We just came back from another successful visit to the Rio Grande Valley—and quite a tour it was—Edinburg, Elsa, Weslaco, Harlingen, La Feria. We visited some of Tlacuache’s ancestors—recent and ancient. We pawed pumpkin empanadas, breakfast tacos, and other portable homemade goods. The outside of the empanadas in La Feria were lighter than any others I have had, so very tearable, and the filling was the most pumpkiny and least sweet. It was intense, earthy, and delightful. The food of South Texas and the region of the border known as the Rio Grande Valley, (RGV or just “The Valley” to locals) is a regional cuisine best understood by forgetting most of what you have ever heard about Tex-Mex. The term has been widely misused,…
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I have been sick for a couple days, and due to the nature of my illness, unable to really think about food at all. But I am recovered now, just in time. I feel very compelled to make this post today. I am new to blogging, and in a good-faith effort to read and try to interact with other food bloggers in the area, I have subscribed myself to their blogs. I try to read them as often as they post (not very often) and if possible, write comments on their work. Well, today I unsubscribed from one. I wont name names, but they were boasting about their favorite burrito being from Chipotle. They are from San Antonio. How can this be? First of…
