{"id":1131,"date":"2014-01-14T15:18:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bittesuite.wordpress.com\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2014-01-14T15:18:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T15:18:46","slug":"keiko-i-found-the-enchiladas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/keiko-i-found-the-enchiladas\/","title":{"rendered":"Keiko, I Found the Enchiladas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It took me awhile, but I finally found them in Puerto Escondido. Before I get started, here&#8217;s a shamelessly beautiful picture of that town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/puerto-beach-from-high.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1132 aligncenter\" style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:3px;\" alt=\"A Topside View of Puerto Escondido\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/puerto-beach-from-high.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/puerto-beach-from-high.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/puerto-beach-from-high-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good. Now that I&#8217;ve gotten that out of my system, I&#8217;ll continue.<\/p>\n<p>Keiko, you asked me about what real enchiladas are like, and immediately I was interested in finding out for myself. I don&#8217;t know what they&#8217;re like in Japan, but in Texas, they&#8217;re essentially a small burrito (or a large Taco) covered in salsa and cheese (and maybe sour cream). Another way of saying it is that, in Texas, they look like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1134 aligncenter\" style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:3px;\" alt=\"Tex Mex Enchiladas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tex-mex-enchiladas.jpg?w=272\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tex-mex-enchiladas.jpg 349w, https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tex-mex-enchiladas-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 85vw, 272px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I&#8217;ve been told that Mexican enchiladas are mostly the same, except that instead of normal red salsa and green salsa, you can also opt for mole (which Mexicans happen to call &#8220;red salsa&#8221;). Mole is so complex that it probably requires some knowledge of sorcery to create it, but the two most discernible ingredients are red chile and chocolate. Delicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Anyway, the enchiladas I found were not like the ones they serve in Texas. Instead, the eatery featured it on their breakfast menu and offered it in 6 varieties: Egg, Chicken or Tasajo (thinly sliced steak), and either salsa verde or salsa rojo (a.k.a. mole, in this case). The dish starts with a layer of corn tortilla pieces. Then, they cover that in some kind of white cheese. Then, they cover that in lettuce. Then, they put a piece of meat or egg on top. And then, they drown it all in the sauce. I took the Tasajo con Salsa Rojo. It was glorious. Take a look at that magnificent beauty, below. Next to it is the market where I ate it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/enchiladas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1133 alignleft\" style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:3px;float:left;\" alt=\"Genuine Enchiladas\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/enchiladas.jpg?w=300\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/enchiladas.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/enchiladas-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 85vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a style=\"line-height:1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mercado.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1136 aligncenter\" style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:3px;margin-left:2px;\" alt=\"Mercado en Puerto Escondido\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mercado.jpg?w=300\" width=\"270\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mercado.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/mercado-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 85vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is probably the most delicious post I&#8217;ll ever write, so I&#8217;m going to get breakfast, now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took me awhile, but I finally found them in Puerto Escondido. Before I get started, here&#8217;s a shamelessly beautiful picture of that town. Good. Now that I&#8217;ve gotten that out of my system, I&#8217;ll continue. Keiko, you asked me about what real enchiladas are like, and immediately I was interested in finding out for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/keiko-i-found-the-enchiladas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Keiko, I Found the Enchiladas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[20,30,33,62,75],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-traveling-around","tag-comida","tag-enchilada","tag-food","tag-mexico","tag-puerto-escondido"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ryankeelerlives.com\/bittesuite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}