Tlacoyitos? Gary and eating cactus

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http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc.mhtml?i=108 & s=cactus

Here's a good site for you Gary. Let me know if you need any help. Remember

the jarred cactus is just as good and no hassle.

It should be on a shelf by the Mexican canned goods or in any Mexican mercado

if you have one up your way. They are close to green beans when you cook them

up.

Use the small flour soft taco size tortillas. Down here we have the soft taco

(small), the standard size and then the jumbo burrito size.

Enjoy, I'll bet you make up a delicious kitchen creation.........Donna

 

Gary Mattingly <gsmattingly wrote:

Thanks. I'll definitely give it a try and report

back.

Yes, I think it was a flour tortilla, just a bit

smaller.

They also have napoles in the produce section here but

probably that even requires more, well information &

handling.

 

Gary

--- purplepassion <thelilacflower wrote:

 

> I think you had a vegetarian chimichanga. It was

> flour tortilla right?

> Get a jar of napoles (cactus) you can use fresh

> but they are hard to handle and a lot of work.

> Rinse the jar cactus and start from there. I like

> to saute it with onions, peppers, tomatoes, etc.

> Steam the flour tortilla and stuff with the napoles

> mixture in a thin long line (don't stuff like a fat

> burrito). Roll up and fold ends in as you roll.

> Hold with toothpicks. You can fry these and then

> when golden, drain on paper towels and cut in 1 1/2

> to 2 inch pieces and garnish with sour cream, grated

> cheese, olives, green onions chopped, cilantro

> chopped, little salsa, etc. These make wonderful

> appetizers, lay them on a bed of lettuce leaves and

> garnish.

> There are a lot of small villages in Mexico that

> start with the 3 letters TLA so the dish you ate

> could have been names after a little village.

> Hope this helps some, Donna

>

> Gary Mattingly <gsmattingly wrote:

> Hi,

>

> I don't think it has cactus in it but I could

> be wrong. I know it has cheese and beans.

> It was at a Mexican restaurant and was an

> appetizer. It was like a small rolled up

> burrito but only about two or three inches

> long and maybe about 1/2 inch in diameter.

> My guess it was fried. Then they put shredded

> lettuce, sour cream, guacomole and sauce over

> the top of it plus maybe some other type of

> cheese sprinkled over the top.

>

> Thanks! I may just try experimenting since it

> seems relatively simple.

>

> Gary

>

> --- purplepassion <thelilacflower wrote:

>

> > Gary are you looking for a napoles cactus dish?

> > Tlacoyitos isn't an actual Spanish word, coy in

> this

> > word is shy. Let me know, I will ask my BIL's

> > brother , the Cancun summer chef. I cook a lot

> with

> > napoles cacuts. Describe the dish you are trying

> to

> > find and I will help you. I also have many

> Mexican

> > cookbooks, some are out of print.

> > Donna

> >

> > Gary <gsmattingly wrote:

> > Hi,

> >

> > Anyone have a recipe for tlacoyitos? I think it

> > is vegetarian (ova-lacto) or can be made so.

> > Google gets me primarily web pages in Spanish

> > and no recipes (receta). I don't speak Spanish

> > but I could probably recognize a recipe and go

> > from there.

> >

> > Gary

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