[Sca-cooks] Fw: [trimaris-temp] CROWN LYST, TAVERN MENU & HOURS

[Sue Clemenger]

There must be regional variants, then....the "huevos rancheros" with
which I am familiar are a dish of not-scrambled eggs (can't remember if
they're lightly poached or over-easy), served with salsa, cheese, black
beans, and warm tortillas....heaven on a plate!
--maire

"Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius" wrote:
>
> Also sprach lilinah at earthlink.net:
> >From: vongraph <vongraph at comcast.net>
> >>Actually I have never seen anything other then the Juevos Ranchos  on menus
> >>used for the term ranch eggs, then again I do not speak spanish so I can be
> >>very very wrong, either way its scrambled eggs, sausage, onions etc sort of
> >>latin dish of scrambled eggs and meats:) we even have salsa hot sauce etc
> >>for them :)
> >>
> >>Elric
> >
> >The issue is that you have spelled the word wrong.
> >
> >The correct spelling is "huevos - there is no "j". "Huevos means "eggs".
> >
> >I also assume you mean "Huevos Rancheros", a dish with which i am
> >very familiar - since as far as i know "juevos ranchos" doesn't mean
> >anything.
> >
> >"Rancho" means "ranch" (more or less). "Ranchero" means
> >"ranch-style". So "Huevos Rancheros" means "Ranch-style eggs" (sort
> >of like the Farmers Breakfast, only Mexican).
>
> Interesting. We may have hit on one of the two known cuisines New
> York City has a reputation for being deficient in (the other being
> barbecue, but this, after a few fine but abortive attempts has been
> largely rectified) , but the description above is unlike the huevos
> rancheros I've seen, which are almost invariably eggs fried in olive
> oil or lard until golden on the outside and softish in the middle,
> and topped with a sort of cooked salsa picante, chopped onion,
> cilantro leaves, etc.
>
> Could it be that huevos rancheros are more Tex-Mex than Mexican, and
> therefore could be subject to the same kind of after-the-fact
> traditionalism we've seen in Texas chili and in chowders, in other
> parts of the country? And therefore open to a somewhat wider spectrum
> of interpretation?
>
> Adamantius
>
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