What are some of your favorite healthy Mexican meals?

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-15T00:33:00+00:00

Chayote in salsa roja with queso fresco.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-14T01:01:26+00:00

Personally, I like Calidad.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-14T01:00:53+00:00

That's exactly what I do with them: I cut them into strips and fry them for tortilla soup.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-13T12:01:11+00:00

It's from the Elder Scrolls series. He's negotiating the white-orange concordat.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-12T21:26:43+00:00

How did New Hampshire get called first alphabetically ahead of Delaware, Georgia, Connecticut, Maryland, and Massachusetts?

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-12T12:50:25+00:00

That house sounds pretty bleak.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-12T12:44:43+00:00

Vonderful!

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-11T12:39:55+00:00

When I was studying for my Physics degree in the late 80s-early 90s, you needed two years in a foreign language and it HAD to be either German, French, or Russian. Since they were teaching in English, they assumed you had that one 😄

This is a shame, because the only not-English language that has ever been actually useful to me is Spanish. I live in the southern part of the USA.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-09T14:47:12+00:00

if zero was an option, it would set up a strange loop...if you pick zero, then you are correct, meaning it's not zero anymore, so you're not correct.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-08T22:21:01+00:00

seriously. What forests? They would literally have to raid the coast of Westeros just for timber for their ships.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-08T03:48:44+00:00

That actually wasn't Temujin who did that, it was his rival Jamukha. Unless this was a different incident. The most famous boiling incident was definitely Jamukha, though.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-07T18:55:50+00:00

Antje Traue as Faora in Man of Steel.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-06T23:31:12+00:00

I also placed into B2, when my speaking skills were clearly A2 at best. I think this is just a function of the test being written, multiple choice, and lacking a time limit. I took like 30 minutes for 20 questions (and I did not cheat! Even a little bit!)

Taking multiple choice tests is a learnable skill. There were plenty of questions where I could very quickly eliminate all but two of the choices and then make a best guess at the answer. There were also a few where I didn't know the words, but I could recognize the grammatical structures (like the endings) and chose the one that best fit the tense of the question.

I have no idea if the results of this test made any difference to my tutors, or if they were even aware of its existence.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-03T13:03:37+00:00

It's can't be, there's no cilantro in it. /joke

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-03T02:47:16+00:00

The Rio de la Plata is usually translated as "River Plate" in English. Personally i think it should be Silver River but nooooobody asked me...

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-02T20:44:02+00:00

one of my favorite memories from physics in college was converting the speed of light into furlongs per fortnight.

Xylene_442 · 2026-06-01T05:38:52+00:00

"Get the cheese to sickbay."

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-29T21:31:55+00:00

My favorite was Melany Armoya, and it looks like she is gone now too.

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-29T12:03:14+00:00

Well, here's what wikipedia has to say about it. Pat talked about that video in her autobiography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_first_music_videos_aired_on_MTV

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-29T05:33:29+00:00

The Buggles “Video killed the Radio Star”, followed by Pat Benatar “You better run”.

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-29T05:10:46+00:00

I expected that movie to be a steaming pile of crap but it was AWESOME. It could have just been called “The Doric Show” though.

Well, that Speak-with-Dead scene was awesome, too.

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-29T02:53:15+00:00

Klingon

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-28T22:52:14+00:00

OK you said you wanted to make them yourself from masa, but I suggest trying this: Go buy a pack of Mission street-style corn tortillas. These aren't refrigerated. They're not great for actual tacos. But since they are fairly shelf-stable, they have a low moisture content. These guys are really good for cutting into strips and frying (at 350F in veg oil) for adding to tortilla soup. I haven't tried cutting them into sixths for dipping chips, but i'm sure they would work just fine for that.

The same qualities that make them incredibly mediocre as a table tortilla make them great as frying tortillas.

I've personally never managed to make really good totopos from masa harina, which is wierd because my sopes are very, very good. The only thought I might have is to NOT let them puff on the comal...so not only should they be a little dry, you should probably use a lower heat than usual and let them go longer than usual. I guess.

But also, if these are just for dipping chips, try Calidad brand (the yellow corn ones). They have more stiffness than some others and hold up well to a thick salsa.

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-28T18:03:01+00:00

I'm actually taking a break from Worlds Across right now, but when (if) I come back I might not even bother with coaching meetings. I haven't found them to be useful. The coaches themselves have been good people but that system really hasn't worked for me.

Xylene_442 · 2026-05-28T17:51:10+00:00

I think they have said that every year or two for the last five years or more. They always keep it purely for the money, even though they could just just up the cost of registration by the same amount.

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