Dragginourbedaround
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Larry N. said:
Hate to show my ignorance, but why the parenthesis around (New)?UTTransplant said:
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UTTransplant
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Dragginourbedaround said:
We use the parentheses to indicate that New Mexican food is different than what most consider Mexican food. Most Mexican food in the states is red chili or jalape?o based. New Mexican is more green chili based, plus it has echoes of the natives who lived in NM before the Spanish arrived in the late 1500s.
Larry N.
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Amen. I lived in NM for 11 years, and when I left I found it difficult to enjoy the Mexican food elsewhere. I've finally found a handful of decent Mexican food in the Denver area, but it's still well short of New Mexican food. One factor (of several) is the green chile we've been discussing, which has an incredible (to me) flavor that is missing almost everywhere else. That flavor comes right through the hot in a fashion that's not true of most other chiles.
Another factor, though not nearly as important as the main dish, is that in New Mexico most places serve sopapillas and honey with the meal (I'm making my mouth water), with refills available if needed, while almost everywhere else if sopapillas are on the menu they are a "dessert" or are filled with the main course.
All in all, New Mexican food is a bit different experience than Mexican food and I, for one, got spoiled there. Thankfully, 505 brand has made some decent New Mexican style green chile sauce available in other areas and even online, so we can still have our homemade enchiladas, breakfast burritos, etc. at home, even if the restaurant experience falls short.
Another factor, though not nearly as important as the main dish, is that in New Mexico most places serve sopapillas and honey with the meal (I'm making my mouth water), with refills available if needed, while almost everywhere else if sopapillas are on the menu they are a "dessert" or are filled with the main course.
All in all, New Mexican food is a bit different experience than Mexican food and I, for one, got spoiled there. Thankfully, 505 brand has made some decent New Mexican style green chile sauce available in other areas and even online, so we can still have our homemade enchiladas, breakfast burritos, etc. at home, even if the restaurant experience falls short.
UTTransplant
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Like Larry, I miss sopapillas with meals. Layered enchiladas, not rolled. Chili verde stew. Fry bread from the Jemez Pueblo women cooking it over open fires. Apple empanadas for desert, rolled in cinnamon sugar.Larry N. said:
I miss New Mexican food soooooo much. We probably won?t make it there this winter, so I need recommendations is someone knows a New Mexican restaurant in Arizona.
Larry N.
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The jalape?o is hot and the serrano is rather hotter. Neither of those is the green chile we're discussing, though, and green chiles do come in various degrees of spicyness, from mild to very hot (without adding jalape?o or other types). I suspect you could order 505 sauces, chiles and such online from the 505 company, which (to me) are much better than most other such things on the market.jackiemac said:
Wikipedia has quite an article on New Mexico Chile, for anyone interested.
Larry N.
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With so much discussion of the green chiles here, I got to pining for them, so yesterday morning's breakfast was homemade breakfast burritos:
Fill tortilla with the ingredients you want, roll it up, cover with cheese and sauce, microwave for 45-60 seconds (in our 1200W oven), or until cheese is melted.
Enjoy!
- Flour tortilla (large, for me)
- Cubed, fried potatoes
- Bacon strips
- Sausage, scrambled or patties
- Scrambled eggs
- Mexican blend cheese (or your choice of cheese) shredded
- 505 green chile sauce
Fill tortilla with the ingredients you want, roll it up, cover with cheese and sauce, microwave for 45-60 seconds (in our 1200W oven), or until cheese is melted.
Enjoy!
UTTransplant
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Jackie, I will make you some green chili enchiladas when you are in Death Valley. It is a great Dutch Oven recipe. We are staying in Furnace Creek NPS campground so we can use charcoal (no combustibles allowed at Sunset).
taoshum
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zmotorsports said:
I'd predict that you'll enjoy it... even with the crowds.
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Kevin Means
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Well that was fun. Had one day of light rain for an hour or so, half a day of cloudy skies, and the rest of the weather was nice. There was only one morning they couldn?t launch due to winds, but that ain?t bad.
We?re spending a couple of days in KOFA before heading home. We?re literally the only RV anywhere in sight. Gorgeous weather here! Debra.... sorry we could?t hook up. The mass of humanity in the launch area, and the distance between us made it difficult. By the way, are you gonna tell everyone about your new GPS, or am I? ;D
Kev
We?re spending a couple of days in KOFA before heading home. We?re literally the only RV anywhere in sight. Gorgeous weather here! Debra.... sorry we could?t hook up. The mass of humanity in the launch area, and the distance between us made it difficult. By the way, are you gonna tell everyone about your new GPS, or am I? ;D
Kev
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Heli_av8tor
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You?re killing me. Wish there was one more MH in KOFA. 
I?ve had to run the furnace the last two nights and will again tonight to protect from freezing.
Theresa says we are done until we leave for KOFA in January. Guess I better winterize.
I?ve had to run the furnace the last two nights and will again tonight to protect from freezing.
Theresa says we are done until we leave for KOFA in January. Guess I better winterize.
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Kevin Means
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Tom, if it makes you and Theresa feel any better, it?s only supposed to get up to about 79 here today, but the mild breeze will make it feel more like 75. (Brrrrr...) No wonder no one else is out here! This hardcore boondocking ain?t for everyone. ;D
Kev
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Heli_av8tor
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Ya, Ya, Ya.. I'm feeling better already. (or, is that bitter already)
Enjoy KOFA
Enjoy KOFA
Kevin Means said:
Be my guest Kevin, haha! Actually I don?t have the GPS. It was still working and was returned to the balloon pilot. I?m scheduled with an installer in Tucson to have my solar panel replaced the first week of November.
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Oh man....now everyone will be able to figure it out before I have a chance to embellish the story. Anyway... Debra got upgraded to a fancy/smancy site overlooking the takeoff area. One morning, when all the balloons were taking off, someone dropped a GPS out of their gondola. Of all the places it could have landed, fate directed to one of Debra?s solar panels, shattering it.
Maybe that was a good thing. If it had hit your roof, who knows, it might have punched a hole in it. Glad you?re getting the panel replaced soon.
Kev
Maybe that was a good thing. If it had hit your roof, who knows, it might have punched a hole in it. Glad you?re getting the panel replaced soon.
Kev
Yes I?m glad it hit the panel rather than the roof. Who knows how much damage it would have done to the roof. Also I?m glad I was home when it happened. Since the panels were still charging I wouldn?t have noticed anything wrong. It?s just been a few weeks since I cleaned and inspected the roof and panels. So it may have been a good while before I went up there.
I wouldn?t really call where I was parked fancy! The only plus is it?s proximity to the launch field. Although Friday it was waterfront property for awhile LOL!
I wouldn?t really call where I was parked fancy! The only plus is it?s proximity to the launch field. Although Friday it was waterfront property for awhile LOL!
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Heli_av8tor
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I thought you meant "waterfront property" figuratively until I saw the pictures! Sure did a number on the panel. Looks like an upgrade opportunity.
Were you inside when it hit?
Were you inside when it hit?
