513166 Fri Apr 25 20:57:59 -0700 2008 6 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 3631045 Chata a company out of Sinaloa has been showing up more and more often on the supermarket shelves of your local supermercado or mexitessen. I finally tried out their canned peruano refritos they call maycoba. They are delicious! Likely the best I have had out of a can. If you can find them - Check them out. http://www.mymexicanpantry.com/frijoles-refritos-chata.html Fri Apr 25 20:57:59 -0700 2008 14086 kare_raisu 1 3633225 Can't you find dried mayocobas/peruanos locally? Here they are now almost as cheap as pintos and are often sold out of open stock bins (where children can play with them :-\). I've seen the Chata brand more often recently, usually on >$4 16 oz. cans of cooked pork (carnitas or pibil?). Very wierd. No thank you. Sun Apr 27 02:00:02 -0700 2008 3631045 23712 DiveFan 2 3633918 convenience, bra Sun Apr 27 10:55:47 -0700 2008 3633225 14086 kare_raisu 2 3641082 At $1.80 that's some pricey convenience! By coincidence I accidentally bought some Ducal brand refried Red beans from Guatemala at the same price. Tue Apr 29 15:19:33 -0700 2008 3633225 23712 DiveFan 3 3641331 I've gotten the Ducal refried black beans - really good. The canned peruanos I've found around here have mostly been Teasdale, and pretty cheap. I have not seen anything bearing the Chata brand, though. This is in LA County. Tue Apr 29 16:39:56 -0700 2008 3641082 11478 Will Owen 3 3641573 Chata just seems to be starting their distribution locally. Check one of the big four Latino oriented chains (Gigante, Big Saver, Northgate, Vallarta) in your area. I'm pretty sure that the Valu Plus chain has them now also. BTW Chata appears to be a brand of Novamex, a subsidiary of another large Mexican corporation. http://www.novamex.com/ . I thought I've heard 'chata' used as a Spanish slang word, but I could be wrong... Tue Apr 29 17:56:07 -0700 2008 3641082 23712 DiveFan 4 3650062 >I thought I've heard 'chata' used as a Spanish slang word, but I could be wrong... It's used to refer to someone who has a flat nose. Fri May 02 09:20:13 -0700 2008 3641573 42544 tinroofrusted