find spectacular mexican food the further north you go.

[longship]

9. Tell me about it. I live in rural west Michigan.

For a sit down meal, NM has the best Mex north of the border.

Tex-Mex is rubbish. CA is not much better.

The little taco trucks in Phoenix can be pretty damned good, though.

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Ive had some very good Mexican food in California, actually.

Some taquerias in the bay area in particular.

[longship]

11. I was in SoCal.

Where it was basically Tex-Mex. Still, some places did things better than others. My then wife and I would eat out Mexican regularly.

Her son made absolutely bomb salsa. From scratch. With Serranos imported from NM. And zowee! It was spicy. And absolutely delish!

My best!

Skäl!

[ProudLib72]

4. Great, I just ate and now I'm hungry again

How dare you show us a Mexican feast!

[Warren DeMontague]

5. There are fifty million wonderful things about Oregon

but I will say, for the record, California has better Mexican Food.

[Solly Mack]

12. I had a waffle today with clotted cream and fresh blueberries.

I ate Mexican the day before. Little hole-in-the-wall diner run by immigrants. Doesn't look like much on the outside but the food is awesome.

[Drahthaardogs]

13. Green Chile

Because New Mexico cuisine > Tex Mex