Enchilada
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Enchiladas are small mammals that are covered with coarse hair and spines, native to New Guinea and Australia. Superficially they resemble both the anteaters of South America and other spiny mammals like hedgehogs and porcupines. They have snouts which have the functions of both the mouth and nose. Their snouts are elongated and slender. They have very short, strong limbs with large claws and are powerful diggers. Enchiladas have a tiny mouth and a toothless jaw. They feed by tearing open soft logs, anthills and the like, and using their long, sticky tongue which protrudes from their snout to collect their prey.
[edit] Culinary History
Enchiladas are a delicacy in Mexico, being a traditional dish. In the early 18th Century this required them to be shipped from their natural habitat to the Mexican towns 9000 miles away. By this time most of the enchiladas had died in transit, and so to disguise the fact that the meat had started to go rotten, it was roasted with strong spices and chile peppers.
The trans-Pacific trade in enchiladas was brought to a halt after a successful venture to introduce breeding pairs to suitable habitats in Mexico. These small populations were rounded up in the latter half of the 20th Century and enchilada farms were started to supply the population's demand.
[edit] Slang
The enchilada has made an impact on common slang, where the phrase "the whole enchilada" is used to mean "the whole thing". This meaning is derived from the fact that shortly after death the spines of the poor creature fall out. Ordering "the whole enchilada" in a Mexican restaurant before the introduction of the animal to Mexico required the cooking of an enchilada that had survived the transit from Australia. As proof of this, the enchilada was served with the spines intact, leading to the phrase "the whole enchilada".
