United States' first food forest to be built in Seattle

[Sheilbh]

Yeah. That baffled me too. What do you mean by flan?

It's a Mexican custard.

Okay. Yeah definitely baffled by you know.

(I asked because flan in the UK can refer to a sort of tart or a sort of creme caramel. I can be indifferent to a poorly made tart but would kill for a good creme caramel/flan.)

[derspiess]

Flan is awesome when made right. As simple as it is, it's easy to screw up.

[11B4V]

Yeah. That baffled me too. What do you mean by flan?

It's a Mexican custard.

What's that a mixture of refried beans, salsa, and  Menudo.

[Ed Anger]

Yeah. That baffled me too. What do you mean by flan?

It's a Mexican custard.

What's that a mixture of refried beans, salsa, and  Menudo.

So that is what happened to Ricky Martin.

[garbon]

I guess if I had to pick one I actively avoid, it's flan.

I know, I know. I've tried. But it's gross.

When the revolution comes, you are off the safe list pal!

It is pretty bad in a - why would I waste the calories sort of way.

[merithyn]

Yeah. That baffled me too. What do you mean by flan?

It's a Mexican custard.

Please tell me you're just fucking with me now. Flan is Spanish, isn't it??

[fhdz]

Please tell me you're just fucking with me now. Flan is Spanish, isn't it??

From the Wikipedia article: "In Spanish-speaking countries and in North America, flan refers to crème caramel. This was originally a Spanish usage, but the dish is now best known in the United States in a Latin American context."

So yes, you're right, but I've never had it in Spain, only in Mexico and in Mexican restaurants here in the US.

[The Larch]

First chorizo and now flan! Is there anything devious Mexicans won't steal from our cuisine? 

[Ed Anger]

First chorizo and now flan! Is there anything devious Mexicans won't steal from our cuisine? 

Your jobs are next.

[lustindarkness]

LOL, gringos lump all spics as mexicans, what a surprise.

[Ed Anger]

LOL, gringos lump all spics as mexicans, what a surprise.

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You all look the same.

[merithyn]

LOL, gringos lump all spics as mexicans, what a surprise.

I asked my older foster sister about the chorizo thing. She thought it was Mexican, too. Then she and I looked it up, and apparently, Spanish chorizo and Mexican chorizo are very different, at least as she and I know them. And "chorizo" appears to just mean sausage, which makes sense that they're different depending on which country you're talking about.

[derspiess]

LOL, gringos lump all spics as mexicans, what a surprise.

I asked my older foster sister about the chorizo thing. She thought it was Mexican, too. Then she and I looked it up, and apparently, Spanish chorizo and Mexican chorizo are very different, at least as she and I know them. And "chorizo" appears to just mean sausage, which makes sense that they're different depending on which country you're talking about.

Still not exclusively Mexican, sorry

FWIW, Mexican chorizo and Argentine chorizo taste fairly similar to me.

All this talk about chorizo is making think about bife de chorizo  , which has nothing to do with the sausage.

[merithyn]

LOL, gringos lump all spics as mexicans, what a surprise.

I asked my older foster sister about the chorizo thing. She thought it was Mexican, too. Then she and I looked it up, and apparently, Spanish chorizo and Mexican chorizo are very different, at least as she and I know them. And "chorizo" appears to just mean sausage, which makes sense that they're different depending on which country you're talking about.

Still not exclusively Mexican, sorry

I know. That's what the bolded part was saying. I didn't understand that the word chorizo meant sausage in Spanish, rather than that it was a specific dish in Mexican cuisine. (FWIW, my sister was the same.) Now we both know.

[lustindarkness]

On Saturdays I go to a lady's house to eat authentic Mexican tacos. We know her as "The Taco Lady". She sells tacos out of her home of chorizo (my fav), lengua (tongue), bistec (steak), and carnitas (pork).