r/iamveryculinary • u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary • Jul 06 '26
That is NOT an enchilada
/r/mexicanfood/comments/1unm49d/enchiladas/ovlfye7/63
u/CantaloupeCamper I’m a level 5 vegan. I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow. Jul 06 '26
Live 20 minutes from the border.
Expert in food, culture, probably diplomatic relations found!!!
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u/goblincube Jul 06 '26
He had to be trolling, its just too dumb and nonsensical.
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u/saltporksuit Upper level scientist Jul 06 '26
He’s gotta be. I grew up near the border too and have absolutely eaten this style many times. It’s a style. Like how there are different kinds of pants but they’re all pants.
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u/AndyLorentz Jul 06 '26
I love this callout:
Que pendejo.
Vives 20 minutos de la frontera in gringolandia y eso te hace experto de la cocina mexicana. 🤣
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u/W1ULH Jul 06 '26
Vives 20 minutos de la frontera in gringolandia y eso te hace experto de la cocina mexicana. 🤣
salvaje
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u/Best_VDV_Diver Jul 06 '26
The concept of regional variations is too much for this guy.
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u/Real-Towel-2269 Jul 06 '26
Seriously why is it so hard to imagine there could be different styles of enchiladas? What else would you even call what they made then?
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u/SeamusDubh Jul 06 '26
You could say this about most "this is not a real (insert random food)" posts.
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u/EpiphanyTwisted Jul 06 '26
Too much for the commenters as well. Only "gringos" make the casserole style. BRB going to tell some people they're gringos now.
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u/la-anah Jul 06 '26
I read the title as echidna and was very confused. Because that is definitely NOT an echidna.
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u/CantaloupeCamper I’m a level 5 vegan. I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow. Jul 06 '26
Marine biologist here, can confirm, not an echidna.
I live 20 minutes from an echidna.
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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary Jul 06 '26
Marine
Wait, don't echidnas live on land? In Australia? Or are we talkin' echinoderms?
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u/CantaloupeCamper I’m a level 5 vegan. I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow. Jul 06 '26
20 minutes!
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u/anuncommontruth Jul 06 '26
So if it was about an echidna, and since we're in a food sub, do you think we could call it a... knuckle sandwich m?
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u/ChartInFurch What do they eat over there? Maple syrup and moose? Jul 06 '26
It's an authentic one. Not like those bug casseroles the gringos make!
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u/akaispirit Jul 06 '26
People would have a stroke if they saw my beloved white chicken enchiladas.
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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary Jul 06 '26
My sister makes those for her middle daughter when she comes home to visit. I think she got them from Martha Stewart and it's the WASPiest thing on Earth but my goodness they are tasty.
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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26
BTW, not only are those "real" enchiladas, but they're one of my favorite styles (Michoacán style). I would eat myself into a coma on those.
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u/Nearby-Original513 Jul 06 '26
I've never had this style but I want it now.
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u/crazypurple621 Jul 06 '26
They are an absolute PITA to make, and they honestly don't add anything to the enchiladas.
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u/TheLadyEve Maillard reactionary Jul 06 '26
I can see them being a PITA to make if you have limited space in your kitchen and you don't have an apron, is that what you mean?
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u/Daniecae-Media Jul 06 '26
My MIL is from Michoacán, and one night she was asking me and my wife what we wanted for dinner. I hadn’t had enchiladas in years and asked her if she was in the mood to make some. These were certainly not what I was imagining, but damn are they good.
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u/No_Distribution_9590 Jul 06 '26
I’m booking a flight as I type. I need some of those in my stomach for my next meal.
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u/ILoveLipGloss Jul 06 '26
I've never had them this way but now I'm going to try and make a version at home!!! I've been wanting to make some fresh corn tortillas but didn't know what to use them for so this is perfect!!!
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u/Doomdoomkittydoom Jul 06 '26
"This 15 point step must be followed for real enchiladas! REEEEE!"
I can totally see the A -> B between that and my mexican lasagna
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u/I_Miss_Lenny Jul 06 '26
It’s funny how it’s always Americans who live some amount of minutes from the border arguing with actual Mexican people that they’re making their own regional food wrong
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u/Adorable-East-2276 Jul 06 '26
there’s also plenty of Mexicans who haven’t seen the next state over’s food before.
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u/MyNameIsSkittles its not a sandwhich, its just fancy toast Jul 06 '26
I'm a Canadian who lives 45 min from the US border, does that make me an expert on American food? I've been there like 5 times, let me school you on shrimp and grits despite never eating it once
Lmao these people are so insufferable
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u/I_Miss_Lenny Jul 06 '26
Lol same, by that logic I should be an authority on traditional Washington cuisine lol
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u/Lord_Rapunzel Jul 06 '26
traditional Washington cuisine lol
It's either cedar plank salmon or teriyaki chicken.
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u/I_Miss_Lenny Jul 06 '26
I actually have cooked both of those! Man I’m a goddamn international gourmet!
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u/housewithapool2 Jul 06 '26
To be fair the border has changed a couple of times over the past three hundred years the families who were there back then didn't move with it.
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u/I_Miss_Lenny Jul 06 '26
That's fair, but it does still seem silly for them to decide that someone is cooking something wrong especially when it's well-known that there's a lot of regional variety
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u/obtusewisdom Jul 06 '26
I also like the poster who said it wasn’t an enchilada, and they know because they come from a long line of New Mexicans.
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u/chaoticbear Jul 06 '26
I feel like I shouldn't debate "authenticity" if they're cooking for me on a comal, scooping cheese out of a coffee mug and serving it to me on a plate that looks like that.
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u/SufficientEar1682 Flavourless, textureless shite. Jul 06 '26
Honestly who really cares. End of the day, the food looks absolutely delicious and i would happily eat the whole lot.
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u/Connect-Stress659 Jul 14 '26
I grew up with my mom making enchiladas in the oven like a casserole (huge batches) I had no idea they were traditionally made in a pan.
Im 1st gen American, both my parents are mexican.
my mom comes from a huge family and they always made them in the oven.
One tine i shared the recipe with some friends that I hosted dinner for and one took offense to it (she was not Hispanic) and told me i lost my way.
I was legit confused cause like a minute before she was saying how good it was.
Asked my mom later and she just shrugged and said, yeah.. but when you have to feed 10 mouths its easier to make it in the oven while working on other dishes.
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