MEXICAN FOOD
Added on: 28th Nov 2016
IN 1519 WHEN THE FIRST SPANISH CONQUISTADORS
ENTERED THE AZTEC CAPITAL TENOCHTITLAN
(WHERE MEXICO CITY STANDS TODAY), THEY FOUND
THE AZTEC EMPEROR MONTEZUMA QUITE FOND
OF A DRINK CONCOCTED FROM VANILLA AND
CHOCOLATE AND SWEETENED WITH HONEY. THIS
WAS A NATIVE MEXICAN-INDIAN DISH PROBABLY
INVENTED BY THE MAYA, WHICH WOULD LATER FIND
WORLDWIDE ACCEPTANCE IN VARIOUS FORMS
INCLUDING THE MILK SHAKE
ALSO FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD COMES SUCH
FARE AS LOMO EN ADOBO (PORK LOIN IN A
SPICY SAUCE), CHILIES RELLENOS (CHILIES STUFFED
WITH CHEESE, BEEF OR PORK), GUACAMOLE
(AVOCADO, TOMATO, ONION, CHILLI AND CORIANDER)
AND ESCABECHE (MARINADES)
VANILLA IS A SUBSTANCE DERIVED FROM THE
FRUIT POD OF A CERTAIN SPECIES OF MEXICAN
ORCHID AND CHOCOLATE COMES FROM THE
FRUIT OF THE MEXICAN CACAO TREE
SOME MEXICAN DISHES, ESPECIALLY THOSE
ORIGINATING FROM THE YUCATAN AND VERA CRUZ,
ALSO HAVE A CARIBBEAN INFLUENCE. OTHER
MEXICAN DISHES, SUCH AS BOLILLO, HAVE A
FRENCH INFLUENCE. BOLILLO IS A POPULAR
MEXICAN BREAD
FAJITAS WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT TO PROMINENCE
BY NINFA RODRIGUEZ LAURENZO, WHO NAMED
HER RESTAURANT AFTER HERSELF—NINFA’S.
THE DISH WAS SO SIMPLE IN ITS APPEAL THAT
OTHER RESTAURANTS TRIED TO STEAL HER
SPECIAL RECIPE BY SENDING SPIES TO
HER RESTAURANT
IN SOME PARTS OF MEXICO, EXOTIC FOODS
INCLUDE GRASSHOPPERS AND CATERPILLARS.
TACOS IN SOME PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
ALSO COME WITH DIFFERENT FILLINGS,
FROM COW’S BRAINS TO COW’S TESTICLES
CALAVERAS DE AZUKAR (SUGAR SKULL CANDY),
ONE OF MEXICO’S MOST FAMOUS CANDIES,
ARE MADE ON THE DAY OF THE DEAD.
MEXICAN FOOD FOUND IN THE US IS USUALLY
CALLED “TEX MEX.” THE NAME CAME FROM THE
FUSION OF FLAVOUR FROM TEXAN, MEXICAN AND
AMERICAN CUISINE. BURRITOS, FAJITAS AND
QUESADILLAS ARE SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR
EXAMPLES OF TEX MEX
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