Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread IX: The 24-Hour Version (Fifth Time)

There's a Mexican restaurant near me that makes incredible margaritas. Of course, they also make a lovely mole.

I miss making nachos and tacos. Mmmmmm.

As I think I've said in the nachos thread, I can't remember the last time I had nachos, but chili con queso (always called just "queso") is a staple with chips in these here parts.

No real staples here, besides the cheese. But I always like my nachos with yogurt, pickle relish, homemade taco beef, and homemade salsa (tomatoes and onions in a lemon-lime mixture).

A former colleague of mine from Canada told me that before moving to Texas, she had always called tortilla chips "taco chips". We all thought that was cute.

I sometimes get confused with tortillas. Some people use them to refer to the hard crunchy corn chips, while others use it to refer to the "soft" wrappers.

The chips are tortilla chips. They are made of fried tortillas, but shouldn't really be called tortillas on their own. Tortillas can be made of wheat flour (called "flour tortillas") or corn. They are soft when they are made, but can be fried to be crisp. Traditionally the corn tortillas are the ones that get fried. Some of my Mexican friends and colleagues could probably tell you a lot more.

I prefer corn tortillas as a rule. Flour tortillas don't have much flavor.

Ah, thanks for the explanation, Rocky. It's similar to wanton wrappers - they can be fried or steamed, but when they're fried it's more appropriate to call them wanton chips or fried wanton.

And I agree, corn over flour!

One of my first roommates was a chef and made his own corn tortillas (then deep fried to made chips) ALL the time.
Needless to say, but it was awesome!

When I worked in LA, I cooked for my housemates from time to time. The biggest hit was my fried chicken. I used a sweet mix for the breading.

My grandmother, who was born in Italy, made very good fried chicken, which she called "sutha fry chick".

...and then we have Kenyucky Fried Chicken

Fried chicken in the Philippines is usually eaten drowned in gravy.

I've never been much of a gravy person. I just never much cared for it.

I like it a lot, but my favorite condiment is ketchup. I'd eat potato chips dipped in ketchup!

When I was a teenager, my mom and I would park ourselves in front of Dr. Who every Saturday affernoon. We'd always have potato chips with clam dip. I haven't had (or, for that matter, seen) clam dip in years.

My favorite dip has always been cheese dip. I'm crazy for the taste of cheese.

So is this little fellow.

Oh, gosh! The thing's I've forgotten from my childhood . . . and sometimes with good reason.

"Timer" was in a series of very annoying animated PSAs on ABC in the '70s.

I remember.

Funny how some kiddie educational things are remembered more fondly than others like, say, Schoolhouse Rock.

Ah, Schoolhouse Rock! Is it sad to say I learned more from this clip than I did in Social Studies?

Thanks to Schoolhouse Rock, an entire generation of Americans can recite the Preamble to the Constitution--or at least sing it!

I also learned a lot from watching Captain Planet and the Planeteers! Certainly made me more conscious of the waste I was generating.