Teach me Tex-Mex cooking, A sadly lacking part of my cooking skills Options

[Beesknees]

Abby, do you mean that in Mexico you cannot buy kidney beans or chili powder, 2 of the things we consider to be staples of Mexican cooking? That is too funny!

Just saw this/ realised Abby is from Mexico - yes that IS funny - maybe kidney beans are called something else?

By the way, chili powder is a blend of ground hot chilies, cumin, and oregano.

Hmmm ... don't know about Mexico or Texas ... but in uk chilli powder is dried chilli peppers, with no cumin or oregano

But if you like it like that, as they say, that's the sorta thing you like

.... and I would assume chilli con carne ALWAYS has chilli in it - whether dried or fresh ...

Beesknees is now molto confusedo .... but the recipe is still good - I promise!

EDIT - I looked up the whole enchilada on Wikepedia ... it appears that the truly original chilli con carne didn't have any beans in it ... and that half tsp of chili powder is equivalent to one jalapeno chili ...

[chevy2rage]

I haven't seen any cuts of meat called "fajita" here.

I guess that's just a Texas or San Antonio thing? Here, you can go to any grocery store or butcher shop and this particular cut of beef is labeled fajita, and if it's not on the shelf and you ask for it, it's the same cut. I asked someone at work who used to be a butcher and he said that the "technical" name for the cut is skirt steak.

We have chili powder here, but I never knew what was in it until now. I think I want to try using it some time.

[kerbear]

lol for the longest time I thought fajitas were a Mexican dish too! Until I google'd it when I was trying to find out what cut of steak I needed for it too. Who knows for sure... here is what the wiki says:

Sonny Falcon is believed to have operated the first commercial fajita taco stand at a weeklong outdoor event in Kyle, Texas in 1969.[3] He also went to rodeos, fairs, and outdoor festivals selling his fajita taco. An Austin reporter christened him "The Fajita King" and Falcon was able to trademark the name. It contended that Jon Daniel of Houston, Texas introduced beef fajitas to Texas in 1972 after a trip to Matamoros, Mexico.

[Interestinger]

Abby, do you mean that in Mexico you cannot buy kidney beans or chili powder, 2 of the things we consider to be staples of Mexican cooking? That is too funny!
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I guess I didn't get my point across. If we need chili-something, we go get the chilis, and there are many kinds. If we want orange juice, we get the oranges and squeeze them. I would recognize a kidney bean. Maybe they have them in some parts of Mexico but not where I live.