 5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. Many of us grew up eating out-of-the-can refried With roots in Monterrey, Mexico, Chef Julieta Ballesteros of Crema and Los Feliz knows better than that. Five Misconceptions about Mexican Cuisine: Julieta Ballesteros Mexican cuisine is one of the most extensive categories in the world. We have an abundance of flavors and complex dishes like moles, pozole, cabrito (baby goat from the Northern regions of Mexico), pork marinated in achiote, sopa de lima (lime soup) from the Yucatan Peninsula, ceviches from Veracruz, salsas made with fresh and dried chile peppers, handmade corn and flour tortillas, tamales, the list goes on!" 2. Mexican cuisine should be cheap For example, huitlacoche, which I use in my soups and quesadillas, is a fungus that grows on corn in specific humidity conditions. Another ingredient often used in Mexican cuisine is squash blossoms, which are only harvested during the summer. The list goes on: from chapulines (grasshoppers), to mamey (a sweet winter fruit) to escamoles (ant larvae that are sautéed in garlic and butter then rolled up in a fresh corn tortilla)." 3. Mexican cuisine is not healthy We also steam poultry and fish in banana leaves, create salads made with grilled cactus and braise meats to keep the flavor without adding fat." 4. Mexican cuisine is always spicy There are several varieties of dried chiles (like pasilla, ancho, mulato, guajillo, arbol, cascabel, etc.) and fresh chiles (such as jalapeño, serrano, habanero, chile guero, etc.) which vary in flavor and spiciness. If they are used in the right amount, they can be combined with even a delicate piece of fish and won't overpower the dish." 5. Tequila is just for shots There is also mezcal, which has become more and more popular over the past couple of years. Using different barrels and aging techniques, tequilas can take on different flavors and be as smooth as your favorite whiskey. Pair your sipping tequila with a shot of sangrita (a tomato-based apertif) to follow in Mexican tradition. Previously - Chef David Suarez busts some more myths about Mexican fare Is there someone you'd like to see in the hot seat? Let us know in the comments below and if we agree, we'll do our best to chase 'em down. |
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One nice thing about Mexico is the women and their passion (sex) is hotter than their food.
Um, sorry – how do you say "pig" in Spanish?
great feature! we need to debunk more cliches and common misconceptions in Food.... more of this please!
I concur.
Geez, no one is commeting on how hot Julieta is?!? The light and makeup is this picture makes her look smokey. In general, she looks nice.
You obviously missed the starting posts. The Tallahassee Bridge is calling your name. :)
You meant Tallahachie Bridge, right?
Yea,the one down on the Chatahooooooooooooooooochie river.:))
.... but that's not ....
..... never mind.
I had some of the best grilled fish ever - Gulf Side in PV... and an amazing seafood stew... in Mexico. That's Mexican food.
Mexico is a fairly large country, surrounded in many areas by gulf and sea, and at the same time containing vast inland plains, mountain ranges, river and lake systems and all the various landlocked territories which lie between. Check out a map sometime and see for yourself.
To reduce the tremendous variety of foods which can be garnered from such a conucopian environment down to a handful of tortilla wrapped combinations is the same as saying bean sprouts from California are too much like Boston baked beans because they have the word "bean" in common..
Open your eyes and look around; Mexican food is every food. If you don't like tacos, don't eat tacos – instead get something like ceviche. Don't care for ceviche? Try a mole poblano. Mole not your cup of tea? A mild tortilla soup is very pleasant and hearty. And think; none of the above suggestions is fried – if you don't like heavy, fried types of food don't eat them, but don't even make yourself believe that this is what constitutes typical Mexican food. It doesn't.
Lastly, a lot of the griping I see in the responses on this page refer to a food style which is known as Tex-Mex, which is more of an Americanization of some types of Mexican cuisine than representative of true Mexican cooking in any way, shape or form.
Open your mind, then open your mouth – and enjoy!
Me like flied crickets.....ummmm,cwispy.
It's just easier to say "Taco" than it is to say "achiote" or , "sopa de lima" for all the dumb people here in America.
Spreak engrish!
yea..ok..grasshopper should be expensive since why? They're hard to catch?
Yeah, you really have to hop to it to catch 'em!
No offense, I like many varieties of Mexican cuisine – and they ARE varied – but I'll pass on the 'hoppers.
Mexican is one of the three greatest cuisines on Earth: French, Mexican and Chinese. Of these Mexican may well be the most diverse and deeply varied.
yea, beans tomato potato and dog. yum. This is one country where you do not eat the street food unless you've brought a large supplement of probiotics. Seriously, a package of yeast into a beer first thing in the morning and chug it before you get out of bed, will cure those ills.
Did you know thte Mayans invented chocolate? They drank it and it was used it as an aphrodisiac. So chocolate is Mexican food.
Mayans? They did have chocolate preparations....but did they discover it? No way to know. That discovery may well have been made well south of Mexico.
Uhh.....All food is Mexican food. . . .have youever gone into the kitchen of any restaurant – they're all Mexicans. So if you're like me and love the good old USA food like burger and fries at Hooters, or Bob's Big Boy, then you're having Mexican food!
That's pretty funny.
"Now all restaurants are taco bell"
I see this article has caused quite a stir. I have a deep appreciation for foods of many cultures. Life in L.A. has given me the opportunity to experience many different cuisines from many different cultures. Yes, I said cuisines! We all have very different palates, therefore we eat what tastes good to us. To criticize just for the sake of expressing prejudice is very disturbing. Life is short. I feel sorry for anyone that feels the need to bash a culture just to express hatred. I keep an open mind to all new things because I don't want to miss out on a beautiful experience. All I have to say is that We eat wisely and allow ourselves the sinful indulgence of a high calorie food every now and then. Being over weight is a health hazard but it is not a sin! Everyone has a choice. Bon Appetite!
I have some good Mexican friends here in Eastern Oregon. I can't hardly stand their food, however. Contrary to the article, it is always extremely greasy, the beef is cut very thin and cooked until it is leather-like, the chicken parts are thrown in a big pot full of grease, then for desert they eat the fried pig fat.
Well clearly, your experiences represent the whole of Mexican cuisine. Thank you for being brave enough to say so.
What?!? Thats like me saying Ive had a few Angelos food and because it sucked that eveyones sucks.
And also I don't know what kind of mexicans your hanging out with but I've NEVER eaten what you've just described. Maybe you should think about leaving Oregon before you end a statement with "ALWAYS"
where i lived in mexico, we all dreamed about eating meat fat.
I've tasted many of the "delicacies" and I rarely liked any of them. Tortillas can be amazing if made right, but most of the food that they listed outside of tacos and burritos not only doesn't sound very tempting, a lot of it doesn't taste good either (in my opinion of course).
you know what the biggest problem with mexico is? too many mexicans
Your mom did a lousy job raising you.
Did she teach you all that hate or did your pappy?
Europe called. It wants you back for unfulfilled potential.
At least 40 people were killed and numerous others injured in a reported grenade attack at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, the capital of Nuevo Leon, according to attorney general in that northern state.
The incident occurred around 4 p.m. local time (5 p.m. ET) at the Casino Royale when two people aboard a vehicle arrived, and one threw three grenades into the building.
Nuevo Leon, in northeastern Mexico, has seen several grenade attacks so far this year. On August 13, four civilians were wounded when an armed group fired two grenades at a jail in the municipality of Apodaca.
You know what the problem with America is? Too many Mexicans.
europe called and wants you back you prick! Go back to where you belong and that applys to all you GRINGO's. Go back to your country which is EUROPE.
Borderpatrol, you're not funny. You just sound racist and hateful.
Yo, you sound like a bigot too. Racial slurs aren't acceptable. No, not even when they're directed at white people. And Europe is a continent, not a country.
Shame on both of you. Go educate yourselves before you come back here and spill your hate all over the internet.
Also, Mexican food is delicious. Mexican delicacies are harrowing.
Hey YO. Dream on idiot. Most of us of european extraction were born here. So you can go home. Why don't you try assimilating YO YO. You should thank God your not living in Mexico fool. Just what are you so damned proud of anyway?
Mexico is America's Nigeria. No one can say it's not a fukedup country without lying. It has all the resources and means to be viable modern nation, yet its culture and government keeps it in the 19th century, And thus its culinary practices are also 19th century. If one wishes to experience rustic simple food, Mexican is a good choice. Please pass the habeneros.
Can't forget about quesadillas and fajitas!
I want her to spank me with her cactus leaves.
If she's cooking it, I'm eating it. One hot tamale.
gotta be one tasty taco... caliente!!
Doofus. Tamal is singular. Tamales plural.
And tamales are not hot, unless you mean temperature-wise.
pinche turista.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tamale
Oops – who's the doofus now?
I have never thought or believed in any of these things. of any of these things. Not one. And whoever would believe that Mexican cuisine is all about burritos or tacos isn't even worth speaking to about the matter because that is just ridiculous. Are the editors trying to make believe some things to drive the Mexican cuisine market up? Seems kind of a pointless story. On the other hand maybe not....perhaps there are some people who really need to be educated on the subject???
I think they are looking at stereotypical representations in popular culture.
I'm mexican and live in Mexico, I would say about 80% of the americans believe those stereotypes, in fact I think the problem is that all of the mexican food they have tried is taco bell or any other similar junk food.
Real mexican food is excelent and considered one of the best in the world, I found this article very interesting.
If you're Mexican and live in Mexico, how do you presume to know what 80% of Americans think? I doubt anyone in the U.S. could claim that level of accuracy, let alone someone in another country.
it's just a guess, just read most of the comments here... really sad...
I grew up on authentic Mexican food, and I didn't really like it.
I travel all over the world. Food served in most restaurants here in the USA is disgusting and poorly prepared. I'll take Mexican any day. I was glad some Mexican immigrants settled in my town and opened a REAL restaurant.
You aren't eating at the right places in the US. Sure, there are a lot of dives, but if you do a little research, you can find very excellent and proudly prepared food in all US Cities. Some more than others, but it is there.
I went to Mexico, Acapulco last time in 2010. The food is simply fantastic, local sour cream and milk are like nothing you have ever tasted. We spent 2 weeks there and didnt eat tacos or burritos at all, I didnt see them period. Instead my wife and me hit on local cuisine and every meal was a fiesta! By the way – I stopped going to mexican restaurants in US forever. I will save my craving for next time in Mexico. Authentic mexican food is like chinese – what you eat in chinese/mexican eateries in US has nothing to do with real chinese/mexican food in respective countries.
Mexican food is crap
Then sign me up for two girls one cup.
Idiot.
Go back to Mexico retard
Give me two aromatic and palatable ingredients, in Mexican (not Latin) culture. Should not be hard.
You got that right !!
Go back to Mexico? If you live in Texas, New Mexico, colorado, Arizona, Calif. or parts of Utah or Nev and southern oregeon, THAT USED TO BE PART OF MEXICO.
Who is the retard now?
You go back to Bulgaria with your Bulgarian food, pilgrim!
@pierce
"Go back to Mexico? If you live in Texas, New Mexico, colorado, Arizona, Calif. or parts of Utah or Nev and southern oregeon, THAT USED TO BE PART OF MEXICO"
Only from the time they stole it from the Indians until they finished killing them.
Ummm.... there's crap here all right, but it doesn't come from the Mexican food.
Who doesn't like Mexican food? Unless it's all lard in the refried beans, all the natural ingredients are tasty, healthy, and original. What's not to like?
don't care for mexican food.
PLEASE CLARIFY THIS ARTICLE THAT CEVICHE IS NOT MEXICAN, IT IS A PERUVIAN DISH AND DESERVES RECOGNITION AS SUCH.
Can someone please clarigy to this dolt where the caps lock key is?
He is right about the ceviche and his name is WellEducated, so I am assuming I know he understands his CAPSLOCK is on and the meaning behind it. He is shouting at us.
I dont know if ceviche was created in Mexico, bu Im certain every body eats it here, especially if you live near the coast, it's a very know dish...
It's a peruvian dish originally and now you claim it...BS. We Peruvians make tamales too but we don't claim it to be ours...
P.S. Mexican food is mostly pretty bangin when made correctly...but if you want variety try Peruvian food..it's a nice mix of Asian/Latin and Indigenous...now give me back my ceviche
The French make a dish called "cerviche" (sir-veesh) as well, so I don't know if either Peru or Mexico can claim to have originated it.
spit tacos!lol!
For those in the NYC area, I highly recommend Cariño in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Delicious, authentic, creative Mexican cuisine and an extensive offering of tequilas. I've tried many delicious, new-to-me items, such as Ms. Ballesteros discussed, at Cariño. Never disappointed.
And yet another.
And why in the world was this post necessary?
Anyone who has spent time in Mexico away from the border towns knows that tacos, burritos and 'goop' is not the mainstay of Mexican food. Those of us in New Mexico know that this Taco Bell kind of junk is "immigrant cuisine" – i.e. that which is typically relied upon by the poorer segments of the population and it's unfortunate that this is what most of the rest of the country views as "Mexican food." The seafood dishes down in Jalisco and Guerrero are fabulous and healthy. Oaxaca produces some wonderful meat dishes (moles – and that isn't just the chocolate mole that people might have heard of). Fresh tropical fruits and wonderful roasted meats. The food of Chihuahua and Durango is vastly different from the food of Jalisco and Guerrero. It's as widely varied as the foods of India, which used to be many different independent cultures and cuisines and languages and heritages until the British Raj lumped them all together and then fabricated the fake Indian thing called "curry."
Immigrant cuisine is kind of an ignorant term. I live in an upscale community in CT. There is a Taco Bell in the neighboring town, and the only people i ever see there are caucasians. Places like Taco Bell thrive because Americans like to eat schit. It has nothing to do w/ immigrants or lower income people, you moron. The immigrants are the ones who make authentic cuisine from other countries available to you. the immigrants are the ones eating home cooked meals w/ fresh natural ingredients while you go pack on the fat eating McDonalds and other crap for lunch. You think because you're in NM you know how to eat better than the rest of us? Stop being so arrogant. I've been to NM several times, and all those Tex Mex eateries are run by immigrants, not Americans. You should be ashamed of yourself. We frequent fine dining establishments regularly, and I am an accomplished latin cuisine chef, as well. You're just a typical arrogant American prikk.....One of the reasons the whole rest of the planet has us in their crosshairs.
It's Moran .
The restaurants in NM are not Tex Mex by any stretch. The food there is possibly the most unique I've had anywhere in the world. And by the way, the people of NM have been there long before NM was part of this country, so although Santa Fe dude was a little rude, you are ignorant and need to check your facts.
Patrick, Patrick, Patrick
Replies like yours with name calling and your stereotyping of non- Mexicans is no better than what you are crying about! There a only a few Tex-Mex eateries here in New Mexico. You must have only visited the tourist areas. I bet you don't mind takining non-Mexican's money! I came away from the article with a totally different perspective. Who cares what neighborhood you live in. You may need anger management counseling. If Americans like to eat only schitt as you say and they eat your food-what now.
Moira, UNIQUE?!?!?! Is that what we call it when Americans take something that is prefectly delicious and americanize it so you ignorant people who refuse to eat anything they've never heard of, will put it in their mouths? No, it's not Tex Mex, because it's not from Texas, but it's the same thing. A bunch of Americans took Mexican cuisine and tweaked it to suit their own taste buds. It's no more unique than me putting bananas on my peanut butter sandwich. Mexican and a Mexican, Oh boy, another hippie from NM....Get over yourself moron. I've probably been to more countries than you've been to towns in New Mexico. I'm not angry. I'm disgusted by the typical American feeling that everyting that is not American is not good. The american level of ignorance is at an all time high. And it starts in places like New Mexico where you're all to busy smoking weed and feeling good about yourselves to deal w/ reality. Stop calling yourself a chef. You know you're not a chef. Pretending to be one doesn't make your argument any more valid.
Mexican and a Mexican,
Anyone who eats in my establishment is an educated and cultured connoisseur of fine latin cuisine. We don't serve flip flop wearing hippies in my restaurant. You must be wearing clothing and shoes if you want me to cook for you. And trust me, my regulars/return business are my bread and butter.
Hey, take your meds Patrick! The original post didn't deserve your flame. Get therapy, would you. I think that the fact that the rest of the would has lost respect for us has to do with our politicians, not diners at Mexican restaurants. Sheesh!
Feed the troll. Haters gonna hate.
Hey Patrick, you may consider this a postscript to my previous post. Let's see, you said "I live in an upscale community in CT", "We frequent fine dining establishments regularly, and I am an accomplished latin cuisine chef, as well." You sound like an accomplished braggart and food snob. Is that true of everyone who lives in upscale communities in CT. Then you ask: "You think because you're in NM you know how to eat better than the rest of us?" Well, you apparently think that because you live in an upscale community in CT, that you know how to eat better than the rest of us. What an arrogant clown.
I'm going to switch accounts. We'll check that one and you notify the locals on yours.
For some reason it's copying my replies to that page
I'm on it!
Please feel free to take you, your family, goat & Mexican Cuisine and run across the border. Or pay taxes, respect our laws, be neat & clean & speak English. Respect my country.
We're on it. Expect the list tomorrow. What judge do you usually call?
Cliff Claven: This author probably pays more taxes than you and probably has more right to be in this country than you do. Her English is clearly superior to yours already. Perhaps it is you who should leave the U.S. since you clearly do not understand, nor embrace, true American values. The rest of us love having the multicultural world (and most importantly, food) that is the true America.
There is no worse ass than a real ass. This is about Mexican culinary art, not about illegals. You want to comment about that then go somewhere else.
Cliff, have you ever seen a show call HOARDERS from your country? Well, if that's what you mean by neat and clean...I definitely agree with you and that person should go back to Mexico where is cleaner! :-P
I speak English most of the time because most Americans are poorly educated. I grew up on a ranch in Texas and I speak Spanish, because I have Mexican heritage and we had many Mexican cowboys on the ranch. I also speak French because we have relatives in Louisiana and many people there are bi-lingual so my cousins taught me.
With your attitude you aren't worth the sweat off the balls of a migrant worker. You might grow up and learn more about the world around you. Learn a second language so you won’t be so ignorant.
Wow, your exstensive vocabulary is quite impressive...not
so is your attitude....not
I see you read Estebans post. Not. Had you read it, you would know it was completely uncalled for.
It was in response to Test. I've heard worse on HBO.
Oh and my braised beef in mole sauce is to die for.
What's uncalled for is the comments on illegals. Now STFU and go back to work.
You to Peanut.
*too
You are incredibly insightful and a pleasure to chat with.
Oh Peanut,
You're concise and have passive condescending tones with a subtle hint of hops highlighted by a caramel note of roasted barley.
If you say so.
Mexican food is varied, delicious, and most is relatively unknown to the average American who thinks that Taco Bell is representative of this category of food. The dishes are complex, full of fresh ingredients and not everything is spicy. I pity ther person who has never tried real carnitas, taco de barbacoa or fresh grilled fish with salsa.
I had delicious food prepared from my relatives from Venezuela, so I was already well aware that Mexican food couldn't be defined by Taco Bell or your local Mexican restaurant. That being said, I didn't know what their food was like and never had the pleasure of trying authentic Mexican cuisine until I started a job waiting tables in college and befriended a few prep cooks and bussers who had been living in Mexico until a few years prior. They adopted me in a sense and would bring me some home cooked treat almost every day. I only wish I had asked for some cooking tips while I had the chance!
Pro tip: They don't eat Mexican food in Venezuela. Thusly, your culinary experiences in Venezuela have nothing and less to do with your realization that Mexican food is not represented by Taco Bell fare.
With that said, Mexican food is varied and fantastic. So is South American food.
The #1 truth about Mexican food: If you talk smack about the food, the drug cartels will come hunting you down.
Oh, and homemade tequila and Mexican balconies do not go well together for touristas.
I'm surprised by all the people saying no mexicans actually steam their food. those guys will steam boatloads of tamalis and braise pounds and pounds of pork and beef for easy lunches through the week. its not greasy. it doesn't make you sick. its f*cking delicious. you people have just never been around mexican families. Let me tell you, thanksgiving in a mexican household leaves you feeling a lot better than you do after you guzzle down potatoes, gravy and ham at an american house.
um, yeah, no...we eat turkey, not ham, on thanksgiving...thanks for playing though...please collect your gift basket of fail on your way out
this is "are" county, really? where the hell did you go to school?
Yeah, we do eat turkey on Thanksgiving, but we also eat ham.
adios, muchacho...NO SOUP FOR YOU
We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in Mexico!!
Lo hacen cuando estoy allí; todo el rancho estaba preocupado acerca de mí encontrar un pavo para cocinar por lo que consiguieron uno enviados desde Texas.
Mexican food....the only standard of comparison that makes American swill tolerable.
Another ignoramus troll w/ internet access.....This is what American values are all about. Make fun of what you know nothing about. It's the American way.
It doesn't seem like they're really debunking alot of the myths, if you ask me. You have to look for "options" when you're looking for healthy Mexican food? The same goes for non-spicy food?
I would just like to also mention for all the idiots out there who don't know shit about tequila, Patron is shitty tequila. You look stupid because you are willing to pay extra for it.
And like all things that taste good (wine, beer, cheese, etc etc etc) there are Tequila snobs. Not saying I disagree that Patron is not "all that," but calling people stupid is a tad extreme. I subscribe to the "if you like the taste then go for it" approach. I know little-to-nothing about tequila, but while I sip a Herencia or El Tesoro (which may or may not be "good" by your standards) I'm not going to begrudge the guy who calls for the Patron. Whatever, enjoy it.
I wouldn't touch Mexican tequila ever. It is vile refuse only fitting for the hordes of people without any concept of "boissons fines." Aussies rule!
No one cares what anyone from Australia has to say. Aussies are poor uneducated knuckledraggers. When was the last time you heard of Australian cuisine? It doesn't exist. Never met an Australian rocket scientist either. They don't exist.
Out of curiosity: which tequila would you touch, if not Mexican?
Can you be any more angry, arrogant and snobby? Are you really so intellectually insecure that you have to spew your pent up anger at "flip flop wearing hippies" and others you've grown to hate in your lifetime? Keep referring to yourself as a "connoisseur" that has traveled the world and lives in an "upscale" part of CT. You drop so much ego-stroking lines in your messages it doesn't take a scholar to see how self aggrandizing you are.
Look in the mirror man...that evil arrogant gringo is you...just brown.
Peace
HI @Allison,
This is a conversation about food, not immigration. That's an important debate and it's going on in a lot of places on CNN.com, but lets try to keep this discussion on topic.
Thanks,
David Williams
CNN.com Community Manager
David, you know you are supposed to be on school right now! Don't make mommy take away your video game privledges!
FYI – I was not the only one commenting off the subject. If you are going to take my post off then you need to take others off as well. There are many other people on here that are off the subject and 2 of the many are the comments from: Cholo & BorderPatrol. So if you are going to "do your job, then do it right, Mr. Community Manager.
If not for flavor, consider traditional American food for health...NOT. The U.S. is the world capital for heart disease, high blood pressure, first-world obesity, atheroscerotic dementia and mass food recalls; you continue ranting and raving that we assimilate, I'll continue to eat my gazpacho, pescado al mojo criollo, paella, aceite de oliva con ajo, rum and enjoy my 52 year-old squeaky-clean heart, silky black hair and smooth skin...NAHAHAHAAAA.
"99.9% of them migrate to the US illegaly" Source please.
Thank you, Chef Julieta, Kat & Sarah for this article. Until recently, my only exposure to Mexican cuisine has been exactly those types of stereotypical foods that your article is debunking. Then I visited NYC. I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant we visited, but it was the best meal, not just Mexican, but food I've had in a very long time. I'm looking forward to visiting Mexico some day so I can experience the real thing. Keep up the great work!
It was Dos Caminos near the Pod Hotel in Manhattan. Fabulous food for someone who's only had a narrow window of exposure to Mexican cuisine.
Thank you for the warning. You haven't ruined anything. :D My husband goes to Mexico 2 or 3 times a year on business. He always has an escort and he makes it a habit to learn as much of the language as he can when he's there. Which is mucho appreciado by the folks he works with. ;) He gets to experience the locals haunts and that's what I'd love to do. Someday I'll tag along.
While I applaud trying to broaden horizons in cuisine, blanket labelling all cuisines south of the United States as "Mexican" is adding to the problem. Unless Mexico suddenly annexed the entire South American continent. :)
I'm not following you. The article is about Mexican food and Dos Caminos is a Mexican restaurant.
every country has different cuisine is south america. you making a blanket statement about the whole continent as if they're the same culture is a lot more offensive than labelling the food that traditionally came out of mexico as "mexican." fact is, the climate in south america varies so much that different regions have completely different food sources to choose from and that makes their cuisine vary greatly from country to country, although some themes remain somewhat constant (lime, peppers, rice and beans).
besides, Mexico is part of North America.
If there actually are people who don't know this "truth about Mexican food," I guess cnn.com is the place to catch them.
Was this article written by a highschooler who just came back from Mexico? No kidding Tequila is used for more than just shots...
Cinco do Mayo? I thought you were Mexican!
Derpy derp derp derp.
really
Mexican food is filthy garbage
Feed it to the cattle
you must be talking about your greasy lousy hamburgers, taco bell joints, pizza. Nothing but fast fat food. I never seen so many fat people.
looking in the mirror again huh chubs?
Alex is right, modern American cuisine is cholesterol-ridden, preservative-infested CAFO glop. Leave it to the American food establishment to turn healthy, flavorful, colorful foreign cuisine and turn it into nasty, waxen, prepackaged and chew-'n-choke chain branch garbage. Here in Augusta, GA there's a hotbed of international chain "restaurants" which I now shun because of the Helicobacter Pylori that I caught eating in them. Comparing pseudoethnic "restaurants" like Teresas and Vallarta *gag* (not to mention Taco Bell, which is the pits) which are gringo-owned to authentic Mexican cuisine is like comparing Jerry Springer to Simon Bolivar. Now, when I want to eat true Central American, I go to a spotless little place where I can smell the fresh condiments being chopped up for my meal, the fresh seafood ceviche is sold by the pound, I don't have to take a damn Pepcid after eating and they know me by my first name.
"Gringo-owned"... spoken like a true La Raza racial supremacist! Shouldn't you be off shooting guatemalans at Mexico's southern border?
Pro tip: Mexico is in North America. Central America consists of the countries from Belize to Panama.
Those restaurants are not gringo-owned. As a matter of fact if you eat at the home of the owners, it is authentic Mexican fare, like you find south of the border. It is just that they make the food to the palate of the purchaser.
"Gringo owned" that statement makes you a bigot
You sound like either a bigot to me or someone who thinks Taco Bell is authentic Mexican food (ground partial meat product and microwaved melted cheddar cheese.) Please try some shredded pork with fresh chilies, onion and lime sometime.
Mexican food is fantastic and I can't get enough of it. That said, you can't get any of it in DC, it sucks here. Mezcal is AWFUL.
I had an idea that Mexican food isn't all tacos and burritos–I wished to know more about the "real" Mexican food, and the more upscale, the delicacies of the cuisine. Reminded again, I think I will look into it more! Misunderstandings aren't just American, but it is interesting that we have limited understandings of foreign cuisines even in a country where most of our foods were imported.
I bet all of you who are bad-mouthing Mexican food eat it all the time and is just acting like idiots just to get a rise out of people. I love Mexican food and I have been to Mexico numerous times. Real Mexican food is different than what you get in America.
I'd be interested in knowing where you live to have become such an expert on Mexican food. I was born in Brownsville Texas more than 60 years ago, & have lived close to the border all my life. I've been in Mexico countless times, & have sampled many different Mexican dishes. I'd venture to say you know less about Mexican food than I know about rocket science. That would be 0. SOME Tex-Mex food is slightly similar to your rants, but there's a world of Mexican food you've never heard of or eaten. IF you weren't so close minded you might try it & like it.
You are ignorant
That lady is a very nice Honey. I love Mexican women.
...so says the Americunt
...so does your ol' lady
LOL
...corn dogs are a white teabaggers' caviar
...bigotry in foodys
The only thing spicier than a mango habanero salsa is a pretty Mexican lass of mixed Spanish and Amerindian ancestry with a name like Julieta Ballesteros.
*facepalm* - Lol, wow, you had to Google the name? She's the one who wrote this article; her picture is right at the top of this page!
the DF has some fantastic restaurants with great fish and chicken dishes and the moles are great! but watching someone eat chapulines or escamoles has got to be one of the most surreal experiences - going to an expensive restaurant to watch someone want to eat bugs. Seeing someone with a grasshopper leg hanging out of their mouth is just too bizarre. At those moments I crave KFC and Dennys and fortunately they have both in abundance.
She cooks and has the looks..
Now I really want some ceviche. And I'm stuck in Idaho. FFFUUUU...
...there's always rocky mountain oysters
I am stuck in Idaho too, but I have found some amazing restaurants where I am at.
uh just want to say in the first myth, when the person being interviewed says, "THE LIST GOES ON", the writer wrote one istead of on.
It's kind of funny, I noticed the same thing. Glad to see there are other spelling spelling/grammar Nazis out there besides myself.
As you can tell by my "name," I'm one as well. However, that being said, I have learned to read in context and can overlook a type or two. It's misspellings that drive me nuts!
...as
...as I just proved. Typo, not type. :)
CNN, don't you monitor these forums?
Guess I stumbled into the 5th grade forum by mistake. I thought this was about food. Hmmmm......
good for Mexico then.
Authentic Mexican food is a delicious blend of Indigenous and european cuisines. Whenever I eat a delicious tamale...its hard for me not to think of how they have been eaten for possibly a thousand years, same for tacos, and the ancient moles which are a blend of native mexican ingredients such as chocolate, vanilla, chilies, tomatoes, pumpkin seeds, etc.
The culinary world owes alot to Mexican indigenous peoples who cultivated some of the most important staples and ingredients found in ethnic foods around the world.
Exactly! . I love simple Mexican street food but there is SO much more to Mexican cuisine. Some of the comments posted here are so stupid. I doubt that these morons even realize that chocolate isn't European and that it came from Mexico.
And like most civilizations, the Spanish conquered the native peoples in Mexico and now, the descendants, which are the result of Spain rape and plunder, treat the indigenous people to whom they owe the best part of their culture like crap. What is more annoying is that like Italian food, Mexican food is peasant food. It isn't supposed to be high brow. It is supposed to be cheap and simple. Let it be what it is..
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Peasant food from all countries is the best.
my favorite peasent food is lebanese
I think there is a lack of understanding in general from the comments that Mexico is a fairly decent sized country with regions generating various native cuisines. In my experience coastal areas tend to have plenty of light and healthy food available at just about any food stand or restaurant (mmm fresh ceviche). The more land locked regions (with exception of highly developed areas) tend to have more of what people associate with Mexican food. The grilled meats, maybe some vegetables, plenty of corn or bean based items. Who knows what else. I have only been to so many areas in Mexico. Especially once the drug violence started getting into full swing.
It's not so different than the US. There are different staple meals depending on where you are.
You're right. 'Fraid I've not managed to get to Mexico other than a quick trip across at Laredo, but I've been able to see that simply traveling in the US.
A number of years ago I moved to San Antoni TX, and discovered cabrito. Brilliant stuff. Later I did a project around San Jose CA. We went out for dinner one night to a Mexican restaurant. I asked the waiter if they knew where I might find cabrito, and the first thing he says is"you're from Texas, right?"
I talked once to a waiter in a Canadian Mexican restaurant, and found that the mole I'd found here in SA simply couldn't be found elsewhere.
Mexican is like Chinese or Indian; it entirely depends on where you are for what "Mexican food" means.
40 years or so ago I took a road trip to Acapulco and on the way down we spent the night at a little town by the name of Carmargo. So happens that there is a lake nearby that is renown for it's black bass and the restaurant where we ate made a big deal of it with special local fresh caught bass dishes. It was great.
Did you know there are a couple of really great wineries in, of all places, Baja? You are really mistaken if you think Mexican cuisine is only Carne Asada, arroz, and frijoles.
I can't live without Mexican and Asian food. Wish the countries bordered each other. I would move there in a heart beat!
Do you know that there are a number of Chinese enclaves through out Mexico?
Oh honey, Asia is not a country.
Why not? They're food is really tastee!
Food wise it'll be a huge step up. Can't wait.
This article didn't really prove its point very well and sure as heck didn't do Real Mexican cuisine justice.
The State of Oaxaca has a great cuisine...great cooking all over the state....some people just can't get over fast food. every Mexican state has their way of preparing the great variety of chow.
I am white and I LOVE Mexican food. Why can't people like all sorts of cuisines without it being some sort of race war? There are amazing flavors all over the world and there is no reason to limit anything because of some idiotic concept of racial divides. In fact many of the most traditional white american foods and flavors are from global travel 300 years ago. There is no such thing as white American cuisine.
Some knuckleheads think Mexico food is Taco Bell.
Thieves......
This article is ridiculous. Mexican food is cheap because they are all POOR!!!! LARD is used on everything. They use the absolute cheapest ingredients because they are POOR!. No one would EVER believe there is a "gourmet" Mexican food. And......learn this: Hot sauce is to KILL THE BUGS AND BACTERIA covering everything. Same reason they use limon in their drinks. And healthy???? Take a glance down a Mexican street and notice the hoochie mamas in high heels and tree trunk legs. Bulging stomachs and flabby arms. UH....sorry but you could never be so wrong. The"best"(taste-wise and quality) food in Mexico is French. That is the truth. Stop lying to people. Enjoy your Menudo....I'll pass on Mexican cow intestine, thanks though. Don't get me wrong ....I love the Mexican lifestyle-but they have NO TASTE in food. Basically, it is foul. But there are fine French, Italian , Chinese and good ole' American restaurants. In fact--Whenever I ask for a suggestion from a Mexican for a restaurant-it's never Mexican, but international. HMMMM. hint hint? Don't mention Ceviche....that could KILL u the way they handle it. You should stop recommending Mexican "cuisine" before you are sued The comical thing is that Mexicans realise this.....they're just too poor to afford decent food. This person is an idiot and shouldn't be writing BS like this wasting people's time. I'm going to finish my Dominos now. One of the few trustworthy foods that doesn't cause violent vomiting and diarrhoea at the same time-and it's not even sealed shut! Good for you Dominos! There are excellent chefs here....but they cook French food, darling. I can promise you the Cordon Bleu university in Mexico City does not teach their students how to make a fatty gordita!
Hey, I too am an ex-pat living Baja. In Ensenada, we have some of the world's finest cusine, great wine-sauteed mushrooms, steaks, chile rellenos, fish dishes of all types, lobster, pizza.....man the list goes on an on...I don't know where you live but we have it made here.
Agree, we have on this northern corner of Baja quite possibly the best, current gastronomic development going on in the entire American continent. This due to factors such as the up n coming quality wIne industry and its eventual recognition, Baja Med(iterranean) cuisine, urban fare and traditional foods combined, young chefs and dynamic entrepreneurs opening new, forward-thinking restaurants. Combined elements that we are lucky to have readily available.
Funny to read some of these idiotic, stereotypical comments...they have no idea, completely clueless.
You obviously have never spent any time in Mexico.
if they are so poor, how come the richest man in the world is from Mexico.. Dumb
Real mexican food is not cheap
I want to apologize for that last comment. I haven't been feeling well. You see, I've been suffering from anal fissures for years now and sometimes I just can't take it anymore. I end up lashing out at those I care about the most. So please carry on and realize I am just a poor mud farmer with a hurting asshole. I adore you all and invite you to kick my gonads at your leisure.
I'll take Ethiopian, north African, or just about any food from the Mediterranean region.
I completely agree with you Mexico Expat. I have lived in Mexico City for 2 years now and I have been violently sick multiple times from the food here in Mexico (would have died if not for Cipro). I have tried to like authentic Mexican food (even took a cooking class from a well known Mexican chef) and you are right, there is lard ("Manteca") in everything and it is disgusting. Even the things that vegetarians consider "safe" foods have lard in them – tortillas and beans. I cannot wait to move back to the US and eat clean, healthy, good food. Real Mexican food is disgusting and for the most part, it will either make you violently sick or kill you (ceviche) or it is extremely unhealthy.
"Ceviche (“seh-BEE-chay”) is a hugely popular dish in South America. The basic ingredient is raw fish, cut into bite-size pieces and marinated in the juice of an acidic fruit (usually lime), salt, and seasonings (usually chile peppers)."
More raw Mexican bile to toss in the local landfill.
Real Mexican food is so good. I am addicted to hot spicy food... but for some reason I am craving some Taco Bell now...
El Universal, Mexico City daily, has a great menu section. It is on the internet at ElUniversal.com Some of the great recipes in that section are better than the French.
I have traveled ALL over the world often. Mexico is one of my favorite places to travel. Most of you have never been anywhere and if you went to Mexico you probably went to one of the Mexican- American border places and had a taco
and went home and said I hate Mexico and the food is no good.
I have.
This is a good article. Mexican cuisine is SO much more than just fast food garbage. I've been dabbling with it for a few years now. Try Mole, it's wonderful
But I never realized that foodies are such race baiters. There must be a lot of Democrats on here tonight!
All food is delightful.
Mexican food is truly delightful, too.
I know, I know, that new foods can be scary.
But give this cuisine A CANCHE.
I promise that you will be rewarded.
Mexican food smells like B.O., Much like there people
THEIR damn it not THERE i went THERE to see all the dummies spell THEIR COMMENTS WRONG...
I grew up on Hungarian Food, German Food, French Food, (army brat stationed overseas) I love American BBq
Dives Dinners Southern Food Mexican food is a party in your mouth, but I no longer can tolerate the spices, and India
food i have tried but i can not tolerate the curry, still waiting to eat Irish, Canadian, Native American food other then fried bread ,,yumm i
forgot to add OCTOBER FEST BEER UND BRATS MIT BROCHEN..great food to die for...the only thing better State Fair Food LOL
mexican food is just horrible for you,....HORRIBLE!!
Mentiras. Real Mexican food is better for you than a lot of American food.
I feel out of place commenting here because I like Mexican food, I have no bitter feelings towards anyone, and I'm not commenting to spread negativity.
thanks for your honesty jen,...you rock!
The truth about Mexican food is that its so fun to eat.
Lets be real people. There is no incentive for people in Mexico to cook good food. The economy sucks, and they are in constant fear of the cartels. Remember, they come to our country demanding free services and they don't like paying taxes on the goods they buy- yet they use our roads to get to their destinations here. I weep for Mexico, but i'd never put my trust in them or their cooking. Buy Mexican-American!
Well said,...
...says the ignorant troll.
ah,..erin must have eaten some bad re-fried beans,....
If only John Lennon were alive to debate the filth coming out of your fingers. You should be ashamed! Go wash your hands and dis-infect your computer.
We are all humans! You should start acting like one.
C'mon man. This article isn't even about politics, it's about food. We can't even enjoy a fun little article about food without morons like you bringing in stereotypes and spewing hatred. So please, shut the hell up and go rant somewhere because no one really gives a shit about your overly conservative views.
I was in Mexico once at a nice restaurant watching the street below from the balcony. Some guy was walking down the street, a van pulled up, a couple other guys grabbed him and drove off. Last time I went to Mexico.
That also happened in the Usa and Canada yesterday too...do you not visit there either?
mexico is not a safe place to visit,...watch the news
just a did too comment; totally just to try to throw off how utterly dangerous Mexico is
not really comparable at all to Canada and the USA is dangerous in parts but nothing like Mexico
Your sentence mechanics makes me doubt the validity of you statement. Are you from Mexico?
Uh, yeah. Happens at the neighborhood mall every day. Sucks. What's your point?
I thought this article was kind of lame (like – duh!), but then I read some of the comments. Are there really Americans who think that Chilis and Taco Bell are actully what Mexican food is????? So sad – you people are missing out on one of the great and diverse culinary traditions.
stop sneaking over the border and go back home. if mexican food is so great then let the mexicans keep it to themselves and stop swarming over to the united states without a visa !
uh, troll dear, I'm a gringa from Massachusetts whose ancestors on both sides came over on the Mayflower... take your ignorant race-baiting elsewhere, please.
Congratulations! You win the "dumb post of the day award". An article about Mexican food, and you post about illegals. A harmless food article. Chill out, will ya?
where are you from , mars ?
close the borders asap ! taco bell stinks !
Oh look. Another wound-up crank who writes "close the borders ASAP" in response to a harmless article about Mexican food. Chill out.
While the cuisine is wonderful, the article just plain sucks & does the food no justice. Written by a 7th grader perhaps? Throw Rick Bayless out there to write, at least he comes across with some passion for it.
Ceviche is Peruvian!!!
Es la verdad, pero se come mucho en Mexico tambien.
It is a simple concept that is a part of many cuisines.
Ceviche is not just Peruvian or Mexican. It is made in many Hispanic countries. What would Peru know about seafood anyway...you have no ocean there? That's thanks to my Chilean ancestors!
I honestly can't believe the amount of moronic and racist comments on this thread. Pretty pathetic IMHO
just because someone doesn't like mexican food doesn't mean they're racist. quit reading into things,...geez! you are the one who's racist cause you don't like people that have different opinions than yourself. that's very sad,....you should be ashamed of yourself.
Hmm, perhaps yours for example ?
Really? Like calling someone a loser lower down for not liking Mexican food? :)
you may be thinking of someone else,...look again
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I won't, but I am perfectly willing to allow you to inhale the wind from my backside.
...generated from all that Mexican food, no doubt...
I like how most of the negative comments on this post are from people who wouldn't know authentic Mexican food if it hit them in the face. Re-fried beans? Taco Bell? Are you kidding me? Further more if you don't like Mexican food, what's the point in commenting or even reading an article about Mexican food if you don't like it? Seems really redundant, clearly you all need new hobbies.
April,
Thank You for the most intelligent words of the day!
Klipsan.
Buenos Dios!
Mexico invented chocolate. I'd like to see you Americans survive without that.
haha,...invented chocolate. you're an idiot! haha,....
What?... Mexico DID Invent chocolate, you're the idiot, I hope no Mexican reads this blog, its just so embarrassing the read what some people post. Some people sound like a bunch o retards.
Mexico DID invent chocolate, well it was actually the precolmbine civilizations, but basically yeah!, what do you think makes mole brown?, chocolate mi friend...
P.D. Please read a book!
The Mexican indigenous communities also domesticated the Vanilla orchid as well. Imagine the culinary world without native mexican ingredients such as chocolate, vanilla, chilies, tomatillos, aguacate, elote (corn)...If you notice all these words are Aztec. For example Guacamole literaly means "avocado sauce" in Nahuatl
this article does not convince me that mexican food is a very imaginative genre.
they use goat meat in a dish.. ooh. does it still have beans and rice? they decide to flavor it with corn fungus... yum.
they can overcharge for it. oh fancy! there's a soup on the menu? I can't decide!!!
about the only different thing mentioned is ceviche... which they mentioned like three times. god. I bet itallian food has bigger options.
But Italian food is just bread, pasta, cheese, tomatoes and olive oil! Way to be ignorant Hawthorne.
Sorry to say, you will not talk me into mexican food. I have never liked it, and will not any time during my life. And yes, I have had "authentic" mexican food, living in a state that borders mexico. Just not my style, sorry.
Loser
I feel sorry for you if you think you know Mexican food just because you live in an adjacent state. Food from coastal and southern Mexico is VERY different than food in the northern states. You've just shown how ignorant and close minded you are.
So what a fu!@#$% you reading this ????? Moron
The end of misconception number one: the list goes ONE?
We went to Cancun for a week with the anticipation of enjoying the great Mexican food we've come to love here in the states. Boy, were we surprised! We went into old town and tried to find someplace--anyplace--that served enchiladas and refried beans. Good luck. They don't do that down there. Their specialty is FAJITAS. And rerfried beans? The best I got was cowboy beans on my plate. So if you love Fajitas, you'll be in hog heaven. But Enchiladas and refries? Forget it.
That is because you went to a tourist trap. Go to the villages. Don't be afraid to get out of town. Get the REAL Mexican Culture. Incredibly Wonderful!!! Be sure to stow the "Better than Thou" Ugly American attitude if you want to get to know the locals. The Mexicans are truly great!
Better yet, don't go to the villages! You might get kidnapped...
Cancun is like Las Vegas with beaches. It is NOT Mexico. I've been to places in the U.S. that were more Mexican than Cancun.
Also, Mexican food is very regional. The cuisine in the Yucatan is very different than the Norteno food that we Americans are used to up North.
Finally! someone who knows what she is talking about!
just curious where are you from?
more specifically if you could tell me where you are from we have a bet going on this-
Oregon.
Some say, that he once lived in car just so he could always be around it. And that he was the inspiration for Megadeth's mascot, Vic Rattlehead. All we know is he's called the Stig!
When I was a kid, my mom took a class on traditional Mexican cooking at the local community college. One of the dishes she learned to make was a sort of casserole that had layers of soft corn tortillas, whole canned tomatoes and shredded chicken. She has lost the recipe and can't remember the name of the dish. I wish I knew what it was. It was fantastic and probably pretty healthy.
Was it Chilaquiles?
There are a variety of chilaquiles... with green or red salsa or mole with chicken or chorizo, made with corn tortillas cut in quarters and lightly fried, scrambled eggs, onion, fresh cheese, fresh cream ( real milk cream ) and it is served with refried beans. . Accompanied with a cup of frothy chocolate milk (graund cinnamon on the top of it ) ... healthy energy to start the day... That's a real Mexican breakfast !!!!!!!!!!
I belive you are thinking of Enchiladas....they come flat as the way you described and also rolled. Goolge them and you can get a variety of recipes.
That sounds like a chicken enchalada casserol with the corn tortillas in layers insted of rolled. there are several good recepies for it I'm sure. Sunset cookbook had a really good one years ago
Well, it didn't have a flavor like that I know from enchilada sauce (it was a much simpler, subtler flavor), but perhaps you are all right. I'll see if I can find a similar recipe on the Internet. Thanks, everyone.
The dish you refer to is known to the Maya as Papadzules (Enchiladas). I have found the most authentic recipe to be the one found in the book Mayan Cuisine. You can find the book at major bookstores or Amazon. I'm not plugging the book but as a Mayan descendant, I have found it to be the most true to authenticity of Mayan recipes. I'm glad the author took the time to do his homework. Nothing is worse than a writer who doesn't do his research. Hope you find a good recipe and enjoy it.
It's not chilaquiles nor enchiladas. Layered tortilla dish with tomatoes and chicken = pastel azteca, you might want to browse it :)
That sounds like King Ranch Chicken. It's an awesome dish!
I am Italian but man I love mexican women with big booties and the food as well.
Mexican women are hot I like them short and thick.
I know what you're saying Johnathan. All my house cleaners were short and thick too!
Sir, please stay on the topic in the article. If you want to talk about how you prefer your women, please visit a pornography forum. Here, comments like that are not welcome.
Always nice to hear from another 6 year old.
"The list goes one!" Doesn't anybody proofread?
The message Bob it's just the message typos happen but I agree more proof reading should be done...
Then the list goes 2, then 3 , then 4.....
Certainly Mexico has an obesity problem but it is not caused by the Mexican dishes, in deed it is caused because of the dietary habits and lifestyle. Some examples are eating in fast food establishments and industrialized food – that's right, in Mexico there are also McDonald's, KFC, Domino's Pizza, Burger King among other chains. As you might know, we are experiencing the globalization effect. Another source of unhealthy food is the impulse goods and commercialized food such as candies, sodas among other packaged snacks. Some brands that come to my mind are Coca-Cola, Doritos,.. I think you can get the idea.
Finally the lifestyle of most of the people in Mexico tend to be sedentary, caused by spend a lot of time watching the TV and browsing Internet – Do “Facebook” or “Gear of War” rings any bell?
I mention all of these facts because it is important to differentiate the Mexican dishes and the dietary habits of the people and you don't need to be a scientist to notice it.
I liked the article and I also could add a great number of dishes, however I did not enjoy a great number of comments from people that use this mean to offend the people without being informed.
Link, totally agree.
Moreover, I think most people just get offended if America is not portrayed as the best and greatest in every aspect and immediately try to demean everyone else.
This tends to happen a lot. There's a vast number of misconceptions about mexico and its people. People in the world get so caught up in the media lies that they dont look at the truth. Mexican food are great, as are the people. I haven't met a mexican I didn't get along with, even those cartel folks. What warm and gentle hearts. And the food, dont get me started on the food.
Taco Bell is not mexican food. Real mexican food uses two tortillas, like those taco's del carbon from Del Taco. THAT's real mexican food!
Most people that have a strong opining on this article have NEVER really eaten Mexican food, the have tried the American version of Mexican food, the one that adds cheddar chesse, sour cream, bacon or “mango sauce” (AAGHH).
I live in Mexico, in Sonora and there are significant differences between the American and the original Mexican cuisine. YES there are a lot of dishes with fat but they represent about 25-35% of all available dishes.
My recommendation, take a trip to Puebla and try a few dozen of the hundreds of different moles that are available (not all spicy) and you will find a new respect for this culture.
Absolutely there is a wide variety of unique and wonderful Mexican dishes, most of which bear no resemblance to what is served at typical American "Mexican" restaurants. Fortunately there are an increasing number of restaurants in the US that serve real Mexican dishes and they are gaining popularity.
All that diversity in food and yet they all end up with diabetes.... hmmm
I'd like to inflate her sopapilla..Esta Muy Hottie !!
Okay, I'm not certain what the point of that expose was all about. mexican food is still cheap, greasy and most often served out of a caulking gun courtesy of the folks at taco bell. If you want a meter to evaluate the health value of mexican food, look at the statistics for mexicans and mexican americans regarding cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes and obesity. It will tell you everything you need to know about Mexican food.
Taco Bell? Mexican Food? Taco Bell is the American's idea of Mexican food. Is like saying Italians only eat pizza, and if you refereed to Pizza Hut as Italian food.
Taco Bell... is .. mexican food!?!....
Try "Vaguely Mexican inspired American fast food".
I don't believe many,...IF ANY mexicans take the healthy approach and are steaming their meats and vegetables. Something tells me that 99% percent of mexicans wouldn't know what a steamer is let alone using it to cook their food. As far as ceviche,...if that is the only dish you can mention as being healthy,...mmmmm,...enough said. go into any real mexican (not americanized) restaurant and see how many steam their meats and veggies and offers ceviche on their menu.
It is amazing at how ignorant and hateful people are in this country. Talking about how greasy and cheap Mexican food is in this country. Are you really that ignorant?! They are talking about food in Mexico and not the bastardized crap that we invented and called Mexican food in our most obese country in the world. Have you ever been to Mexico? I bet you eat fast food on a daily basis. You racist POS!
maybe we should take a time out,...don't you think? why soooo angry?
Hey stupid you better learn to read statistics. Here is some just for you. In general, Hispanic American adults are 10% less likely to have coronary heart disease than non-Hispanic white adults. They are also less likely to die from heart disease than non-Hispanic white adults.
Taco Bell? haha, poor john! I can see you have authenticity issues.
You/re so ignorant. That is NOT Mexican food. Even Chipotle is not purely Mexican.
Taco bell is an american company nobody would buy that crap here in Mexico. Im also pretty sure there are several non mexican americans who have obesity problems too. Your comment makes no sense and only reflects your ignorance on the subject.
Ceviche tastes really good when served on a beach in the shade.
Really, really good.
Especially on a mexican beach... with a tall cold glass of mexican water... omg its heaven in a cup!
I LOVE Mexican food and am always concerned when the TV hosts make it as complicated as possible! Mexican is delicious, individual, and simple (often made with leftovers). Grew up eating it weekly, and wrote a cookbook based on some of my Dad's recipes!
Everyday Mexican Cookbook
You're a white guy who wrote a mexican cookbook? How's that selling? Just kidding! I love mexican food!
5@5 – The truth about Mexican food = NOTHING BUT RE-FRIED FAT
#6. Mexican food still tastes like crap.
I AGREE,...EVERY DISH TASTES THE SAME,...BLAH! ITS ALL RE-FRIED FAT!
In Soviet Mexico ant larvae eats YOU!
Sopa, beans and rice would have been better examples of healthy traditional food. Baby goats, crickets and ceviche means there is a dishonest cook looking for attention. Those foods are very rare in Mexico. And for their obesity, what do you expect, they are right next to our country. They are probably eating the same junk that we eat here.
Ceviche is probably my favorite Mexican dish.
you should try peruvian ceviche..it blows mexican ceviche out of the water..
I agree.
Can I get that at Del Taco? Is it also sold for 54 cents?
You know we call Del taco "Dog Taco" around here. Many sprinters are born from the booth to the bathroom at this place!
The summer before I started college, I worked for the founder of Del Taco in the restaurant he started in Eugene, OR after he sold Del Taco and made a fortune. He was a pretty nice guy...a WASP who probably didn't know the first thing about authentic Mexican food. His wife was a snob and dumb as a post to boot. I know that's not relevant to the topic, but seeing the name Del Taco brought back 30 year old long forgotten memories.
I love Mexican food! Delicious! I'm getting hungry just thinking about it....
Hmmm, how come none of the 3 healthy foods she listed are on her OWN restaurants menu?!?! A little guilt by association perhaps? Doh!!
She should be on her own menu....she is quite the dish
THE ARTICLE IS ABOUT FOOD PEPOLE!! Only bitter racist morons could turn an article about food into an argument about immigration.
Hey Joe,Better grab that PEPOLE,he is trying to bring in Mexican food. What a Moron.
Thank you professor. I was worried I was going to get an F on this essay.
Why are you arguing then?
Also, I need my lawn mowed.
Make me some ceviche and buy me some beer and I'll take care of that lawn...and none of that crappy american beer haha
While you are correct about not turning this into a race issue, I must say I honestly do not care for the tone of this writer's approach. I, a white man, am very well aware that Mexican food is more than burritos and tacos. I am also very aware that nachos are an invention made for rich white ladies by a border cafe cook and is not true Mexican food. I understand there is a vast and complex vegetarian cuisine in Oaxaca. I am aware of the many different indigenous cuisines that stand alone and also have influenced Mexican cooking. I am not a cook. I am not a food writer. I am just a normal white person who does not appreciate being spoken to as if I am a hick who does not know anything other than chef boyardee. It is quite frankly, insulting and highly offensive in it's own right.
The article does come off a little condescending, but you are in the minority when it comes to knowing about "real" mexican food.
Don't you know what generalizing is you idiot moron, she's not speaking to you personally, she doesn't even know you exist, and couldn't care less how you or your mother feel about it.
Mexican isn't race, you know that right?
well,...it is an ongoing problem in this country. especially in california. sadly, she's portraying mexican food as if its a delicasy,...like 'i know honey,...lets serve mexican food at our wedding. what do you think?' i don't think so,... just like
the majority of the illegal mexicans here in our country portray themselves as good people who are just trying to,...'live the american dream' but don't feel the need to enter the country legally. they don't feel the need to pay taxes, pay for their medical bills, get car insurance, respect our laws,...etc.
To those saying that Mexicans are obese... yes, some Mexicans are obese. However, while some people do cook with lard, poorer people (who have higher rates of obesity) cannot afford some items so they fill up on tortillas, rice, and beans, all of which are relatively inexpensive compared to fresh produce and meat.
However, most Mexicans do not usually put cheese and sour cream on their tacos unless they are making enchiladas, and while fried food is a staple in street food, most Mexican families serve nutritious and varied meals within their own homes. For example, dishes I grew up with are chicken and beef broth with vegetables, rice, and chickpeas in the soup (caldo de pollo o de res), marinated steamed chicken or cabrito parcels with rice and vegetables (mixiotes), and shredded beef with salad and avocado (pico de gallo). True Mexican cuisine is very diverse and delicious because it is influenced by indigenous traditions as well as European traditions such as the Spanish and the French. As to the food passed off as Mexican in the US, only about 25% is authentically Mexican, it is in fact Tex-Mex which is the American interpretation of Mexican food.
Agreed. We eat Americanized "Mexican" food, just as we eat "Chinese" food. However, it tastes good to me...oh, and I think the fattest man in the world, Manuel Uribe, is from Mexico City. Not that it means much, just an interesting fact.
Very well put...Thanks
ceviche is peruvian ... it's cooked and served in all latinamerican pacific coast, but it is peruvian in its origin
beceviche in the world is peruvian hands down!
yup. I think there is a certain chef who trying to change (unsuccessfully) the image of Mexican food to sound more upper class.
I get tired of these "most people" slanders. I never thought Mexican food was all grease and beans. That would be like thinking most Americans eat nothing but hot dogs and McDonalds. There are and have been good Mexican restaurants in the US for decades. I think sneering at us peasants for not knowing that there is good and healthy Mexican food is just a way to justify writing this waste of space. How about some good recipes for healthy Mexican food. That would make more sense.
Question: How does a Mexican know when he is hungry?
Answer: When his hiney hole stops burning.
In Mexico just like the USA people with money can eat good organic expensive foods. There are plenty of poor people in the South that live on McDonald's and on pork sausages.
You guys saying that Mexico is the most obese country need to read this, dumbasses.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
Rank Countries Amount
# 1 United States: 30.6%
# 2 Mexico: 24.2%
# 3 United Kingdom: 23%
# 4 Slovakia: 22.4%
# 5 Greece: 21.9%
# 6 Australia: 21.7%
# 7 New Zealand: 20.9%
# 8 Hungary: 18.8%
# 9 Luxembourg: 18.4%
# 10 Czech Republic: 14.8%
# 11 Canada: 14.3%
# 12 Spain: 13.1%
# 13 Ireland: 13%
# 14 Germany: 12.9%
= 15 Portugal: 12.8%
= 15 Finland: 12.8%
# 17 Iceland: 12.4%
# 18 Turkey: 12%
# 19 Belgium: 11.7%
# 20 Netherlands: 10%
# 21 Sweden: 9.7%
# 22 Denmark: 9.5%
# 23 France: 9.4%
# 24 Austria: 9.1%
# 25 Italy: 8.5%
# 26 Norway: 8.3%
# 27 Switzerland: 7.7%
= 28 Japan: 3.2%
= 28 Korea, South: 3.2%
Weighted average: 14.1%
"Weighted" average? LOL
USA #1. Thanks to Paula "2 Butts" Dean.
Your "Obesity Chart" fails to spell out the parameters within which the assessment is made. Some 'Obesity Charts' say anyone over 25 BMI is 'obese', others say if you do not fall within your 'normal weight range' as determined by a panel of snooty doctors and politicians - you are obese. FYI under US Government standards, a 6'0" Male age 32 is classified 'obese' at 193+ pounds. I weigh 230 pounds, 6'0" and my BMI is 21, yet I am obese by some standards. Some seriously misguided information flying around out there. 30% of Americans are grossly overweight? Go anywhere in America and try to find 1 fat person out of every 3. NEVER gonna happen.
The whole 'obesity crisis' is nothing more than a marketing crusade to infatuate Americans with appearance.
i bet half of the ones in the US are mexicans though haha!!
Actually, Mexican-Americans are more obese than Mexicans. It's that Melting Pot thing, gotta blend in, don'tcha know.
The word obese is also poorly defined. One could be 5'10" with a weight of 210 lbs and be considered obese. That could classify a lot of people who are muscular/stocky and perpectly healthy. It's really stupid.
I never would have believed a Latin American country would be on that list, it's sad.
So Mexico is only 6.4% less fat than America, but too bad as of 2009 10.3% of Americans are Mexican-American. How much you want to bet that number has increased. And If a high percentage of Americans are fat, and a high percentage of Mexicans are fat, how much you want to bet a high percentage of Mexican Americans are fat too. And given the error involved in these types of statistics, there is a good chance that Mexico is the fattest country. Eat that, unless you're watching your figure.
Are you in need of medical attention? You are making no sense. Can you breathe properly? How many fingers am I holding up? Have you been using drugs or alcohol recently? What is the date today? May I call 9-1-1 for you? I believe you are in need of emergency care.
Sincerely.
THE BEST WAY TO END MEXICAN PARASITICAL RELATIONSHIP ON US IS TO BOYCOTT MEXICAN FOOD. PERIOD. DON'T GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY.
You are very smart. Have you thought about giving financial advice to the U.S. government? I'm sure that your brilliance could fix the economy..
It's America that made NAFTA, don't blame the Mexicans for our stupidity. Their food is great, tequila is awesome and the women are hotter than a habanero...
Yeah, you are right. I wont touch the tequlia but down in Mexico the women are the hottest. Unbeleivable. And the food is so much better down. Nothing like a street toco with fresh cut cebolla, tomatoes and lime straight from the tree. Glad I spent two years down there.
Mexico is one of the countries that your businesses out sourced production to. They are poisoning the land, air and water as there are not rules in Mexico as there are in the US. They pay squat and provide no benefits to the Mexicans who work for them. You are living off them not the other way around.
Thank You for speaking the Truth!
Yet you have no problem using up your guarantee on your cell phones laptops or other electronics, which are sent to Mexico, to be repaired while the factory, of American company's dirty our water, and earth. If you notice, a lot of your products are also made in Mexico.
Um, hello-o-o-o, boycotting restaurants in the US (owned by US citizens, dolt) isn't going to affect Mexico one iota. Go back to white hood shopping.
You relish baby goats, one day someone from the outer space will relish your babies.
I hope they get your fat ass first.
In the meantime we are going to eat well! Goats and all!!
I'm sorry eating bugs and worms (any size) is not my idea of good food!!
Mexican food can't compete with french cuisine.
See! we say "Mexican food" and "French Cuisine" all the difference is there.
Peter are you a French? If you are American then the same thing applies. I have only heard the term American food and not American cuisine. you my friend are just a racist piece of ..............sunshine ..........................shining on a bag of smelly crushed a holes
Yes El Guapo, I'm French.
It's not racist to say that Mexican food can't compete with French cuisine.
It's well known.
If you have a chance to eat real french cooking you'll see the difference.
My mother used to take car of foster children and I could tell which one she favored. One ate like a "pig." Another one had "a good appetite."
Racism is the wrong word. The word is Ethnocentrism, believing your culture/ethnic group is better. It is not based on race though it may also be racism. In this case, the lie that French food is better than Mexican cuisine. French food started with Catherine de Medici when she married the King of France and took her Italian cook with her when she left Italy. She and the cook created a cuisine. A century or so later, during a time when Paris was under siege, meat rotted so they invented sauces to cover up the taste. That is French food. Overcooked meat topped with some hideous cream sauce. It is almost as bad as English food. Mexican Cuisine is based on both native and Spanish cooking. Much more flavor and not cooked to mush. The only food I ever ate that gagged me was what I was fed by a upper class and snotty French woman. Fish stew with vegetables cooked into a slurry. Shudder.
Sorry for you, you didn't have luck.
You found the worst french cook, they exist too like everywhere
All great food is based on peasant cooking. It uses fresh, simple, local ingredients combined creatively to cover up the fact that you are so poor that you are eating the same thing every day. That is the origin of genuine French, Italian, Mexican and American cuisine. It is not correct to say that French cuisine originated by royal fiat.
Enjoy your snails and wine. Your food blows
Beware, you don't break a tooth on a bullet in your Taco.
And another thing, most American women can't cook WTFK. Without hamburger helper, tuna helper, macaroni and cheese and Ricearoni they are lost. Their favorite bring alongs to company parties? Brownies and smokies in barbacue sauce (bottled).
Smokies in BBQ sauce, lmao, nice.
I agree! That is why I should've married an American man:
Honey, dinner is ready!
A bagged salad w/dressing and a frozen pizza fresh out of the oven!
You are right. That's why I have done the cooking for over 30 years! I like to eat and I like to eat good food, so I make it!
Do You Know what mise en place is? Anyone can cook out of a box or can, can you impervize???? It really is not rocket science, good food, keep it simple stupid. Why do you have issues with women chefs or just women?
Baby goats, grasshoppers and ant larvae?! I just threw up my breakfast and lunch.
What? a nutritious bowel of cow ass holes?
and that would have bee???
a big mac and fries...
Europeans like gourmet foods like fish embryos (caviar) and pureed liver of goose (pate') - let's not even get started with sweetbreads or haggis... The japanese each sea urchins, and in alaska raw bear fat is supposed to be amazing.
Generally, gourmet foods are pretty icky.
Why do you insist on referring to Europe as though it were a single country? There is nothing similar about the different cuisines and daily family food between the countries. They have different histories and foods to work with. Italy has great cuisine that is nothing like Nordic food.
Ditto on ever becoming an insectivore. In 1990, I had one the the best meals I ever had in a buffet restaurant in Tijuana, all for $6 including a cerveza. But if I ever saw a chapuline on my plate I'd hork!
To EWWWWWWWWWW:
Did your Breakfast consist of sausage? Did your Lunch consist of Hot Dogs or processed meat? Do you know what is in your head cheese? Animal parts that most "Americans" do not discuss in cultured company. Nor shall I. A previous writer stated something about "French Cuisine". Don't they eat snails? Every culture has it's way and they are all perfectly acceptable if you open your mind to the fact you will find nourishment and will not (generally) die. Do you eat Honey? (Bee puke). The USDA allows a certain amount of insects into YOUR food. Can't be helped. Sorry. Get over it or starve.
It's been a pleasure being on this site with you. Enjoy your next processed meat by-product with insect enhanced grain-like substance.
Well said. Americans also might consider that their "cuisine" is based on what European peasants were eating when they arrived in the US as settlers. Hamburger=German, Hot Dog= Wiener =Austria, Pasta, Pizza=Italy, Roast Beef=UK, Paella=Spain ad nauseum.
Let me guess: militant vegetarian?
To BethTX:
Nope. Love my Beef, Chicken, Pork, and Fish. Just telling the truth.
Always,
Klipsan
Colombian foods are the best!!! Viva Colombia!!!!!!!!!!!
lets go Colombia! Colombian food is the best
Cual es el punto.. hablas sin llegar al punto.. La comida Colombiana solo tiene dos platos buenos y lo demas es enpanadas y mondongo .. Yo no creo que esas delicateses reprecenten una gran cultura.. de platos como la comida Mexicana..
Tu comentario no tiene nada que ver con lo que se discute en este blog..
Tu patrioterismo se ve ridiculo y fuera de lugar.
Vete a leer el colobiano o el espectador.. esos son unos super periodicos.. los mas berracos del mundo.
Yes, your cartels have great cooks.
O Yea .. and You are the best client..
Hail Columbia!
I've had the opportunity and pleasure to eat with the Mexican people in their cities, towns, villages, and homes. For those of you who have not had that chance, I hope you someday do. What a wonderful and different experience! I will never forget their kindness, hospitality, and allowing me to learn their fabulous cooking and culture.
Indeed, "Taco Bell" and all of the other American-ized fast food places are not Mexican food, nor should they be. But if you search carefully, you might just find that hole-in-the-wall GEM that serves authentic Mexican food in or near your neighborhood. I have and I love it. Reminds me of my friends South of the Border.
Well said. Sadly, many people think that Taco Bell is what Mexican food is all about. Burritos aren't even Mexican! They were created in Texas.
Yes, a burrito is basically a mexican po-boy.
Is this a real article? Mexican food is as simple as it's people. Please.
I just hope the world doesnt think American food is as fatty as its people... They probably already do.
woah, what the heck. most ignorant comment ever. must be a tea-partier.
What? Please list all the Mexican scientists, engineers, and math scholars who are graduating from our – any college or university today. Please list all the Mexican people who don't think that America is just a big cash cow for the and Mexico. Mexicans, citizens, immigrants, legal or not, have an extremely high high school drop out rate while representing a disproportionate amount of crime inside the U.S. As for the food, it is starchy and that is why most Mexicans are fat. Their habits have rubbed off on many Americans, at least in the West, where we have way too many "authentic" Mexican restaurants. My own time in Mexico and living in California has taught me to avoid Mexican restaurants or ANY eatery that employs Hispanics because their hygiene is awful. Ignorant? Tough for you!
Yes, Steve, because a "progressive" like yourself would NEVER stereotype people (cough, cough)!
@ meemee - i graduated from MIT with more than a few colleagues from Mexico. so there goes that "name anyone from Mexico that graduates from any college" statement of yours. For some reason I doubt you could have made it outside your local community college...
If your gonna troll, do it properly. Put some thought into it, geez!
Its so shocking, to read all these responses from so many misinformed people out there. Mexico has some of the most complex dishes around. Mexican food is any epicureans dream.If you go to a yucatan restaurant you will find dishes you wont find anywhere else in Mexico. These dishes are so unique and vastly rich in spices, colors and flavors. I have to agree with a lot of the comments about Taco Bell, and I would like to ad El Toritos,Del Taco, and any other fast food restaurant claiming to be Mexican, all these restaurants are far from being Mexican restaurants. If you believe that these places are Mexican restaurants you are sadly mistaken. Live a little an indulge yourself in a real Mexican restaurant and you will being shocked, one because you wont recognize almost anything on the menu and two because the food will be amazing, Oh and three because you wont find refried beans......
obviously you have confused "Tex-Mex" junk food with Mexican cuisine.
Anyone who thinks taco's, burrito's, and such is Mexican food has obviously never had Mexican food.
Yes there are some simple dishes, but there are also some extravagant meals even top chef's have difficulty preparing properly.
so... enjoy your big mac. I'm sure it's a culinary delight to someone like you.
Soylent Green - it's people, too.
"Simple people" says the guy who cannot spell "its" right and says his name is "Me"... Please!!
Mexico is one of the most obese countries in the world, far outranking even the US. And it's not due to the air. I can't eat Mexican food because EVERYthing has LARD. Even in the rice! C'mon, a little common sense, will ya!
You remind me of the people who think "Eye-talian food" is all spaghetti and meatballs and red sauce and nothing else. Quit being a tourist and learn the cuisine (and forget about the Taco Bells of the world). Mexican food is delicious and can be very healthy.
That's not true. Being raised as a landscaper, housecleaner or construction worker takes a lot of energy. Mexican's get their workouts, thats for sure.
Man, could you imagine living in Mexico? Everything should be so clean, the gardens well manicured and buildings structurally sound!
See THAT's how you troll! Creative!
I've seen how buildings are constructed in Mexico. They sure go up fast! But as for soundness, don't make me laugh. My experience is that Mexicans will lie about anything as long as it serves them and especially their egos. This is how I understand your claims.
yea i bet everyones yard in mexico is better lookin than the lot in your trailer park huh felix?
So true. I should head down to the home depot and get some help from the parking lot folks. $5 can go a long way these days...
Yep and i bet it will go even further if u leave one of those helpers alone with your wife :)
Where did you get your stats? I found this:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
My apologies, this is not correct. Mexico ranks number 19 and US number 9. However, in US the Mexican population ranks as the most obese. Right behind them is the African-American population. I think the Tea Party ranks number 3. :)
Well, I just checked out more stats and discovered they differ greatly. I give up. I suppose there is a statistic for everyone's opinion. However, I still won't eat Mexican food because of the lard. It's in everything they cook. I won't go near it!
It's true, Mexico is one of the most obese countries in the world, but the food is not the culprit. It's the SODA!!!! Mexicans drink more soda than World of Warcraft addicts. So if you want to blame someone, blame "American" culture haha.
I just glanced at all these goofy responses to the 5 goofy questions obviously written by goofy white people...We Mexicans never question our foods', we just eat it!!!!
BTW...not one person mentioned all the healthy fruits and veggies consumed and included in Mexican meals...
Goofy people...
So much goofyness here
LARD.
Authentic Mexican food contains little or no lard.
You're confusing that with the American (U.S.) concoctions like flour tortilla's and refried beans. Those are not Mexican.
Mexican tortillas are made with ground corn and water. And they don't put lard in their beans.
...and, I don't know who you're listening to, but (the US of) America is the most obese nation.
Of course you probably also think pizza hut is Italian.
Uh, sorry....they certainly DO use lard in Mexico, buddy. In fact they grease grills with it too. I've visited there for years. The food is varied, and often very good. Some of it *is* just like in Mex restaurants in the U.S., , and some is quite different. Depends on the region and/or cook. As far as this article's author, yes – someone should have proofread her. The "writes like a 7th grader" comment that someone else used was pretty close.
No lard in Mexican food? Are you nuts? I've been to Mexico so many times I can't even count. From Acapulco to Mexico City, and all along the coast (and at no time was I on vacation at a resort, as Acapulco would imply – it was always on business). And yes, they have lard in most restaurants. I had to find restaurants that catered to vegetarians to avoid the lard. I learned very quickly the wait staff will say whatever they think you want to hear. Here is a typical conversation with a waiter: Me: "Does your food have 'manteca' (lard in Spanish)?" Him: "Si, for the flavor!" Me: "Sorry, I can't have manteca." He: "Oh, my apologies, senor, our food does not have manteca!" WTF?
I've also watched them grease the grill with lard scooped out of a HUGE red bucket, add lard to rice (rice?!), and just about everything else. It's as if they can't cook without it. Please don't tell us that Mexican food does not have lard! Moreover, I live in LA where there are MANY authentic Mexican restaurants which I avoid because of the lard. When I asked a woman once why everything they cook is with lard she says to me, "It's the Mexican way!"
Why are Mexicans so obese? Could it be the fatty food?
have you seen the rest of white America fool?? Your just as fat as everyone else. Could it be yet another ignorant comment
That's because we now have so much Mexican food and Mexicans to add to the fast food fatties! Way back in the 60s, before America got fat, Mexicans were fat.
Now that you touched the subject, Mexicans are 2nd after the U.S in obesity. Eat your burger and fries!
Y tu mama tambien.........bola de ignorantes.
Orale!
Mexican food is amazing. Especially carne asada fries and California burritos from San Diego.
I know some people would argue that that's not real Mexican food.. but still!!!
From Ocean side from the drive through Mexican grill off Ocean Drive..... MMMMMMMMM I miss Cali
BEST MEXICAN FOOD: Chocolate.
We invented it. Period.
Tacos, sure. They are most exquisite food...EVER! Of course, you have to eat them at a mexican market. For all Americans out there, TacoBell is NOT mexican. It doesn't even have one resemblance....burritos were made in America.
Tacos are eaten in soft corn tortilla.
Enchiladas.....WTF??? Few restaurants in mexico serve that up!!
Best Mexican food: Chilaquiles, Tacos (Market style!), Chiles en Nogada, Chocolate, Barbacoa, Quesadillas, Tlacoyos, Esquites y Elotes (Basic).
Seriously......Americans are mostly so closed minded when it comes to food. They actually believe TacoBell is Mexican....that's just...ignorant. :/
Yes Taco Bell is Mexican so bug off
Just as Mcdonalds is representative of American food.
LOL Bill Taco Bell is like a Mexican McDonalds.
Taco Bell might not be Mexican but I bet that cute little dog is.
Robert, the dog died.
Why are all the mexicans so damn fat then, drunk bastards.
just youtube: 49ers raiders game fight and you'll see whats up
You forgot smelly too.
United States is the MOST OBESE country in the WORLD. And you calling mexicans fat??
Also, United States has the 1 spot in drunk-driving accidents. In the world.
Ignorant fool.
What ignorance. America is the most obese country in the world. Mexico is obviously one of the slimmest countries. It's a breeding ground for landscapers, construction workers and housecleaners...
Mexico outranks US in obesity. Look it up.
Your just ignorant. Why even waste anyones time by writing something thats not worth reading.
I read it...
Arriba!
What I'd give to have one of my Mom's freshly made tortillas, smuthered with butter- Right now...Nothing better.
Then I would go run 2-3 laps around the track to work it off...but worth it.
This article was a complete waste of my time. You are not on top of your game these days CNN.
This is in a section of CNN called eatocracy. Wth do you want CNN to put here. I don't understand what people want from CNN. Go start your own news organization if you don't like the articles being written quit crying and read. such babies, I swear
I blame global warming.
. . . for your unfunny comment?
Thank you for your comment. I thought the microphone was turned off.
Well said Eric. No need for these idiots with keyboards.
Isn't Mexico still part of Spain?
No, it's the southern portion of New Mexico.
My favorite dishes are inspired by Mexican Culture... I just love the food.
I DON' T EAT MEXICAN FOOD MADE BY NON-MEXICAN COOKS. I DON' T EAT CHINESE FOOD MADE BY NON-CHINESE COOKS. I DON' T EAT SOUL FOOD MADE BY NON-AFRO AMERICAN COOKS.
T H I S
Good for you. You can stop patting yourself on the back whenever you wish.
I can guarantee you that regardless of who the head chef is at these restaurants you visit, the people doing the actual cooking are probably Latino and probably Mexican at that.
...and you don't have a brain in your head because you can't manage to figure out the function of the caps lock key.
SNOB
I love Chihuahua It tastes a lot like chicken sauteed in Mexican Butthole... err... Takeylaw
Sssshhhhhh
I have to travel to Albuquerque a lot and they have what are called Sopapillas. Pure heaven.
I agree. They are worth a trip to Albuquerque all by themselves.
Sorry Mexico but, Peru has the best food in Latin America.
As much as I love Peruvian food absolutely no way it is better than Mexican food.
Just do a little research and see how many Mexican restaurants there are versus Peruvian restaurants and I am sure the ratio is 200 to 1.
I'm sure if you compared anything to McDonalds or Burger King you're also going to get more than 200:1, that does not mean that they are better.
There are more McD's than Mexican joints – you telling me that that kind of food is "better" than Mexican food. . .
Or – "Quality not quantity".
Well there wouldn't be millions of Mcdonalds if people weren't buying the food. Personally when I don't like something I dont buy it. Im assuming everyone does the same.
yeah cuz there like a million to 1 ratio of mexicans to peruvians here
ill take peru and their food over mexico any day.
Don't peruvoians eat guinea pigs. I heard this in an anthropology class I took. Thanks but Ill stick to Mexican food.
The quantity of restaurants does not have anything to do with the quality of food. There is a butt load of Mexicans… businesses have to cater to their needs. Don’t knock off the guinea pigs, they are delicious .
in most cases mexican restaurants cater more to anglo americans , it all depends, location and quality,
i think that peru has some good food ijust don't think as divers as original mexican cusine,
peace out
Thats a Fact, Peruvian food reigns... for its history, diversity, flavor.
Just happens that Mexico is a lot closer to the US, so everything latino in the US has to be from Mexico.
I agree! I am mexican born and raise in L.A. and I love my mothers cooking... but Peruvian just has the Best dishes!
Don't you guys eat hamsters
how sad..mexico is the only latin american country on the world obese list...it's all cause of the northers and all of the low quality food they eat..Southern mexico is like a latin american country..norhtern mexico is garbage and might as well be nuked..
Peru, Mexico....same place. Arriba!
Yo quiero taco bell.
I think Mexican food, while delicious, is often unhealthy because they use lots of oil for frying and lard. I often tell people (I live in Mexico) that they are used to salt, lemon, grease and I'm more used to sugar and flour (not healthy either). But a liter of oil lasts me about two months, while my mother in law needs one a week!
Oh and don't get me started on why vegetable oil is added to milk in Mexico? First of all, yuck, and secondly, why? It's also in %99 of ice cream.
Maybe the few rich Mexicans who haven't been kidnapped yet are eating the so-called delicacies. The poor ones are probably eating grease and junk like the rednecks up here...
Mexican street food is hard to argue against. Meat, onions, cilantro, and a little salsa on some form of tortilla. Most of what we have in America is horrible. As for tequila, we had a really rough and embarrassing break up one night in a club, Patron and I have mostly been separated since then. Mexican beer is also pretty depressing. Course, I'm a vodka or weissbier sort of girl to start with.
Yeah sorry, not one of those things is an actual myth. One of the worst articles I have ever read. Totally useless.
"however there are several healthy options"-that's a simple way of saying there are 4-7 healthy options, and the rest is greasy and fatty. Gourmet Mexican food may have all of the fancy ingredients that she is naming, but traditiona (REAL) Mexican food is awesome BECAUSE it is greasy, cheesy, fatty, spicy, etc. I live in AZ and we have some of the best Mexican food around (Texas and So Cal too). I'm not talking about "On the Border" but the local restaurants owned by families who have been making traditional Mexican food in their families for generations-not one of them has had anything like what this lady is trying to claim is on their menus.
Agreed 110%
Speaking of Mexican restaurants in Arizona, here's a shameless plug for Los Dos Molinos. Great food.
Because Arizona borders the state of Sonora, Mexico.. the Mexican food here is Americanized "Sonoran" style. (Go to Mexico and see if you can find a flour tortilla or burrito). My Mexican mother-in-law taught me how to cook many traditional Sonoran style dishes. She also explained the many different types of food in Mexico. Central Mexico food is much different. Just as in the U.S. different geographic locations have developed localized cuisine. Think Maine lobster rolls ir lots of beef brisket in Texas.
The Author is sounding just a touch insecure.... Write the article about healthy Mexican options instead of from a spite angle. As for me, I love Mexican food, If I could only hold off that Frito Bandito!!
Oh, BEEEENNYYYYY!!
In the US, we get junk MX food. In MX, the food is great and fun. iiVIVA Mexico!!
Taco Bell is dank.
Tequila is horrible.
Why would anyone ever drink tequila.
It taste like mexican butthole.
How do you know what Mexican butthole tastes like?
because i used to drink a lot of tequila.
He knows what Mexican butthole tastes like because he's been spending a little too much time with the chicas at Adelitas bar in Tijuana! LOL
Taco Bell is a typical American fast food chain producing anything but Mexican food and the last time I was inCancun for Spring Break the nice American girls showing me their breasts seemed to imply they quite enjoyed the taste of Mexican butthole.
either way they're going to hell.
Well thats the hell I wanna be in.
WELL FINE BECAUSE THATS THE HELL YOU ARE DOOMED TO COMRADE.
Sounds fun. I'll send you a postcard and shot glass.
You are so sweet and considerate. What a swell person you are.
I do believe I shall knit you a sweater.
Thanks buddy. Lots of hugs for you. :) Now now why would I need a sweater for? I would much rather have a nice speedo.
Doubt you're gonna ever need or wear a sweater in hell. I'm just sayin'...
So rude Da meglet... Its the thought that counts.
Taco Bell is not Mexican food. It's American food.
That must be why it taste good.
TacoBell is a Mexican food concept made with ultra cheap American ingredients to maximize profits for greedy American fat cat investors.
Obviously, you've never sipped a good añejos.
No I have not.
I had a margarita one time and it was pretty good.
how do you know what Mexican butthole tastes like? oh wait, i know how you know!!
I was all like "lol this butthol taste like tequila"
and he was all like "No amigo, it is the tequila that taste like my butthole, now kiss me!"
best summer ever.
Ok.... so we should call this piece, "If it's not taco's, burrito's or enchiladas.... it's fungus, grasshoppers and corn mold!" I don't know
Sorry, not corn mold, ant larvae. :)
Huitlacoche is delicious. Do you have a problem eating mushrooms? They are fungus. Drinking wine, eating bread, cheese? All are made with fungus.
In regards to point 3
The author is wrong in regards to Mexican food not being unhealthy. Mexican foods is one of the most unhealthy foods in the world. The author, essential, claims that Mexican foods is not unhealthy because it has some healthy dishes. The author is wrong because these healthy dishes she speaks of–seafood and insects –are not part staples of the Mexican cuisine. Yes some people eat insects, but only in certain minority regions–it is not part of the Mexican mainstream diet. Most Mexican will not touch such insect dishes. As for seafood dishes they are also not a staple of Mexican cuisine. Seafood dished are mostly consumed by coastal regions and often too expensive to eat on a daily basis for people who do not live in coastal regions.
Now on to the main topic, Mexican cuisine is very unhealthy because of the cooking methods and the ingredients used. Mexican cooking heavily relies on deep frying. Just to main a few staple dishes that involve deep frying: Chili rellenos, enchiladas (often deep fried twice), flautas, taquitos, refried beans (main staple), fried pork skins (chicarrones), etc... In addition Mexican mainstream cuisine heavily relies on unhealthy ingredients like: pork lard ( used in carnitas, flour tortillas, tamales etc...),pork (carnitas( slow cooked in buckets of lard), cueritos (pork skins slow cooked in buckets of lard), etc...
As evidence that Mexican food is so unhealthy, Mexico has the highest rate of obesity for people over the age of forty!!!!
"Mexico has the highest rate of obesity for people over the age of forty!!!!" -- You been in the Deep South? Check those folks out before you make a broad statement.
Have you ever been in Mexico? Anyways recent studies show this (obesity rate) to be the case.
you are wrong.
How so? please explain, if you can articulate why?
Sure, I'll articulate. You are incorrect in your assertion that Mexican food is unhealthy. While Mexico's obesity rate is high, it is a recent phenomenon which is undoubtedly attributed, in large, to the in the influx of the USA's fast food institutions, and most certainly not due to traditional Mexican cuisine. The author is making the point that a majority of ingredients in Mexican food are, in fact, extremely healthy, e.g. chilies, beans, vegetables, fish. She is right, you are wrong.
Are you denying that Mexican cuisine heavily relies on deep frying and use of lard. Almost all the most popular dishes either involve, deep frying lard or pork!!!. Have you ever eat ethnic Mexican food? I have like I said I live in Mexico for many years.
I've lived in Mexico for the last 20 years of my life....currently in Guadalajara
And your point is. Have you ever cooked Mexican food. Probably not? besides whole pinto beans!!!
jay Have you ever been in Mexico? --– Why yes I have. I was in Playa del Carmen about 3 years ago. Fatties that I saw were tourists.
Actually, I am Mexican/American and have lived in the interior of Mexico (not tourist areas) for many years. I make these claims about Mexican food because I am familiar with it and worked, in the past, as a chef. I don't make up facts. My opinions are based on verifiable facts.
She said there are healthy options and she gave a few. She didn't say the food is not unhealthy.
LOL WHAT?!?!?! Ceviche is common all over Mexico not just the coastal regions. You are way off in the whole ceviche thing. and the author simply said not all Mexican cuisine is unhealthy. There is like in everything, healthy and unhealthy, she is just pointing out that Mexican food isnt all greasy and fatty. Lol and insects? What is that about? lol I've never even met someone in Mexico or anywhere actually who has tried an insect. wth?
I am talking in general terms. Mexican foods in its totality is unhealthy
Food in its totality is unhealthy!
Lol well I guess but you can always find the healthier options.
I think you need to do a little more research. Enchiladas are not deep fried, not even once, never. Mexicans do eat chicken, often grilled and on soft corn tortillas. Corn tortillas as opposed to flour tortillas contain no lard and are very low in fat and calories. Mexicans also eat whole black beans and pinto beans, they are not always refried with lard.
As strange as it may sound, I have lost over 20 pounds in the last 6 weeks by eating nothing but grilled chicken and black beans at various mexican restaurants here in Arizona for lunch and dinner, and eggs (whites mostly) and black beans for breakfast. It is not hard to find healthy things on a menu at a Mexican restaurant. You just have to stay away from things like flautas, flour tortillas, and don't eat a whole basket of fried chips.
Yes, go to Mexico and eat what the majority eats and well see if you lose weight? Oh and for your information black beans are not generally heavily used in mexican cuisine
You're whats wrong with America; bringing the negativity to such a great tasting cuisine in a great culture that practically shapes this country. It seems to me by your long post about how WRONG this author is, that you like to do this a lot. I think somebody has been watching too much TV. .
jay -- So where is YOUR article or BOOK on the subject?
I don't need to write a book about the subject to express my opinions about it.
jay --– So, where is YOUR article or book on the subject?
you are so wrong. The truth is that you have never eaten true mexican food. Yes Mexico has highest rate of obesity in the world but that is because whether you want to accept it or not, they eat lots of greasy food which is not mexican. You should try those high-end mexican restaurants and see for yourself that mexican food is not delicious but also healthy
Carnitas, cueritos, chicharrones, al pastor, taquitos, refried beans, chile rellenos are not Mexican? I am sorry to tell you but most of these dishes have more fat than an hamburger?
So in the 7yr. I lived in Mexico I never ate REAL Mexican food. I think may you have never tried REAL mexican food.
What you're talking about is not Mexican food but Tex-Mex. Big difference.
Deep fried enchiladas? Your stature as an expert is seriously in question Jay.
Enchiladas are fried!!! the tortillas is fried after it is coated in chili sauce? it is obvious that you know nothing about cooking!!!
Jay, Authentic enchiladas are NOT fried!!!! You don't know what you are talking about. Flautas are fried.
you obviously don't know that definition of frying!!!
Few things in the world are more unhealthy than bacon burgers, pizza, fried chicken and donuts. Mexicans are getting fat in the last 20 years because of MacDonalds, BK, and KFC!
"Mexican food is often thought of as being greasy and fatty, however there are several healthy options. A staple one is ceviche. Made with fresh, healthful seafood like red snapper, tuna or octopus and cured with citrus juices and herbs – ceviches are light and refreshing.
We also steam poultry and fish in banana leaves, create salads made with grilled cactus and braise meats to keep the flavor without adding fat."
That is great but it's like saying Southern country food is not really unhealthy because we do eat lettuce and sometimes apples. You have to look at the entire region. I think in general Mexican food is unhealthy because of the main ingredients and how it's cooked. Too much corn, lard and pork.
In 2007 Forbes posted an article about countries and obesity – where they rank, percentage of obese people, etc. USA ranked #9, Mexico ranked # 19. I found another 2 sources that list the US as #1 and Mexico as #2, but no telling how old the info is.
I don't know where you get your information from, but I have been to Mexico several times and the food is not as unhealthy as you say. I even lived in a small town outside of Mexico City for 4 months as a teenager.
Most Mexican's don't eat at restaurants on a regular basis, usually they eat family meals at home that are cooked by mom, grandma, or the housekeeper (who is usually considered part of the family). I have never eaten deep fried food in Mexico. Most places don't have flour tortillas, corn only. They eat lots of fresh soups, pico de gallo salsa, rice, eggs for breakfast, fresh fruit and fruit juices. Meats are usually roasted or grilled. A few things are pan fried, like breaded chicken, but not deep fried – big difference in those. Most tacos and burritos don't include cheese either. The do eat a lot of pork, but it is usually roasted in amazing juices, not fried.
Speaking of ingredients, while in Mexico I have never had a flour tortilla or deep fried anything. A lot of the overweight people over 40 that you speak of are inactive, this could be a contributing factor, but not
You, just like the author, have no idea of what you're talking about. All the "dishes" you mention are not the food real people eat every day in Mexico. All the examples you gave are what is known as "antojitos" (cravings), and like the name implies are eaten once in a while. Cueritos are not cooked in lard, it is pickled pork skin, and since you claim to be a cook you should know how pickled food is made. You say these foods are staples of mexican cuisine, but fail to mention the real ones, like pozole, mole (there are several kinds), tamales (and not the crap they sell in USA), chiles en nogada (which are "rellenos" and NOT fried), ceviche (and even though originally from Peru, it is seafood eaten everywhere not just coastal regions like you claim) and I'll stop there, because given the answers you posted before, you're just not going to admit you are dead wrong. Just remember the words of late Sen. Moynihan "everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts", and the facts are not on your side of the story.
You are the one that obviously does not know anything about Mexican food. There are two dishes that are called cueritos–the pickled ones and the ones that are not pickled and slow cooked in lard. Your an Ignorant fool
Tex Mex god knows what the hell that stuff is! its the wrost of its kind one need look at all the fat slobs running around San Antonio to figure that one out! it's no better then Taco Bell for the best Mexican Food California would be the place
If you don't like Texas, feel free to go back to California.
If you arent going to be friendly then you can just be quiet.
An unfriendly reply to a nasty insult. And I've read some of your replies. Pot, kettle, black....
Ha. Good point. Just sounds like youre bitter is all.
On this subject yes, yes I am. You are 100% correct. There are a lot of us native Texans that are a little tired of people from Califorina moving to Texas then trashing it every chance they get.
Well get over it. This is America and Californians have just as much of a right to trash talk whatever state they like as you do. btw TEX-MEX food does suck, just saying don't hang me over it.
The best place for Mexican food would be Mexico. Btw – I live in California and have been to Mexico several times.
Amen to that. Arizona does it pretty well but only places really close to Mexico.
Love Mexican food – Dos Equis with lime – but skip the mezcal. yuk.
There is nothing like homemade Mexican food by your Mexican mom or wife!!
the truth about Mexican food is that it's da mn right tasty!!!!!!!!! ayyyy yaya yayayay!!!!!
Then don't eat it. Thats usually what I do when I dont like something. Try it. boohoo
We can't handle the truth.
I have had the misfortune of having so called higher end mexcian and hispanic foods and no matter how you try to package it, it El-SUCK O'S
wow, where did u eat?!
You gotta mix INDIAN and MEXICAN food. That will be a great mix. But i still Mexican FOOD... ALL THE WAY..
Makes me hungry just reading...
Mexican food has a particular odor that after a while one gets tired of it. I like Mexican food, but not all the time. I am staying away from it for a while. Also many people think that Mexico is a big country that goes from the south of texas to the patagonia. There are much more interesting cuisines to be discovered south of the border, the Mexican border, this is.
I know, when ever they put cheddar cheese, sour cream, lettuce on any burritos, enchiladas, or tacos is not authentic.
Dead on, Isaac
Too much foo-foo ruins the authenticity.
PS- stop putting limes in the necks of bottles of GREAT Mexican beers, like : Bohemia-
@Isaac: Further into Mexico, they have never heard of sour cream. Eat there!
The last time I tried Mexican food, I brought it home and gave it to the dog and he spent the rest of the evening licking his arse to try and get the taste out of his mouth.
@colonelingus
Your blog is by far the funniest I have read....I needed the laugh tx.
Maybe was because you touched it?
My dogs love spicy food. You dog is just as a crybaby as you it seems.
YUCK.........."huitlacoche, which I use in my soups and quesadillas, is a fungus that grows on corn in specific humidity conditions" YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR CUSTOMERS THAT YOU ARE PUTTING THIS IN YOUR DISHES....I MYSELF AM ALLERGIC TO FUNGUSES
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:W_C_SrHgKQIJ:www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000344.php+huitlacoche,&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
LMAO! You whiny putz.
If you're allergic to all forms of fungus you're lucky to be breathing. Your body comes in contact with hundreds of forms each day. Or, what is more likely is that you're a moron who has no idea what he/she is saying and needs to be banned from ever speaking or typing again.
Cheers.
fungi*
"funguses" ???
bahahaha.... You mean Fungi?
Dear Lord....
they didnt say "all" Pinchy, you did...
Way to try to make yourself look smarter by insulting someone else. Instead you just come off as pompous and lacking any real reading comprehension.
There's a fungus among us.
humungous fungus....hahaha
Not all true Mexican Food is the same either. For example: the cuisine from the Sonoran region is far far different from the cuisine from the Yucatán. That is because of the difference in climate, proximity to the ocean, and available ingredients.
@Ted from Chicago. I recommend Frontera Grill or Topolobampo, both of which are run by Chef Rick Bayless on North Clark Street. YUM!
Rick's good... but even his staff is convincing him to do "foams" & the trendy non-Mexican food tricks.
If you want the best Mexican in Chicago- ask the busboy in any restaurant you go to "Where do you buy Mexican food?" It'll be way better [and way cheaper] than the upscale places.
Right. It's Tex-Mex that has all those crappy, unhealthy ingredients. Trouble is that's all the "Mexican food" that one can get in the US!
not true!
It is difficult to find places here (US) that serve authentic Mexican food, but much of it is not difficult to learn how to do yourself.
I make most of mine at home.
Myths 2 and 3 are actually true. The basics of most Mexican dishes are cheap.
As for 3, ceviche is NOT Mexican, it's originally from Peru. This author's credibility is non-existant, I cannot trust someone who claims that ceviche is Mexican food and then believe the other claims s/he makes about Mexican food. There's no reason to believe whatever else s/he says.
Again, ceviche is PERUVIAN, not Mexican, and I'm from Panama, not a chef, and I know that.
Damaso - Spaghetti originated in China, but it's Italian now. The potato is a New World vegetable but it's identified as a staple with the Irish. I suggest you calm down and enjoy a warm cup of tea (Asian but so consumed in Britain that it is now their word for an entire dinner).
English Tea is not a dinner. It is a light meal, usually sandwiches and other small finger foods, eaten in the mid afternoon.
how but a nice cup of shut the f#@k up !
She didn't claim that it's native to Mexico, just that it's served there, and it is because I've had it there.
Acutally the origins of ceviche are still in dispute. It's consumed in Central and South America as well as Polynesia. The fact that Mexicans have been eating it for centuries and have put there own spin on it doesn't mean they can't claim it as one of their foods. Thje author did not claim its origins only that it was a regional cuisine of Veracruz. Get off your high-horse and live with a little humility. You ain't all that.
we all have our different versions of ceviche, i am mexican, and we DO make ceviche and pretty darn good
The ukulele was invented in Portugal but is is widely identified and popularized as a Polynesian instrument. That is just how things happen some times. Ask 100 people who have a food background where ceviche is from and 101 of them will tell you Mexico. Live with it.
ask 100 people where ceviche comes from and 95 will not know what the f*ck you're talking about...and those who say
"Mexico" will surely be Americans or Mexicans...because most of them won't ever try South American dishes...more for me.
This article says nothing about "The Truth about Mexican Food". It just rambles on about about Mexican Food. It only addresses that Mex Food is Fatty once.
I would love for Julieta to give me a private cooking lesson. I'd probably even eat grasshoppers if she's sitting across from me sharing them.
crap, now I've got to go to Baja Fresh tomorrow. GRRR
I love that restaurant chain in the US. I wish they'd bring it to Canada. And I've been to Mexico more than 30x in various regions and had amazing cerviche, mole sauce, sopa de tortilla, grilled fish. There are, as with any cusine, healthy options available.
There was a movie about two Italian restaurants. One successful and the other not. The mentality of the successfull owner is: serve wha people want. Yup that is what they want in the US, Tacos, burritos, tacos and burritos.
I like tacos.
you hit the nail on the head. marketing 101: make what you can sell. don't sell what you can make.
a lot of people fail in the food industry and business in general because they think they can make a lot of money doing something they love. in business, it's about money not passions or hobbies.
Great movie. "Big Night" I believe is what it was called.
The only reason why you see repetitive menu's in Mexican restaurants all around the country is that MOST, United States citizens are redundant and hardly branch out towards anything new. Why should I as a Mexican restaurant owner, buy ingredients for food that will probably never be consumed. Most of the items you see on the menu are just the known items that become well known in the United States by Radio or Television. TRY THE MOLE (moh-leh)
Yum. (I bet the food's not bad, either...)
Put Wally George back in the Hot Seat!!
I know spell check helps a lot, but you need a good editor. One and on are incorrectly switched in several places in this article. I liked the subject, but the errors just drove me crazy.
Me, too. Jo L. Ruined an otherwise OK piece. The proofreader must have been taking a siesta.
wir ar yu ticking abut?
I second that - great content but you need an editor. Typos make the author appear unprofessional.
That's right, gringos think that all mexican food has tacos in it.
nick, gringos are white americans right ? so as easy as you can refer to white americans as gringos, how do you think white americans should refer to latinos. think about it ? because as far as your concerned you can refer to whites any way you feel . right ?
Mexican food as it is served up in this country IS tacos, burritos, and ecnchiladas with lots of cheese. Its not healthy. Its delicious. But, I don't need some horrible writer to lie in order to convince me that up is really down. When I see ant larvae sauteed in garlic on a menu or steamed fish in banana leaves at taco bell, I'll think different.
is the only non sizzler restaurant in your town taco bell?
Reality check: Taco Bell does not serve Mexican food.
Which is to imply that Taco Bell is a Mexican Restaurant. Larvae and steamed fish in banana leaves are certainly already available in true Mexican Restaurants in the US.
Imagin what people in some distant land might think of American food if all they have ever experiences is the local McDonalds?
The "Cheesy Gordita Crunch" is awesome.
The author is a Hot Tamale!!
She's a dog. Get your eyes checked.
They eat dogs in some countries.
What causes you to say something like that? She's certainly not a dog. your just a bitter person. Let's see what you look like, or what kind of girls your landing? Probably yikes and none if I had to guess. So keep your hateful comments to yourself.
You're rude.
I agree with josh.
the only reason I would 'do' her is that my standards are pretty low.
this article makes her sound dumb as hell, meaning she's probably easy too (but most girls are anyways, I mean dumb not easy, actually yeah they're all usually easy to).
You just revealed to the entire internet that you live in the closet. She. Is. Fine.
If shes a dog, then I'll gladly bark along with her. She's hot.
Del Taco Mexican food !!! with burgers, fries and shakes too!
Mexican food is an acquired taste. There are burritto places run by mexicans that make food that I cannot eat or stand. Now let's not swing the pendulum way over to the other side and say Taco Bell is good. It is edible, but certainly not Mexican. But we do have some nice restaurants in Chicagoland that make excellent mexican food that is edible and enjoyable. You just have to know where to go and what to get.
Mexican food is an acquired taste? Maybe if you enjoy bland food.
If you go into almost any Mexican restaurant in the US the menu is the same: tacos, burritos, enchiladas etc. I have yet to eat at a Mexican restaurant that reflects the diversity of the cuisine. Why don't these restaurants serve more variety?
If you live in NY, SF, Miami, Anywhere in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Washington, Oregon. and so on and so forth then all you need to is go to any restaurant.
But if by 'US' you mean a rural area of a rural state, I really am not sure what kind of 'Mexican' food they are serving there.
Any major city though, and you have an abundance of choices. My guess is you are just talking about what you saw in the frozen area of your local Safeway.
Sort of like if you went to a rural area of mexico, you won't be able to order clam chowder or whatever you consider 'US' food.
If you avoid the touristy stuff, there are a lot of great family-run restaurants with REAL Mexican food in a lot of major cities. I have a couple of faves that I go to locally that are fantastic and not "fast food" clones.
You need to leave the confines of your home first. I live in Hawaii and a five minute drive will get me to two Mexican restaurants that serve things like lengua (tongue), birria (marinated goat) pozole, mole, ceviche etc.
Easy enough to answer, would you buy sauteed Grasshoppers or a Taco at a mexican restaraunt?
Where do you live?? If it's not TX, NM, AZ or CA, well I suppose your choices in mexican food could be a bit sparse, but come on! If you can't find a mexican restaurant that serves something besides burritos, your just lazy boy! Lazy
Much the same can be said about most cuisines in America. From what one finds in the vast majority of Chinese restaurants in American, Chinese cuisine consists of Kung Pow Chicken and Broccoli Beef with Fried Rice and a fortune cookie. From what one finds in the common restaurants in America, Italian cuisine consists of Pizza, Lasagna, spaghetti with meat sauce... or meat balls... and a dish of spumoni. BUT, if you look for them, you can find wonderful restaurants in America which really do explore the full width of the cuisines they present.
Because face it, most people don't like the simple, everyday foods as much. I have lifelong friends that are all Mexican, I've been to a million of their parties where they get together with food and music, and honestly I don't enjoy the food more than I would sitting down at an average mexican restaurant (a lot of good ones here on the west coast). I'm sorry but I don't like pozole, their carnitas are always overcooked, and I'm not much of an exotic meat eater. It's definetely authentic, but that doesn't always mean it's better. Even they like eating out at sit down mexican restaurants, although that's not what they eat everyday.
why is this stupid story in the headline news section. These are limited, subjective opinions of bored people. Real news please. Don't make me go to foxnews.com
Your right "these are subjective, limited opinions of bored people." Just like your subjective limited opinion.
"bob", it was in the Living/Eatocracy section. If you didn't want to read it, why'd you click on it?
He clicked on it because he is a Fox News watcher. Which sizes him up as stupid and misinformed. I love it when those idiots trip over their own words.
Please go back to fox news. For us.
First Mexican Cooking Class I took, we must have cooked two dozen wonderful dishes – not a tortilla to be found among the lot of them.
And the second class...?
The TRUTH about mexican food is that it is downright delicious and I can't get enough of it! NOM NOM NOM!
The truth about most the world's cuisines is that they are delicious each in their own way. All over the world, people love and crave and seek out a variety of delicious foods from the resources they have available. The idea that any cuisine consists of just a handful of dishes is just silly. And the idea that a whole ethnic group for some reason gathers three times a day to eat bad food is as silly as dismissing an entire cuisine saying, "I don't like food." Instead, seek out good food and eat and enjoy a variety of it.
The truth about most the world's cuisines is that they are delicious each in their own way. All over the world, people love and crave and seek out a variety of delicious foods from the resources they have available. The idea that any cuisine consists of just a handful of dishes is just silly. And the idea that a whole ethnic group for some reason gathers three times a day to eat bad food is as silly as dismissing an entire cuisine saying, "I don't like X food," where X is any national or ethic group. Instead, seek out good food and eat and enjoy a variety of it.
@chuck
Yours is the most intelligent post I have read yet.
Thank you
Mmmmm I Love Mexican !!! Si Senior !!! :-D
Wow. This qualifies as news. Just when I thought CNN couldn't lose more credibility with me.
Get a life. Loser.
Then why are you on the CNN website, reading articles ?
It's in the clearly-defined food section. The news - what of it cnn provides - is up above.
Hey news junkie, take a break.
and yet you still found time to read it and comment on it.
kind of gives the impression that you have little or no credibility
VT probably thought the article was going to be an expose' on illegal mexican immigrants, or some scandal involving food imported from Mexico.
Some people do not consider it "news" unless it bashes or attacks somebody they dislike.
Yep, I just got a hankerin' for some pink tacos...go figure.
Ya know something Mr. "Head", you're right on the money! Man, what I would do for a fresh, young, pink, slightly moist, neatly trimmed, succulent , tender, aromatic, TACO. Yum, Yum! I have heard near the oceans of the world, chefs and people who just love to eat have discovered another delicacy, CLAM BURGERS! Wow. Don't that sound wonderful?
You sound really desperate and lonely.
Oh you're so clever. Talk like that only keeps you taco-less, right?
Me too....
I'm with you guys. There's a local restaurant I like a lot, called The Bearded Clam. Yessir. Yum.
私はそれに当たると考えられます
You took the words right out my mouth!
I would hit it too......too bad she's a lesbian.......GOOGLE HER.
I always wanted to be a Lesbian.
I always wanted to Google her.