Date:  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:02:57 -0400

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: Pinto Beans



>A Texan also, I grew up on pinto beans, but never have thought of them

> as especially Mexican.

>

>BTW, has anyone else eaten pinto bean sandwiches?

>

>Bethany



Yes, at least once a week as a burrito. However, my mother's hamburger

joint in San Antonio apparently cleans up with bean burgers--refried beans

sold in a hamburger bun with appropriate condiments.



In Oaxaca, Mexico, one time, I was having a good deal of trouble after

eating spicy dried meat washed down with beer. I thought that I would tone

down my diet with a simple sandwich Cubano. To the horror of my stomach,

this sandwich came with a smear of refried black beans and a slice of

jalapeno. By the way, in Oaxaca, street vendors sell pancakes /pankakes/.

You can get them with "miel" (syrup) or with Eagle brand sweetened

condensed milk poured on them. Most customers got them with the milk.

That was American food.







Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu