Unfair, of course, and food everywhere's become better, but...PTSD. No internet in those days and I didn't luck into decent Mexican food coming either direction, which I really had expected to find. I recall my first trauma after all these years, a hamburger taco with potato chips as a side, and this was in a Tex-Mex restaurant chosen because it was quite busy.
You're right about corn definitely being healthier in themselves, of course. Our friend Maria, who as eldest daughter of 10 cooked for her family while their parents were working in the fields, always fried them in oil or fat, often a mixture, turning and lifting with asbestos fingers to knock those puppies out, so I do too but stick to tongs. She ruined me for anything else, and even my daughter, who serves her family quinoa and fresh veggies most of the time, fries tortillas for special taco nights. I use my comal and flour to knock out a quick quesadilla.
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