food in new mexico

[turnipmonster]

I love that everything in new mexico is smothered in red or green chile sauce. wife got sick of it quickly. what does everyone think about the food in new mexico?

--turnipmonster

[imported_anacardo]

Being a Tex-Mex guy, some of the recipes are not to my taste, but NM chiles are delicious as hell.

[jakethebake]

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Being a Tex-Mex guy, some of the recipes are not to my taste, but NM chiles are delicious as hell.

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We think alike.

[SL__72]

Never eaten in New Mexico but I do love things smothered in red or green chili sauce so that sounds good to me.

[turnipmonster]

I always liked the chiles and also the sauce, but got a little sick of refried beans. what are the big differences between tex-mex and new mexican style food?

[Shajen]

Having grown up there, I miss it.

Also: Tex-Mex is garbage. Real Mexican food is where it's at.

If you get back there (dunno where you're from) stop off at a road side stand in late summer and get some fresh roasted chiles.

I miss the food.

[turnipmonster]

I like real mexican food a lot. don't know that much about tex-mex, though. I've eaten mexican food in texas and thought it was pretty good though.

[imported_anacardo]

You're garbage. Your whole life is garbage. Everything you love is garbage. Garbage.

[turnipmonster]

where did you grow up btw? I really liked NM a lot, spent most of our time in gallup and albuquerque.

[imported_anacardo]

I don't really know much about The Theory of NM-Style. Generally speaking, I would say that NM Style seems a little simpler and less rich than Tex-Mex.

[Shajen]

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You're garbage. Your whole life is garbage. Everything you love is garbage. Garbage.

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So, my whole life is Tex-Mex food?

That sucks.

[Shajen]

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where did you grow up btw? I really liked NM a lot, spent most of our time in gallup and albuquerque.

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Northwest corner of NM, near the 4 corners. Little place called Navajo Dam. It's about 30 miles from Farmington, and about 25 miles from Durango, Co.

It was fun growing up there, with the fishing, hiking, camping and all that, but I'm so glad I got out. The economy is depressed and has been for years. I usually go back once a year or so to visit my grandparents.

Time stops in NM.

[jakethebake]

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Also: Tex-Mex is garbage. Real Mexican food is where it's at.

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This is quite funny because New Mexican Food is different from Tex Mex is different from what most Mexicans in Mexico eat. How are you defining "Real Mexican Food"? You realize there are different regions of Mexico that eat VERY differently?

[Shajen]

yes, I realize that.

Ok, fine. A good buddy of mine back in the Corps married a woman from Guatemala. Their neighbors were Mexican. They cooked essentially the same things when they cooked "mexican" food.

Beans, rice, meat, tortillas of some sort. The staples of good mexican.

Tex-mex is an offshot of Mexican food that for some reason Texans think is good. It isn't. Bland BS. (And I spent the first 10 years of my life in Texas, as I was born there, then moved to Huntsville shortly after a stint in Houston, so I've eaten my fair share of the [censored].)

But whatever, I won't sway your opinion, you won't change mine. Consider it a moot point.

[turnipmonster]

I think you should expound on the differences between texmex and new mexican, as I am interested.

[jakethebake]

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Tex-mex is an offshot of Mexican food that for some reason Texans think is good. It isn't. Bland BS. (And I spent the first 10 years of my life in Texas, as I was born there, then moved to Huntsville shortly after a stint in Houston, so I've eaten my fair share of the [censored].)

But whatever, I won't sway your opinion, you won't change mine. Consider it a moot point.

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My grandfather lived in New Mexico my whole life so I've had my share of that food too. It's good. Just different. You might not like Tex-Mex, but good Tex mex is far from bland. That's just crazy talk.

[Shajen]

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That's just crazy talk.

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Well, I am [censored] nuts dude. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[xadrez]

Theres a place called the Owl Cafe, a couple hours south of Albequerque that is off the side of the road. They make [censored] awesome hamburgers

EDIT: To say that the Owl Cafe is in San Antonio, NM...near Truth or Consequences...