tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post5780746004439566440..comments2023-10-17T17:17:45.387+02:00Comments on Homemade Heaven......: ChimichangasHomemade Heavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14057023477235437450noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-49620051841840730052008-07-21T07:01:00.000+02:002008-07-21T07:01:00.000+02:00Blonde - Like I say, not the most authentic, but t...Blonde - Like I say, not the most authentic, but they were pretty good considering it was my first attempt.Homemade Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057023477235437450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-49060098102958302552008-07-21T07:00:00.000+02:002008-07-21T07:00:00.000+02:00Just - I agree with you totally, we South Africans...Just - I agree with you totally, we South Africans have a great knack for improving things. Sure he was doubly unhappy after the rugby - nothing like cleaning up to work out your frustrations! It took me a while to get the folding right, if they not soft enough they break. Love you comments.Homemade Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057023477235437450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-51107101658637696812008-07-20T13:47:00.000+02:002008-07-20T13:47:00.000+02:00I think that's so cool you're making Mexican dishe...I think that's so cool you're making Mexican dishes in South Africa! I live 100 miles from Mexico and the most global thing my city makes is food from Spain!The Blonde Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00085499120024055465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-38606004238001952482008-07-19T16:20:00.000+02:002008-07-19T16:20:00.000+02:00just one little comment to add on your chimichanga...just one little comment to add on your chimichanga recipe. They were originally made in the state of Sonora in Mexico - and WERE made with a large plate tortilla just like yours and the fact that you bought the tortilla's at the Spar is surely not relevant.<BR/><BR/>They use picadillo which is full of raisins and the beef mince contains cinnamon and cumin and a hell of lot of jalapeno chilli so I think your choice was a humungous improvement! If improvement of a dish or change makes it non-authentic, then maybe. But I just made them and they were damned delicious!!! There were tortilla in the fridge and I had both picadillo and chilli con carne in the freezer but I chose the chilli and at long blinking last I got the folding and the frying right. You are a genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <BR/><BR/>The kitchen is a mess but I cant reach the top bits so I left it for the he when he returns from watching the rugby with the manne. He will be less than thrilled with the kitchen but that is a price I was willing to pay. hehe.<BR/><BR/>You should have seen me - replaced knee leg folded over the other one. Me on office chair with rollers and crutches over kitchen counter. Frying was done on the gas stove that I managed to pull out of the "ugly" cupboard - we have Eskom in this country, so we have to.<BR/><BR/>Thanks young lady - I had great fun.justfoodnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934317980591251007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-68641450790389101272008-07-19T03:56:00.000+02:002008-07-19T03:56:00.000+02:00Well, sort of authentic. Often we South Africans i...Well, sort of authentic. Often we South Africans improve recipes - said with no malice, actually. I find this nation of ours to be one of the most food obsessed in the world (which is a good thing in my eyes) and more fussy about food than most nations.<BR/><BR/>We have embraced the new freedom our democracy brought with such gusto and passion and this food renaissance of ours is something so special that ......justfoodnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934317980591251007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-36551992749984687802008-07-19T03:47:00.000+02:002008-07-19T03:47:00.000+02:00Well liefie, some of us can! Just wait till I am u...Well liefie, some of us can! Just wait till I am up again.<BR/><BR/>I loathe restaurant menu's! They always seem to have dishes that they don't serve (let's not go into cassoulet). <BR/><BR/>I love the bran muffin at Mugg & Bean - which is not a restaurant but a fast food thingy for extremely hungry people, but someone once bought me a bran muffin which is okay, but those places are forgiven since they cannot be called restaurants - they are sort of placeswhesrefoodcanbegots.<BR/><BR/>But the real restaurants that misspell, lie and deceive and then have the gall to employ waiters that they are too stingy to either pay or train, that's my end.<BR/><BR/>Back to your always-stunning food. I do know the difference, skattie and I think your recipe looks more authentic than anything I have ever seen, actually.<BR/><BR/>Go girl go!justfoodnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01934317980591251007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-10037286376987835702008-07-17T08:42:00.000+02:002008-07-17T08:42:00.000+02:00Jeanne - I think my first introduction to Mexican ...Jeanne - I think my first introduction to Mexican was the Spur - Sad but true!<BR/>Nina - Your Con Carne was great.Homemade Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057023477235437450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-83764229924680883402008-07-16T19:30:00.000+02:002008-07-16T19:30:00.000+02:00LOL about the not telling a chihuahua from a chimi...LOL about the not telling a chihuahua from a chimichanga! Remember when all the spur menus had to have pronounciation guides for all the Mexican dishes? They probably still do, in fact ;-)<BR/><BR/>I often make totally non-authentic faijitas - and they taste just as good as the Real Deal, as do these I imagine!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12325204219395014329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-13901682778383085872008-07-16T14:10:00.000+02:002008-07-16T14:10:00.000+02:00Thanks for the mention, Rose. This is a great idea...Thanks for the mention, Rose. This is a great idea. Finger food.Nina Timmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973980161399052340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-22397932195996966182008-07-16T12:56:00.000+02:002008-07-16T12:56:00.000+02:00Gunfighter - Glad you like them, please have secon...Gunfighter - Glad you like them, please have seconds too! Meeting Ainsley was a highlight, he is such a great guy.Homemade Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057023477235437450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649255681065021385.post-63392551068700110772008-07-16T12:53:00.000+02:002008-07-16T12:53:00.000+02:00Hello Rosemary!Thanks for visiting my blog! I hav...Hello Rosemary!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog! <BR/><BR/>I have already decided to start stealing your recipes!<BR/><BR/>(and I can't believe that you got to meet Ainsley, you lucky girl)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com