Mexico

Mexican Food




Mexican style originated Mexico. Mexican cuisine known intense varied flavors, colorful decoration, variety spices.

National Cuisine

W Spanish conquistadores, other words soldiers, arrived Aztec capital Tenochtitlan ( ancient y which Mexico Cy built), y found people's consisted largely -based dishes chilies herbs, usually complemented beans tomatoes. T conquistadores eventually combined their imported rice, beef, pork, chicken, wine, garlic onions indigenous foods p-Columbian Mexico, including chocolate, maize, tomato, vanilla, avocado, papaya, papple, chile pepper, beans, squash, sweet potato, peanut, turkey.

M today's Mexican based ancient traditions, Aztecs Maya, combined culinary trends introduced y Spanish colonists. Quesadillas, example, flour tortilla cheese (often Mexican-style farmer's cheese Queso Fresco), beef, chicken, pork, . T indigenous p y other traditional foods chili pepper. Foods these y colorful because variety vegetables (among chili peppers, green peppers, chilies, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes) meats Mexican . T French occupation Mexico influenced Mexican cuisine baked goods sweet breads bolillo (pronounced --y), Mexican French . There minor Filipino influence Manila-Acapulco galleon trade, which lasted 1565 1815.

There exotic dishes, cooked Aztec Mayan style, ingredients ranging iguana rattlesnake, deer, spider monkey, kinds insects. T usually known comida prehispánica ( prehispanic ).

Regional Cuisine

Mexican varies y region, because local climate geography ethnic differences among indigenous inhabitants because these different populations influenced y Spaniards varying degrees. T north Mexico known production dishes. Southeastern Mexico, other hand, known spicy vegetable chicken-based dishes. Seafood commonly prepared states border Pacific Ocean G Mexico.

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