The jimmyjazz/anastasis slapfight thread

[Continental Op 3934]

Have at it fellas. 

[Upgrayedd 5822]

I'm here for Tex-Mex vs. Cali-Mex talk.

[David Dennison 18994]

The fuck is Cali-Mex?

[Biff Tannen 45759]

1 hour ago, Upgrayedd said:

I'm here for Tex-Mex vs. Cali-Mex talk.

Roll it all up together in this thread.  Like a big burrito.  One of the good ones from Texas.

[jimmyjazz 46353]

Hi.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20543]

Motherfucker their shit is such a beatdown on the other threads. FUCK. 

[SmokeyTheBear 5569]

[Anastasis 23471]

Austin style Tex Mex cheese enchiladas, frito pie, tamales with chili and cheese topping are basically the same dish. 

[Anastasis 23471]

HCQ is also pixey dust. 

[F250 28885]

16 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

The fuck is Cali-Mex?

 

 

 

 

[staboner 4988]

21 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Austin style Tex Mex cheese enchiladas, frito pie, tamales with chili and cheese topping are basically the same dish. 

[Celery Man 21022]

Texas Chili Parlor is underrated as a tex-mex joint.

[Anastasis 23471]

7 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Texas Chili Parlor is underrated as a tex-mex joint.

When they actually have chili, apparently. 

[DanTheHorn 4970]

2 hours ago, David Dennison said:

The fuck is Cali-Mex?

[Mach 1 1677]

4 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

Hits close to home. Just had a few lengua tacos that were off the charts.  

Edited June 30, 2020 by Mach 1

[DanTheHorn 4970]

3 minutes ago, Mach 1 said:

Hits close to home. Just had a few lengua tacos that were off the charts.  

I hit this place after the Alabama game. That is the only reason I know about it. I am am an Arandas on Oltorf guy. Pinches tacos was good though, especially the women in line.

Edited June 30, 2020 by DanTheHorn

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

29 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Texas Chili Parlor is underrated as a tex-mex joint.

Very true.

Incidentally, despite making them famous in a song, Guy Clark hated mad dog margaritas. He said, and I quote, that they tasted like "a combination of petroleum and sea water."

[Anastasis 23471]

5 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Very true.

Incidentally, despite making them famous in a song, Guy Clark hated mad dog margaritas. He said, and I quote, that they tasted like "a combination of petroleum and sea water."

He’s right. Still a great song. 

[jimmyjazz 46353]

I'm not gonna lie, a plate of Freida's enchiladas at the Parlor is one of life's great pleasures.  For me, better than Dart Bowl.  I realize I'm in the minority here.

[Covri 6262]

Maudies has the best cheese enchiladas. Fight me irl.

[Anastasis 23471]

 

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

Top 3 cheese enchilada plates in no particular order: Chili Parlor, Spanish Village (Houston), Old Spanish Trail (Bandera)

[Superhero 8874]

Ate Tex-Mex for 12 years. Ate Cali-Mex for 15.

Tex-Mex > Cali-Mex.

Just sayin'

[Mach 1 1677]

14 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

I hit this place after the Alabama game. That is the only reason I know about it. I am am an Arandas on Oltorf guy. Pinches tacos was good though, especially the women in line.

They've expanded and doing very well. Early on they'd be surprised to see a guero pick up lengua tacos, now they just give me a nod.

 

Edited June 30, 2020 by Mach 1
fucking grammar

[Anastasis 23471]

2 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Top 3 cheese enchilada plates in no particular order: Chili Parlor, Spanish Village (Houston), Old Spanish Trail (Bandera)

No dart bowl or EyM?

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

2 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

No dart bowl or EyM?

I don't know Austin that well anymore. 

[YChang 3465]

Another vote for Spanish Village

[Anastasis 23471]

5 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

I don't know Austin that well anymore. 

Jorge recipe is the quintessential Austin cheese enchilada. 

[jimmyjazz 46353]

11 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Old Spanish Trail (Bandera)

This feels like a post-Covid (LOL) road trip is in order.  I've never heard of it.

[Anastasis 23471]

I think that maudies, old school jorges and eym all run the Arredondo recipe but I may be off on that. Dart bowl is close but not ja recipe. 

[MaybeACoordinator 8350]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

This feels like a post-Covid (LOL) road trip is in order.  I've never heard of it.

Decor-wise it is basically a shrine to John Wayne...I don't think the present political climate will change that. Looks like it was a saloon at one point way back when. I think everything in Bandera, including the churches, was a saloon at some point. 

 

[jimmyjazz 46353]

Maudie's are definitely not the same as EyM.  They might be working off the same general recipe, but the final product is not the same.  (I like Maudie's plenty but in this case I'll take EyM enchiladas every day.)

[Anastasis 23471]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Maudie's are definitely not the same as EyM.  They might be working off the same general recipe, but the final product is not the same.  (I like Maudie's plenty but in this case I'll take EyM enchiladas every day.)

I might be mixing up the various relations but I am pretty sure those three (jorges, maudies and eym) all share genetics. Especially the first two. 

[troph 24916]

Lake Travis has limited options but I’ll take the Josie’s Enchiladas at Maudies any day I’m not on a low carb bullshit diet.

[tantric superman 4668]

3 hours ago, David Dennison said:

The fuck is Cali-Mex?

I've always thought burritos and "tostadas".

The only thing I thought was truly memorable in CA was the burritos, which were terrific.  This was back way before the chain burrito places.

I also noticed that Calfiornians seemed to go wild for chalupas/tostadas at outdoor fairs/events. 

 

[Celery Man 21022]

The version of the story I heard from the Chili Parlor folks is that “mad dog margaritas” weren’t a drink on the menu until after Jerry Jeff wrote the song and people started asking for them.

Also their salsa is made with serranos and is legit.

[Llano Estacado 1257]

until after Jerry Jeff wrote the song

What? A Mad Dog member for sure, but put down the mezcal.

[Wulaw Horn 19156]

Lived in California until I was 12. Hated Tex mex for About a year when I first moved because it was so different. Prefer Tex Mex now to California variety but love both 

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13595]

[Hornius Emeritus 12495]

1 hour ago, Covri said:

Maudies has the best cheese enchiladas. Fight me irl.

 

Yup.  The Enchiladas Josie.  That's Casita Jorges original recipe.  They bought it from Jorges.

The bomb.

[elfenix 34365]

i haven't had a plate of cheese enchiladas in so long

[BigHorn'13 3387]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Maudie's are definitely not the same as EyM.  They might be working off the same general recipe, but the final product is not the same.  (I like Maudie's plenty but in this case I'll take EyM enchiladas every day.)

 

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

I might be mixing up the various relations but I am pretty sure those three (jorges, maudies and eym) all share genetics. Especially the first two. 

Geez, y'all get a thread or somet...Oh wait.

[mchookem 16438]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

Jorge recipe is the quintessential Austin cheese enchilada. 

isn't that the family recipe for EyM? very similar

any list of 'best enchiladas' in Austin that doesn't include EyM is trash

[Continental Op 3934]

5 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Austin style Tex Mex cheese enchiladas, frito pie, tamales with chili and cheese topping are basically the same dish. 

The same totally fucking awesome dish.

[ROFL BOX 6649]

4 hours ago, DanTheHorn said:

Go to Taco Bell & get fake Mexican food made by real Mexicans.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

3 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

Go to Taco Bell & get fake Mexican food made by real Mexicans.

I have never eaten at a Taco Bell in my life... and I never will.  That is some scary ass looking shit.

[Celery Man 21022]

7 hours ago, Llano Estacado said:

 

What? A Mad Dog member for sure, but put down the mezcal.

 

Oh yeah, getting my Texas songwriters mixed up 

[Steamboat1874 4120]

The true test of good Tex-Mex is and always has been the hot sauce and chips (if you call it salsa you are not a Texan)  before you have the #2 dinner which consists of cheese enchiladas, crispy taco with a small guacamole salad, rice and refried beans.That is it. That's the list.

Edited June 30, 2020 by Steamboat1874

[Anastasis 23471]

9 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

The true test of good Tex-Mex is and always has been the hot sauce and chips (if you call it salsa you are not a Texan)  before you have the #2 dinner which consists of cheese enchiladas, crispy taco with a small guacamole salad, rice and refried beans.That is it. That's the list.

Not sure that I agree on the salsa/hot sauce thing.  I think that either is fine when referring to what is served with chips, but I would usually refer to that as salsa in a restaurant. 

If I am at a Tex Mex place in Austin, and I ask for some salsa, nine times out of ten I am going to get the stuff that you dip your chips in. But I wouldn't throw a fit about it if they brought out some Valentina. 

If I ask for hot sauce, nine times out of ten they are going to bring me some cholula or something.  A salsa picante. 

[capnamerca 572]

8 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

 

Yup.  The Enchiladas Josie.  That's Casita Jorges original recipe.  They bought it from Jorges.

The bomb.

You say this with such authority, that I want to believe you. Casita Jorge's was religion in my family growing up. Dad would play softball on Fridays at Pleasant Valley Sportsplex, and we'd go eat Jorge's after the early games and before the late games. I can still walk thru that place in my head, with the "smoking section" in the back, and the four-game arcade in front on your left as you entered. Even driving by the building these days kicks up the nostalgia dust into my eyes.