"All you can EAT!" A regional/state thing?

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Thank you! I can't really dis the OG, as I do like their salad, and their breadsticks dunked in alfredo are good, but it's so not real Italian food.

Re Tex-Mex: My MIL moved to Texas last year and she is miserable having grown up in so Cal with Mex-Mex food. The first time she ordered an enchilada they dumped chili on it. I've also heard that their guacamole is just mashed avocados, eww. Give me real Mexican food any day.

Cali-Mex, in my experience, uses loads of sour cream. Your MIL may have mistaken the usual Tex-Mex sauce put on enchiladas for chili - or it may have been a bad restaurant. Our guacamole is true to the ancient Aztec recipe (!) in that its main ingredient is indeed mashed avocados - no sour cream. Lime juice, onions, salt , tomato - what am I forgetting? I had guacamole made at our table at El Jarritos just this evening, but didn't pay very close attention.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Re Tex-Mex: My MIL moved to Texas last year and she is miserable having grown up in so Cal with Mex-Mex food. The first time she ordered an enchilada they dumped chili on it.

Did your MIL move to San Antonio?

I totally saw that show "Drive-Ins, Diners and Dive" with Guy Fieri and he stopped in a restaurant in San Antonio where they put chili on their enchiladas. What did Guy say? "mmmm i love Mexican food." I've NEVER been to a place that put chili on their enchiladas. It didn't even look appetizing!