We didn’t have a lot of money growing up, so nothing was wasted. I remember eating red chile for days. For example, if Mom or Grandma made red sauce for enchiladas one day, the leftover red chile would be used to make chile colorado con carne the next day, and then the following day, the leftover chile colorado con carne would be poured on top of little corn tartlets called sopes. On other occasions if there was leftover red chile sauce, Mom would make us chilaquiles for breakfast. We ate this stuff all the time. As a kid I’d protest because I just didn’t get it. “I love red enchiladas, but I just don’t understand why we have to eat the red sauce with so many other dishes.”
