Guest guest Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 > Know of any chiles that I MUST try? What's your favorite? > > Shawn > I prefer green. I also LOVE salsa and some of the local restaurants here make the best salsa I've ever eaten. Luckily they sell it on their websites!! http://www.elpinto.com/salsa.html http://www.sadiescocinita.com/ These are my 2 favorite local canned salsas. El Pinto uses green chiles in theirs, other than that they are almost identical and both excellent. I prefer the HOT version. Both can be ordered through their websites or purchased in stores in some states. http://www.505southwestern.com 505 Salsa runs a close 3rd in the race for my favorite! (505 of course being the NM area code!) If anyone wants to vist NM and wants a personal tour guide, I'm happy to oblige and will personally take you to the best vegetarian new mexican restaurants. We can eat there morning, noon and night if you like!! sheryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Hi Sheryl. Wow at that 505 link they have certified organic salsas...pretty cool. All natural salsa too....I like...but it's a bit pricey, boya. I'm still on the hunt for a hot salsa recipe that uses raw tomatos, restaurant style. I like the canned tomato salsas too (though I have to add raw jalp slices to it), however fer now my addiction is with the cooked raw tomato type. If I ever find one and it turns out delish, I'll post the recipe here. I'd also like to try a purist salsa recipe. Sheryl, what are some of the traditional foods and dishes in NM....I imagine the culture to be rich and deep there. Cheers, Shawn ----Original Message Follows---- " Sheryl " <ssarndt " I prefer green. I also LOVE salsa and some of the local restaurants here make the best salsa I've ever eaten. Luckily they sell it on their websites!! http://www.elpinto.com/salsa.html http://www.sadiescocinita.com/ These are my 2 favorite local canned salsas. El Pinto uses green chiles in theirs, other than that they are almost identical and both excellent. I prefer the HOT version. Both can be ordered through their websites or purchased in stores in some states. http://www.505southwestern.com 505 Salsa runs a close 3rd in the race for my favorite! (505 of course being the NM area code!) If anyone wants to vist NM and wants a personal tour guide, I'm happy to oblige and will personally take you to the best vegetarian new mexican restaurants. We can eat there morning, noon and night if you like!! sheryl _______________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 > Sheryl, what are some of the traditional foods and dishes in NM....I imagine > the culture to be rich and deep there. > There is quite a bit of culture here. I also understand that there is a difference between " Mexican " and " New Mexican " foods, though the only differences that I can see lie in the addition of green chiles. As far as vegetarian New Mexican food, one thing I have noticed is something called " calabacitas " which is basically squash and zucchini and corn mixed together and sometimes they put it in a burrito. It's pretty good and I'm not certain if there is a special way they cook it. Sadie's Restaurant makes this dish called " pepitas fritas con frijoles " and it is basically diced potatoes, pinto beans, cheese and salsa fried together and it is absolutely divine!! You can get it plain, in a burrito or in a sopaipilla. It's good all 3 ways. I actually somewhat replicated it at home. I just fried some potatoes in olive oil, added a can of refried beans to the frying pan and then some Sadie's salsa and heated it through. You can put it in a tortilla or just eat it plain. I don't recall whether I added cheese when I made it. What I do know is that it is good just as it is! Of course, if one wanted to be more inventive, you could make your own salsa and cook your own beans and even add your own green chiles. Many of the Mexican restaurants here are vegetarian friendly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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