How does Mexican food compare to traditional Spanish food?

[MyOneAndOnly]

I like to eat mexican too

[hnibos]

He might mean Spanish food as in Latino food. Spanish speaking Caribbean islands and central American food differ greatly from Mexican food.

[Trotskilicious]

who knows what the fuck he's talking about at this point, does it matter i mean seriously

why is american food different than english food is pretty much the exact same question and you just have to go...well uh because it's not england? jesus christ man.

[MyOneAndOnly]

Mexican food differs a lot by region as well.

[Trotskilicious]

yeah because most of what americans know as "mexican" is infact tex-mex and most central mexican food is quite different. For example I was watching one of those Tony Bourdain shows and he was out in Veracruz and they were making enchiladas kind of like a lasagne dish, and by that i mean they'd layer tortillas and the chicken and queso fresco and then douse it with sauce instead of the european/american cheese covered rollups americans are more familiar with. the other interesting thing was that tamales were wrapped in banana leaves instead of corn shucks.

from what i understand refried beans are not as much traditional mexican as they are tex-mex. flour tortillas are definitely tex mex. the traditional "interior mexican" is black beans and corn tortillas

in fact, even taco toppings are different because from what i understand the more traditional mexican street style from the DF is cilantro and onions on everything but white folks/tex mex want lettuce, tomato and cheese.

i prefer the onions and cilantro

[duovamp]

HAY GUYS I KNOW ABOUT FOOD.

[Catherine Wheel]

Originally Posted by hnibos

He might mean Spanish food as in Latino food. Spanish speaking Caribbean islands and central American food differ greatly from Mexican food.

No this is what I meant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_food

I was just wondering how many dishes that are discussed on that page have influenced Mexican food and in what way.

[Trotskilicious]

i dunno dude read more about it

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by duovamp

HAY GUYS I KNOW ABOUT FOOD.

I DO, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT KING FUCKER

[yo soy el mejor]

When I went to Panama, lots of the dishes shared similarities with Mexican food - just different ingredients and a more mild flavor. so good though >_<

I had never had whole chickpeas with rice and it was f'ing delicious. i always thought they'd taste grainy whole.

Maaan, and bollos were the shit, especially the 'preñado' ones. They're like tamales you can eat for breakfast - a tad sweet and wrapped in a plantain leaf.

I love yuca now, too.

[MyOneAndOnly]

somebody post the link to the wikipedia homepage for CW

[MyOneAndOnly]

here

www.google.com

www.wikipedia.org

[Catherine Wheel]

I guess I could just google "Spanish influence on Mexican cuisine" or "influence of Spanish cuisine on Mexican cuisine." I'm lazy and I thought someone here might be familiar with Spanish cuisine enough to tell me.

[cocksure]

"He might mean Spanish food as in Latino food"

Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

No this is what I meant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_food

[yo soy el mejor]

so hungee right now

[Catherine Wheel]

For the last couple of days for lunch I've had those nacho toppers that you can get at the grocery store along with some chips. It has grilled chicken, onions, green and red peppers, jalapeno peppers, refried beans, and shredded cheese.

[Trotskilicious]

tex-mex

[yo soy el mejor]

i love nachos, boy! we baked some recently with shredded cheeses, beef, and refried black beans, and when they were done, topped them with crema and hot sauce. s'all i need.

[yo soy el mejor]

back in the day i used to buy flamin' hot cheetos con limon at 7-11, open the bag and drench the chips with the free nacho cheese and them shake them ho's up. that's tex-mex.

[Trotskilicious]

yeah don't get me wrong i would never talk shit about tex-mex i fuckin love it

[mxzombie]

I'd bet that the traditional cuisine around latin america and most eveywhere else is driven more by the available and abundant ingredients than by a 500 year old cultural injection

[Trotskilicious]

can i also point out at this juncture that mexico also has its own melting pot going on, al pastor for example is from the greek style of vertical spit roasting. mexican lager is often brewed from a german tradition (just like american lagers, really). Tejano music is, on a very basic level, the merging of german polka with the mariachi band.

[Order 66]

i have to listen to polka/mariachi everyday because my office is by a shopfloor full of messicans and sound seeps thru the walls. my fav band is los tigrs del norte. my fav song is the one about the cartel. which is pretty much every song

http://images.popmatters.com/news_ar..._del_norte.jpg

[Order 66]

might i add that most of the original band isn't there. so its like the pumpkins of shitty messipolka music

[duovamp]

¿DONDE ESTA FLAVORTOWN?