What's that you're eating?

[oldmanwilly]

Visiting my daughter in south Austin! We did get to say hello to Aaron Franklin yesterday. Trying to plan our attack on some brisket breakfast tacos or sandos before we head north for the I-35 shuffle back to Dallas. Any favorites or suggestions? PS I love a coffee shop with kolaches and house beer on tap. Reminds me of old weird Austin in the best way! View attachment 3113156

The best breakfast tacos are at Texas Honey Ham in Westlake (I know, an unlikely spot, but trust me: an internet stranger). I imagine you've already found others by now.

Well done meeting Mr. Franklin, I've never had the pleasure .

 

[DennisM]

Have you ever craved Chil Fil A and realized its Sunday? No problem.

The secret ingredient is ...

Just marinade your cut up chicken for 24-hours in it! Sounded gross to me and I like pickles. I used peanut oil, suggested, in the Fry Daddy.

Today's dinner is the result, along with some onion rings and fried pickle chips ...

I used this copy-cat recipe the wife found ...

Chick-Fil-A Chicken (And Nuggets) Copycat Recipe - Food.com

After looking on the internet for days for a Chick-Fil-A copycat and finding only plain old fried chicken recipes, I decided to try and imitate it mys

www.food.com

Tasted pretty dang close ... even without the foil lined wrapper.

 

[oldmanwilly]

Tonight's vittles: chicken spaghetti (with orrechiette instead), bruschetta, and tossed salad.

 

[Boattale]

Cheese enchiladas topped with carnitas and fajita veggies, finished with tomatillo sauce. From a great local restaurant where it's hard for me to understand most of what's going on.

 

[DennisM]

oldmanwilly Melinda's ... I put that sh!t on everything.

Cheese enchiladas topped with carnitas and fajita veggies, finished with tomatillo sauce. From a great local restaurant where it's hard for me to understand most of what's going on.

Those restaurants are usually authentic and the best. As a gringo ... Mexican food is second to none. I could eat it everyday. The best Mexican restaurant around here is a little dive that doubles as a Latin Food Store. The store owner's 85 year old abuela turned me on to her homemade tamales wrapped in banana leaves vs corn - they are my go-to tamale now!

 

[bluemax_1]

oldmanwilly Melinda's ... I put that sh!t on everything.


Those restaurants are usually authentic and the best. As a gringo ... Mexican food is second to none. I could eat it everyday. The best Mexican restaurant around here is a little dive that doubles as a Latin Food Store. The store owner's 85 year old abuela turned me on to her homemade tamales wrapped in banana leaves vs corn - they are my go-to tamale now!

Love authentic Mexican food!

Used to be a restaurant here that had some fantastic authentic Mexican food. Got to know the cook/chef and I once teased him, “You put crack in the salsa don’t you? Cuz this stuff is ADDICTIVE!”. He laughed and said, “No, I just make it myself from fresh vegetables we grow ourselves, using my own recipe, passed down in the family”.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Love authentic Mexican food!

Used to be a restaurant here that had some fantastic authentic Mexican food. Got to know the cook/chef and I once teased him, “You put crack in the salsa don’t you? Cuz this stuff is ADDICTIVE!”. He laughed and said, “No, I just make it myself from fresh vegetables we grow ourselves, using my own recipe, passed down in the family”.

If I had to pick one cuisine to eat for the rest of my life, it would be Italian.

That said, Mexican is a close 2nd! We eat it in our house once or twice a week at minimum, haha.

It’s crazy to me that back in the early 80’s here in the Denver area, Mexican food was only just gaining traction. I remember pretty vividly the first time I had fajitas and enchiladas. It seems like all the sudden, in ~’82 the restaurants just started popping up everywhere here.