I like to add just a little bit of garlic (or garlic powder) to my Guacamole.. takes it up a level. I’m sorry for those who can’t find really good tortillas. I refuse to buy Uncle Ben.. to me.. he makes rice.. not Tortillas.

Lucky for me, there is a store here in Torino that I found that imports ALL of my Mexican needs. Real Tortillas (flour and corn), beans, salsa, etc….. oh.. and a cheese shop that has real Cheddar Cheese. If only they had Mexican sour cream… I’d be all set.

REAL cheddar cheese? Mamma mia … I am jealous!

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Oh it is hard, but I manage to scrounge em up!

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Yum, Andrea. Of course, you could just go to Elena’s, couldn’t you?

Bacon on quesadillas, Stacy? Hum … I never tried that. I would, though. I do *love* bacon!

Me too, RHEA!!

Rupal – Old El Paso?? At least you didn’t say PACE. Ha ha! Just joking. Welcome to the comments section! I think authentic Mexican is really different from Tex Mex, just like authentic Italian is really different from what we have in America. I’m not *crazy* about Olive Garden, to be honest, but I do like Italian-American food, chicken alfredo for example … etc. You’ll have to try to make some of these Italian recipes we post from time to time!

Ha, J – see comment I just made to Rupal! lol Store bought salsa, J?? Jeez…let me think. Honestly, none of them I’ve ever tried even comes close to the homemade stuff. Try buying some from your local Mexican food restaurant. Many of them will sell it with their chips at a reasonable price and it will be much better than the store bought kind. The recipe I posted can also be made in America by using canned jalepeno peppers and onion/garlic salt. That would make it super easy and fast to make b/c you wouldn’t have to chop!

So I do a lot of the cooking in our house, but if I can’t make it in less than 1/2 hour that is the deal breaker for the recipe. So what store bought salsa do you recommend Cherrye. I differ to you in this because as a Texan I’m sure you know way more about this than I do.

looks good! might have to go get me some good Mexican food this weekend. I love to add some bacon to my quesadillas (adds a yummy smokey flavor) and cumin to my quac. delicioussssssss

No you don’t Sara. Does your hubby like Tex Mex?

Diva, if Florence is too international – COME TO CALABRIA. But, did you really leave Florence? Oh no…

You are welcome, Joanne. THANK YOU for the mental image of you jumping up and down.

I used piadine once, Judith because I thought they would be cheaper, but they weren’t. The Uncle Ben’s (Yes, Americans you are reading this correctly … Uncle Ben makes tortillas!) are thinner and I like them better. I think minced green chili sounds great in guac. Yum! Oh, and great intro, btw! lol

I use piadine instead of tortillas, why? Because those darned Uncle Ben things are molded sometimes right from the store and really, it’s hard to tell the difference.

(I am from Maine, forgive me. I use minced green chili in my guacamole.)

My Italian hubby loves TexMex and we often make it at home and less often go out for it here in Milan. There are two places we always have to go whenever we go to Canada: Montana’s and The Lone Star Café.

Thanks for this soooooooo much!

I find it a sort of good news/bad news thing.

Here in Italy, when I first moved here in 1984, I missed all that. Now 25 years later, that the city is filled with Shwarma shops and Chinese restaurants on every corner, I miss the smell of Italian mamma’s cooking.

Now I smell fried chinese and arab spices.

I have left my teaching space in Florence in May, Florence is getting to international for me.

Michelle, yum to the thumb?