Gringo Quesadillas

"No entiendo gringos y fuego." I don't understand gringos and fire.

That was my roommate's comment as I sat huffing campfire smoke trying to whip up a couple chorizo quesadillas. It's not like we don't have a stove.

There is something about fire though that reaches out to a primal core in us. Some theorize that the discovery of fire led to imagination and modern society (going back 30,000 years or so). Campfires are own little way of controlling one of the most destructive forces on the planet. Who knows.

Here's a quick recipe for gringo quesadillas.


Ingredients:
a moderate campfire
a pile of tortillas
chorizo
quesio
parsley (it's more gringo than cilantro)

Process:
1) Burn yourself while making the fire and swear in English.
2) Grill chorizo over fire, losing half of it into the fire. Swear again in English.
3) Lightly oil a few tortillas and grill on one side. Swear again when some of the oil drips into the fire and flares up burning you again.
4) Tell your Mexican roommate to stop laughing.
5) Turn tortillas just after the point they have burned. Another swear here is optional.
6) Cover with cheese and sausage and parsley.
7) Eat and take pleasure in your accomplishment.
8) Look away when your Mexican roommate makes a better quesadilla in a quarter of the time. Swearing again here would be appropriate.