Thursday, February 26, 2004

* Enchiladas or Tacos or Something Pretty Disgusting *

* inspired by [319] Mr. B Natural/War of the Colossal Beast *
* apologies to "The Taste of Mexico", pub. Stewart, Tabori & *
* Chang *

[[The following recipe allows you, the hapless cook, to make
some of your own decisions for once. Due to the high number of
permutations, an ingredient list will not be given.]]

Sauce
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Boil 1.5 qts. water in a saucepan. Add 3 tomatoes or 14 husked
tomatillos or a tom-tom or two; half a white onion, sliced or
unsliced; 3 or 4 whole garlic cloves; and 4 chiles serranos or 2
chiles chipetlos or 2 chiles jalapenos or a chilly chicano. Boil
for 25-30 min.-- the sauce, that is. Drain and reserve water. Place
in food processor or blender or hazardous waste disposal. Blend
with: .5 white onion, sliced or unsliced; 2-4 whole garlic cloves;
30 sprigs cilantro or 1 c. cilantro; and 3 chiles serranos or 1
large California avocado. Add water to adjust texture. Salt to
taste or taste to salt.

Stuffing
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Boil 2 qts. water in a saucepan or heat .75 c. vegetable oil in
a frying pan. Brown 4 whole garlic cloves and discard, or don't
bother with them at all. Add 3 halved chicken breasts or 1.75 lb.
parsed shrimp; 4 whole garlic cloves or 4 finely chopped chiles
cuaresmenos or jalapenos; up to 30 sprigs cilantro; and 5 finely
chopped large tomatoes or 1 coarsely sliced white onion or just
about any random hacked-at vegetable. Cook over low heat for 30
min. or until thick. Shred chicken if necessary. While you're at
it, shred this recipe.

Shells
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Get 1-1.5c. vegetable oil. Heat part of it in a frying pan.
Take individual corn tortillas and fry them one by one, adding oil
as necessary.
Or mosey on over to your local supermarket and get some pre-
made flour tortillas.
Or go out and do something meaningful with your life.

Spread sauce on tortillas or various parts of your body. Wrap
stuffing in tortillas, or, if something really strange has happened,
wrap tortillas in stuffing.

Garnish
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Pour over this concoction 1 qt. creme fraiche or .5 c. sour
cream or .5 c. heavy cream or .75 c. half-and-half or a mixture of
.5 c. + 2 tsp. creme fraiche, 1 c. sour cream, and .5 c. half-and-
half. Sprinkle over this 2 c. crumbled or grated feta or Ocotzingo
or ricotta or manchego or Chihuahua or Oaxaca or mozzarella or
farmer or Monterey jack cheese; 1 c. finely chopped white or green
onion; and .75 c. chopped parsley or 2 more c. grated manchego or
Chihuahua or Pomeranian or German Shepherd or Oaxaca or mozzarella
or Monterey jack cheese or cheesy movies (the worst you can find!).

Should make 24 of whatever it is. Serve hot or cold or in the
pot nine days old or use as slug bait.

[[Some permutations of this may actually be edible.]]

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