Dinner's probably still a couple of hours away from being done (beef stew using a cubed up london broil that I had frozen a couple of months ago), so in the meantime I snacked on a few tortilla chips dipped in this delectable item made in El Paso. If this is considered medium, mild, if there is such an item, must be really bland. I would have preferred hot, but my grocery store only had medium. Still, it's pretty good. You really can taste the chilis, but they in no way overpower the cheese. The texture's nice and smooth, and doesn't even need to be nuked to soften up a bit.

Regarding dinner, the nice thing about beef stew is that it's a great way to get rid of random things in the fridge that are sort of at that "use-it-or-lose-it" stage: onions and potatoes that are starting to get a little soft, that leftover half can of beer, etc.