Texas Torte

There's a Christmas party at my second job at 5pm today, but I won't be able to attend, because I agreed to work at the hospital to allow the Rehab nurses to attend their own Christmas party. Still, I wanted to contribute something to my coworkers, and in keeping with the mexican theme they came up with, I decided to make this dish. I got this recipe many years ago from a lady I worked with, who, sadly, died a few years later of cancer. So this is dedicated to Kathy.


I set the oven to 350 to preheat, the Ipod to shuffle, and was greeted with Grover Washington Jr's "One Must Forgive". This man was probably the best smooth jazz sax player ever, and I could listen to him all day. This was a pretty long song, and the prep for this dish is fairly quick.


In a large bowl, I broke 2 eggs, added 2 tablespoons flour, 1/3 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a 4 oz can of chopped green chiles. With a fork, I mixed all this together, then set about grating the cheese. Of course this can be done with a food processor, but that takes all the fun out of cooking for me, and it was pretty therapeutic to grate cheese to this beautiful song. I was nearly finished grating the 1/2 lb of monterey jack when the song went off, and Five O'clock World by the Vogues came on. This was a short song, and I barely got half of the 1/2 lb of cheddar grated before it went off, and I was serenaded by Seal singing Don't Cry. I finished up the grating, mixed everything together, and poured the mixture into a parchment paper lined 8x13 pan. You can use non stick spray, I just prefer the paper.



Into the oven, and I set my chicken timer for 35 minutes, and cleaned up to Just Ask the Lonely by the 4 Tops. Now I wait, listening to Alright by Darius Rucker. Don't you just love that guy?



Anyway, I will deliver this yummy dish at 1pm today when I go into town, and I hope they enjoy it.



My thanks to Kathy.