The Fix
Arrrg! I got my TexMex fix after all, but now I feel all guilty about the dastardly diet detour. We had a new systems engineer start today and thusly, we all went out to lunch for a real sit-down meal. I ordered the fajita skirt steak with cheese and fresh serrano, jalapeño, and habanero slices on top complete with refried beans and spanish rice. My tummy is so so happy, but I feel like I need to stick a straw in my torso and lipo. I have to go give an technical orientation/training presentation to the FNG now. I like him. So far, he’s given me the impression that he’ll fit right in. Tick tock. I need to get out of here… it’s much too nice outside to be at work.
ps. Does anyone know where to purchase Naga Jolokia in the US?
Sounds like you went to Lupe’s Tortillas! I love that place.
Fear not, while high in fat, refried beans are also high in fiber which offsets some of their badness. As it turns out, the bean burritos at Taco Bell are some of the “best for you” and “least fattening” items on the menu. They’ve just added a seven-layer crunchwrap supreme, however, and that sounds rather dangerous. Taco Bell is the closest thing to TexMex we get out here in Cali, as sick as that sounds.
I had a recent debate that involved TexMex and its superiority to other versions of Americanized Mexican food and dare I say superiority to Mexican Mexican food. One fellow said no self-respecting Mexican would use ground beef in a dish to which I said Texicans that gave Santa Ana the finger think Mexicans can pick stringy bits of meat from between their teeth if they want. Come to find out, TexMex owes much of its evolution from Canary Island colonists more than post revolutionary Anglo-Saxons that migrated from the North.
Wow, pockets had a fresh set of batteries in him today. >:o)
Taco Bell closest thing to TexMex in California? Surely things haven’t degraded so badly as that?
Here is my “healthy” way of handling TexMex: Fajitas with corn tortillas and plenty of pico de gallo and some guacamole. I nix the beans (unless black pintos, then I just eat a little), rice and flour tortillas. Hard? Yes. But I feel much better about it after I’m done!
Post a comment