queso

[ key-soh ]

nounInformal.

Origin of queso

First recorded in 1985–90; from Spanish: literally “cheese,” from Latin cāseus; see cheese¹

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If you’re a queso con carne person, put some of this plant-based chorizo into that queso.
Chipotle’s CEO on Fighting the Tide of Quitting Workers: It’s About More Than Higher Pay and Better Benefits | John Simons | December 12, 2021 | Time
The queso is key to La Tejana’s newly-launched nachos with pork and pickled jalapeños, which they’ve been serving at occasional pop-ups at Other Half Brewing in Ivy City.
6 pop-up restaurants you should try this summer | Adele Chapin | July 14, 2021 | Washington Post
That taco channels a famous version from the Valley, with scrambled eggs, refried beans, bacon, fried potatoes, cilantro and a drizzle of homemade queso.
6 pop-up restaurants you should try this summer | Adele Chapin | July 14, 2021 | Washington Post
The queso at Trigger in Portland or El Camino Real in Philadelphia.
The Next Big Cuisine of 2014 Is ... Tex-Mex? | Andrew Romano | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is a simple Puerto Rican cow's milk cheese called queso de hoja and it is wrapped in a plantain leaf.
A Little Latin Flavor | Sarah Whitman-Salkin | October 21, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

At the festival of the god Teutleco the Aztecs made "de harina de maiz un montecillo muy tupido de la forma de un queso."
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604)) | John G. Bourke
Wilhelm and Giacomo were provided with their weapons and provisions, such as charqui, queso, and dried beans.
The Smuggler Chief | Gustave Aimard
El Marquesito del queso has much to say upon the subject of censorship of plays in Cuba.
The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba | Walter Goodman

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