Talk:Chilaquiles
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[edit] Variations
Naïvely, I would have written:
- Chilaquiles are a traditional Mexican breakfast dish consisting of left-over tortillas fried with eggs. They are often accompanied with cheese, salsa, or beans.
I don't have a good enough sense of the range of variation to write the article to properly include this along with the current definition. Are these regional variations?
— Pekinensis 16:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
- Your version seems to downplay the sauce too much. Boiling the tortillas in the sauce is an integral part of the process, without which you just get -- well, fried tortilla chips and scrambled eggs, I suppose. I'd feel cheated if the cook considered the cheese optional, too, and chilaquiles with egg (either stirred in or served sunny-side-up on top) is a poor man's alternative to chilaquiles with chicken. Where is your version served? –Hajor 03:18, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
In my grandmother's house. She was born in Michoacan, but has absorbed many cultural influences from other places (notably Chihuahua), so I wouldn't count on her preserving canonical Michoacan style. I had never heard of putting liquid or chicken in chilaquiles before I read this article. — Pekinensis 03:57, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
I should clarify that I also had never seen the word in print or in fact had definite proof that the dish existed outside my family until I read this article, so I do not present myself as an expert on chilaquiles in the larger world. I hold onto only my one datapoint. — Pekinensis
- Chilaquiles are a fairly common dish in Mexican restaurants here in the Long Beach/Los Angeles area. In the Mexican restaurants here I've ONLY seen the egg versions, almost always with the eggs stirred in. Every version that I've had has had beans, salsa, and cheese, although they are a small part of the dish compared to the amount of tortillas and eggs. I would assume if that is a regional version it is probably indicative of Northern Mexican cuisine. BlankVerse ∅ 07:15, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
Michoacán... I think I remember seeing a breakfast menu there (Pátzcuaro?) that offered two styles of chilaquiles; can't for the life of me remember the distinction, but it definitely rings a bell. The beans and the salsa: are they stirred in / cooked in, or served alongside? Unless the tortillas are soaked in the sauce, it sounds like a very dry dish: is it? I'll try and remember to take my camera next time I go out for breakfast; perhaps one of you two could do the same? Hungrily, –Hajor 02:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
In our house, the beans, salsa, and cheese are served alongside. I don't think of it as a very dry dish. Perhaps there was a presoaking I never noticed? I don't think so, but I'll ask. — Pekinensis 04:15, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
It's usually a machaca burrito or juevos rancheros for me if I go for a Mexican breakfast. Besides, I'm still in the dark ages and haven't decided which digital camera I'm going to purchase. BlankVerse ∅ 12:39, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
- OK, I photographed my breakfast this Sunday and the pic has been placed in the article. Unfortunately, it's a bit of an extreme example -- those are (were) very soupy chilaquiles, even by my standards. How different are they from your version(s)? –Hajor 01:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
Completely different from my version, but I would very much like to have them. Were they good? — Pekinensis 01:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, they were OK. It was early in the morning, so I suspect they hadn't had time to boil down to just the right soggy consistency without being too runny. (Free plug: when in Mexico City, Potzollcalli's by far the best place in town for Sunday breakfast -- fruit and juice and coffee and a pastry and a gelatina and your eggs, chilaquiles, enchiladas, etc. for around USD $5. I think the chilaquiles were MXN $55. With a fair amount of chicken.) –Hajor 02:18, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Questions
- Can chilaquile be a singular word as well or is it always plural?
- What is the Spanish literal meaning of chilaquiles?
These things should be added to the article. Badagnani 03:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
