comida mexicana y tex-mex (va [it goes] con la comparación cultural en la página 60.)
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Comida mexicana y Tex-Mex
(Va [it goes] con la “Comparación cultural” en la página 60.)
Tex-Mex food refers to a fusion of Texan and Mexican cooking
--Common Tex-Mex ingredients include (disregarding brand names):
--tortillas de harina
--queso amarillo
--frijolesrefritos
--la carne de res(beef)
Ingredients for Mexican (not Tex-Mex) food include:
--tortillas de maíz --queso blanco (white)
--frijoles negros
--pollo(chicken)
--mariscos (seafood) --puerco (pork)
las comidas Tex-MexLos nombres de
--fajitas(variation of a taco, trad. made w/ skirt steak)
--chimichanga(a deep-fried burrito)
--el chile con carne
las comidas mexicanasLos nombres de
--tacos y taquitos(types of Mexican “sandwiches”)
--burritos(tortillas folded into a cylindrical shape to hold a filling)
*Traditional Mexican burritos only have beans or meat. It was in Texas wherepeople began to fill burritos with cheese, cream, vegetables, etc.)
--nachos(orig. made w/ corn tortilla chips, cheese and jalapeño
peppers)
--enchiladas (meaning “to add chiles to” in Spanish)
--chalupa(a tostada platter)
--quesadilla(based on the Spanish word for “cheese”)
--salsa(the Spanish word for “sauce”)
-- el guacamole(an avocado salad invented by the Aztecs in the 1600’s)
¡Buen provecho!(“Good eating”/Equal to “Bon appetít”)
Fin(The end)