My girlfriend says nachos aren't a meal

Nachos. There are many forms, but when I make them, they are this:

1) bed of corn tortilla strips (usually Mission brand)
2) a smear of beans- in my case, refried pinto beans with whole black
beans mixed in.
3) a scoop of beef- ground beef with onions, tomato sauce and a picadilly
seasoning packet (which includes raisins)
4) cheese - various types, but I haven't met a cheese I didn't like
5) Lettuce - I can't believe what they charge for bags of shredded
lettuce, when 3 minutes and a knife will shred a regular head.
6) chopped onions, diced tomatoes, and maybe a splash of sour cream
7) optional - picante

For some reason, she thinks that this is junk food and nags me whenever I
make nachos. I disagree. I feel that this is all pretty legit
foodstuffs. Also, it's f*cking good as hell.

I dunno. Which one of us is right?
 
"/dev/phaeton" wrote in message
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We eat nachos for a meal once in a while. Usually with a salad to accompany
or some cut up raw veggies if I don't put veggies on the nachos. I usually
put tomatoes and green onions on mine and I will put black olives on after
the cheese is melted.

I can't see why you would put raisins in the meat. And I don't really think
that the Piccadilly seasoning is the right seasoning for the meat. I would
use taco or Mexican seasoning or even just chili powder. And I don't
believe that lettuce belongs on them even though they make them that way in
MA. It was like nachos with a salad on top.
 
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:55:31 -0500, Andy wrote:


My Filipina ex-wife and my daughter consider rice finger food. I
consider it little white grains of OHMYFUCKINGGODMYHANDISBURNING!

--

-Jeff B.
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"Excuse me.
I don't mean to impose,
but I am the Ocean."

~ The Salton Sea
 
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"Julie Bove" wrote:


I suspect he meant picadillo:

http://www.google.com/search?q=picadillo+recipe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rl
s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

It is a spiced hamburger ingredient, often with raisins in it. It is
sometimes attributed as Cuban, sometimes Central America, sometimes
other. I have no idea what Piccadilly seasoning might be.


I'd be willing to try lettuce on top. I would be afraid that it would
make the chips soggy and cold, or else wilt the lettuce.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
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picadilly
I



She is.


Nachos could best be described as 'drunks food'.


Something that is easy to vomit up later on for the dog to clean up.


Do the dog a favour, and just eat dog food straight off.

--
Peter Lucas
Hobart
Tasmania

Nothing ever truely dies
the Universe wastes nothing
everything is simply... transformed
 
"Brooklyn1" wrote in message
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I would never call nachos a meal, not even if we're staying home watching a
ball game or a CSI marathon. LOL This guy sounds like he just layers chips
with cheese and other things he doesn't know how to spell and calls it a
meal. She needs to find a new boyfriend.

Jill
 
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Of course they do. And do you chow down on it all by yourself?!


Uh huh. And if you eat an entire nacho plate are you attracting your date
or putting her off by gluttony?


Of course you can. But should you? Nachos are not "dinner". What's so
difficult to understand about that? And what is attractive about one person
digging into a huge plate of nachos? Answer: Nothing.

Jill
 
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/dev/phaeton wrote:

You are. Consider getting a different girlfriend. "-)

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller
 
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:01:52 +0000 (UTC), /dev/phaeton wrote:


Picadilly? Do you mean picadillo?


I can't imagine shredded a whole head of lettuce.


If you want to call it a meal, then fine. What does it matter what
anybody else thinks? Don't involve us in your domestic disputes.
Since you seem to be the aggressor, I vote "No - It's not a meal".

-sw
 
On 01/05/2011 7:15 PM, jmcquown wrote:


A plate of corn chips with refried beans, cheese, some peppers, onion
and tomato based salsa?? They can't be any worse than a plate of pasta,
and lots of people would consider that to be a meal.
 
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:24:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
wrote:


Raisins are traditional for meat empanadas, so that part is okay if
he's okay a hint of sweet with his nachos, but I have no idea what
pickadilly is. Isn't it English?

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
 
Dave Smith wrote:

She doesn't seem to be thinking it is a matter
of quantity or nutrition. Her definition of "meal"
seems to exclude certain foods no matter what
mitigating circumstances apply.

Reminds me of when I was in the third grade and
one of my classmates insisted gold is not a metal.
She claimed that all metals are silvery, and because
gold isn't like that, it is not a metal.
 
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