At 01:48 PM 6/10/01, Julia wrote:
>On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 10:58 AM
> > Subject: RE: Pride and Arrogance Re: American Attitudes
> (wasRe:Hardworking?)
> >
> >
> > > In our own conversations offlist, you yourself once expressed contempt of
> > > the quality of a Mexican meal I was about to go out for. You said that it
> > is
> > > impossible to get a decent Mexican meal outside of America
> (presumably you
> > > include Mexico in that definition of America...). That is sheer
> arrogance,
> > > whichever way you slice it. It's that attitude people take umbrage with.
> > > Everything in the US is the best.
> >
> > Ah, I also think that its virtually impossible to get good Mexican
> > food in New England. Ah, its not that Mexico is part of the US, its
> > that Texas is very Mexican. I have friends who ate at the best
> > Mexican restaurant in London and they said it was the same quality as
> > the #1 Mexican restaurant in Conneticuit.
>
>Having eaten at 3 or 4 Mexican restaurants in New England, I'd have to say
>they're not the greatest in the world.
>
> > Charlie, Texas is one third Hispanic. London is probably less than
> > 1%. Where would you expect to find authentic first rate Mexican
> > food?Actually, there is a unique Texas cuisine: Tex-Mex that I was
> > thinking about.
>
>It's dang near impossible to get Tex-Mex outside of Texas. There's a
>place in DC that does "Southwestern" stuff, called Austin Grill, and if
>you're incredibly desperate for a Tex-Mex fix, it might tide you over for
>a day or two. Might. Any place that puts mahi-mahi (sp?) into a taco or
>burrito or whatever it was my sister ordered doesn't quite cut it.
Hawaiian-Tex-Mex?
-- Ronn! :)
