I know, you would too, right? A British grocery store tex-mex kit. Most likely even worse than those "American style" frozen pizzas we keep buying. What the heck, I thought, might as well get some iceberg lettuce and tomatoes in case we actually decide to eat it. Don't worry, the kit doesn't come with chicken - THAT would definitely be gross considering it wasn't refrigerated. Jeff and I don't eat meat (most of the time) so I bought Quorn instead.
Quorn is a brand of mycoprotein sold in the UK (and in the US), which is pretty much protein from fungi. I'm not very interested in meat substitutes because I genuinely don't like meat, but Jeff thinks it is pretty tasty.
We decided to give this fajita kit a try tonight. I used the chicken breading stuff from the kit on the Quorn. The tortillas looked, smelled, and, most surprisingly, tasted like any other tortilla I've had before. We used shredded iceberg lettuce, chopped tomatoes, "soured cream", cheese (I even bought orange cheddar because the regular white stuff just wouldn't look right), and Cholula as toppings. I didn't bother opening the "spicy tomato salsa" packet that came with the kit - it looked suspiciously like pizza sauce and I didn't want to push my luck.
Man. How is it possible that we enjoyed a fajita kit this much?? I think it is a sign of how much we miss Mexican food. It pretty much doesn't exist here. If I want black beans I have to special order them online. I keep going down the canned goods aisle in every grocery store I go to, only to encounter miles and miles of baked beans. We are going to be in Seattle in March and you better believe we'll be hitting up our greasy Mexican restaurant of choice, Taqueria El Rinconsito, as many times as possible.
