When I make enchiladas (and they fall apart)

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Lena's friend Jeanne wanted to have dinner with us, so I suggested that instead of going out as we often do that I make enchiladas. Actually I was planning on making them this week sometime, and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were out for various reasons, so it had to be tonight anyway. Since we were also having company I decided to go all out and make spanish rice and refrid beans too.

Back when I lived in New York I would have enchilada parties where I would invite all of my hiking friends and make New Mexico style enchiladas and Posole from scratch. That is a lot of work, and usually it is just the two of us, or maybe three when Jeanne comes over. Lately, therefore, I have been learning to scale down, and working out how to make the same things not exactly from scratch, but still pretty good.

I totally hit myself on the head for not getting some eggs at the super market today because about the most New Mexico thing ever is to put a fried egg on your enchilada. Also the enchiladas totally fell apart when I scraped them out of the pan onto the plate. They tasted great though. Next time with the eggs.

edit: Fixed the spelling of Jeanne's name

Comments

[lenviol.livejournal.com]

IT WAS DELICIOUS! And Im having left-overs for lunch (hopefully).

[arwen-of-lorien.livejournal.com]

I can pretty much put fried eggs on anything, hah!

Also, scaling down food is a skill I am yet to master. I always make humongous batches of food and then eat the same things for five days in a row.

[plicease]

Well one the one hand we did have left overs, but on the other my wife already finished them.

The way I used to make it we'd have leftovers for two weeks. Enchiladas are fun, but not for two weeks :)

[arwen-of-lorien.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, most food is like that. :D