Spinach Enchilada (with Corn in it)
Status: Restaurant/Leftovers (Taberna Mexican)
Satisfaction: 6. Filling, but not terribly exciting after a trip to from the fridge to the microwave.
Associated with: Michael Pollen's The Omnivore's Dilemma
When I ordered a spinach enchilada off the menu, I was expecting a spinach enchilada, like any reasonable person might--I was definitely not ready, however, for the spinach-and-canned-corn stacked-layers-of-corn-tortilla heap that actually arrived on my plate. But there it sat, screaming the four-letter swear word that Pollan discusses at length in his book: Corn. Talk about slipping this over-subsidized crop into everything imaginable--our bread, our cereal, our happy meals--and now, apparently, our enchiladas.
Congratulations, America's lobbyists, you have just managed to outstrip Taco Bell in redefining the meaning of Mexican Food on this side of the border.
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