I found this board a couple of days ago and have been fascinated that the South board is totally dominated by the Triangle area. Very cool. Thought I would chime in with my under $10 faves: Salsa Fresh – Black bean nachos...

Oh, that just reminded me of one. Velveeta, salsa and browned sausage, heat and serve with tortilla chips, keep warm in a crock pot. What the heck is Velveeta anyway?

I moved to JH in October. The options for cheap and tasty food are plentiful. A quick search of the site will turn up many options... Lots of praise here for Fiesta Mexicana at 74th/Roosevelt – no liquor license though....

located alongside the taco truck. having really great tasting salsa over perfectly seasoned & slightly charred bits of pork, the chorizo taco was by far our favorite of the three items we got at this location. the carnitas taco...

My favorite local market (Ballard, in Seattle) is packed with fruit and veggie stands, cheese-makers, bakers, meat and seafood stands, flower vendors, candy-makers, stands with flavored oils and vinegars and jams and jellies and...

sauces, including salsa and bbq sauce, and of them, I’d recommend the horseradish). COLD SPRING TAVERN 5995 Stage Coach Rd. Santa Barbara-Santa Ynez Valley. Over the San Marcos Pass. 805 967-0066. off of Highway 154 THE...

Chiptotle’s food rocks (for a chain). We just moved here from Colorado, where they started out. The carnitas is great, especially when paired with their hot salsa. The carnitas on their own with cheese in a soft taco is...

of a fine restaurant as I am dipping Fritos in a crock pot full of Velveeta, salsa, and sausage. But, the main difference is the fact that “trashy” dishes use lower-quality, often cheaper ingredients than what the...

Christmas eve – a big Mexican fiesta with tequila-lime shrimp, tamales, cheese enchiladas, cochinata pibel, peruana beans, guacamole, several fresh salsa. For dessert sopapillas with Mexican honey and homemade dulce de...

spit. The crazy best salsa roja I’ve ever had. Very casual — order at one window, pickup at another, and there is covered patio seating. Just go north on Broadway through Chinatown, and a mile or so later it will be...

Tonight we’re having our Labor Day party. The menu consists of fresh salsa and guac to start, pork butt (been on the grill since 7:30 am), bean hole beans, and coleslaw. I have 2 bbq sauces – a sweet Jack Daniels...

Midwesterners use salt or sugar on sliced tomatoes and salt on watermelon. Salt on grapefruit. In California, we squeeze lime on melons, probably originated in Mexico. And fried pork rinds always eaten with salsa if not cooked in...

My crockpot was probably my best 2005 revelation. So nice to have dinner waiting when I come home from a long day of work. I make barbecue ribs, corned beef, red beans and rice, chicken tacos (in enchilada verde sauce and some...

HA! Well, I wasn’t exactly expecting a fiesta, but I wasn’t expecting a closed-tight siesta either. I was hoping to find at least a couple of clams had opened, since people were saying one way I’d know they were...

Actually I googled recipes recipes for making al pastor about 2hrs ago and tonight’s supper was a mole verde w/ chicken and chorizo from Fiesta and thickened w/ tortillas from there as well. What IS FUNNY is that during our...