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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

As far as I've seen refried beans are not refried at
all.  The cooked beans are put in a skillet and fried
but the first cooking was normal boiling (or would you
say simmering?)
Van Dell


--- Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/12/2007 8:07:38 AM Pacific
> Daylight Time, 
> eureka AT hctc.net writes:
> 
> 
> > The word "Frijoles" where I live is not only is
> used as a 
> > generic synonym for "bean" but it is also refers
> to 
> > cooking them by mashing and refrying them, as in
> refried 
> > beans. Thus, if black beans are prepared this way
> the menu 
> > will say frijoles negra, etc. If they are cooked
> whole in 
> > their broth they are called "borracho" although I
> don't 
> > know what that word might translate to.
> 
> 'Frijoles' refering to refried beans is shorthand
> for 'frijoles refritos'.    
>  The dish called 'frijoles borrachos' comes from the
> recipe usually calling 
> for cooking the beans in beer.   </HTML>
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