The vote leader is a taco made by a farking Aussie? What does a farking Aussie know about Mexican food?
My vote went to Oldyote who made an awesome Chiles Rellenos entry, and he is from... Minnesota???!!!. :doh:
CD
Well, as it happens, we know quite a bit. The state I live in, known as Victoria, is also colloquially called "Mexico" when Aussies are joking amongst themselves.
There are also 98 Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne as opposed to only 68 Amercian Style restaurants.. and they include places like TGI Fridays and some other Aussie operations that aren't really that American. You know.. whack a Number Plate and a pair of horms on the wall and "bingo" you're an American Restaurant... so I'm more likely to know more about Mexican than even cooking a pork butt!
Another thing is that the dish is a jerked marinade. Jerk is a West Indian thing, brought to Jamaica and other West Indian Islands by slaves from Western Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries.
So, having put flank in a tortilla hardly makes it Mexican and it was not intended to be. It was just something that seemed to go well together at the time. If it wins, that's cool.... but please don't vote for it or NOT vote for it based on who cooked it, or where I come from, to what style it's supposed to be.
Now CD, I'm not having a go at you and I'm certainly not upset at all. I'm just pointing out a few facts... I know you were having a joke and that's fine. I just need to set the record straight. Lets just vote on the best dish. I'm feling like some of Gore's corn actually!:becky:
Cheers!
Bill
