Ok, first off, the great snow of DFW — most of the surrounding area is covered in snow. My house, however, is not. It has snowed all day but nothing has stuck. So disappointing. Well, not really. I am not big on snow. Or rain. Or ice....you get the picture. So, the snow was a bust.
See, no snow.
Ok, so moving on to the enchiladas. Now, being from South Texas, I have eaten Mexican food since I cut my teeth! My mother cooked it, so did my grandmother and my aunt so how, I wonder, could I not have any cumin in the kitchen? So wrong on so many levels.
I digress. On to the enchiladas. I have always used American cheese in my ‘chiladas. However the powers that be at Kraft decided that they didn’t need to manufacture their blocks of cheese anymore, just slices. Well, trying to grate it was beyond frustrating. Out came the food processor. After I finally remembered how to use it it didn’t work well and what cheese did grate was really just little balls. I googled what to do and read a blog entry by a woman having the same problem who just chopped it up finely. That worked and then I chopped the onion and mixed it all together. I have decided that American cheese is not my fav and will be exploring other options.
Then I set about making the enchilada sauce which was pretty much what I always made before except for a couple of changes. This recipe called for a pinch of cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. oregano and a splash of vinegar. I never put those ingredients in my sauce before and I won’t again because it added nothing. The sauce went together well and simmered nicely while I prepped the tortillas.
And there you go!
I plated them, sat us down to dinner and now comes the confusion part. I looked at the clock and it was 4:45. In the afternoon. Dinner was done, most of the dishes washed and it was 4:45. I have no idea why I made dinner that early. Honestly I wasn’t even aware of the time at all. I guess it has been so gray and icky that it seemed late.
And now the funny part. After fussing about not having the cumin my husband walked in and handed me a brand new bottle sitting on the shelf right in front of me. Ok, maybe it wasn’t THAT funny!
4 comments:
That's too funny, the cumin was there all along! The enchis look delightful. I get very excited and almost overwhelmed if it snows, having been a subtropics girl for so long. I am frightened of it! When I lived up north, if it snowed, I got up every hour and swept it off the walks and cars, I was so scared!
Yes being a south texas girl I don’t like the snow or ice. It is oppressive to me and I am like you, it sort of scares me.
The enchiladas look delish. I have never heard of American cheese and had to look it up. Apparently we don't call it that in Canada.
Funny about the cumin ( another product I've never used).
Hi, GM! American cheese used to be good. It they have changed it. I don’t think it even has the word cheese on the package anymore. I M moving on to something else. Cumin or comino is a spice commonly used in Mexican food.
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