My youngun needs this recipe for one of her college courses. Something about studying Mexican culture, oh I don't know(It's been a long hard day), anyway- she hasn't had much luck finding something that's truly authentic, that she can find some history on and link to the culture. Everything she found wasn't truly authentic when she researched the dish. It has to be something that she can make and take to share with the class.
As always, I come to you folks- anyone out there know of a true blue, historically authentic, simple Mexican dish that she might be able to cook up?
I need an authentic Mexican recipe
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I need an authentic Mexican recipe
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Other than tacos, I'm not much help on these things. Sorry! But here's a tune that might cheer you up...I've had one of those days too (in a BIG way), and it kind of sums up how I'm feeling
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc
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izzarina wrote:Other than tacos, I'm not much help on these things. Sorry! But here's a tune that might cheer you up...I've had one of those days too (in a BIG way), and it kind of sums up how I'm feeling
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc
OOOOOHHHHH YESSSSS!!!!
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Ya can't get more authentic than the standard maize tortilla, but if I told you what would typically be stuffed inside the original tacos you might never look at a bait shop the same way again.
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Oooo...molé is the best stuff in the world! Pair with just about any bird, but turkey is classic.Cofaidh wrote:Molé comes to mind too.
And yes...there's absolutely nothing inauthentic about stewed pinto beans and a fresh, handmade tortilla either. That's what a lot of folks in Mexico call "breakfast." Fresh tortillas are a whole different animal from that cardboardy stuff you get in supermarkets...mmmm! They're so good, I could live on them!
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A woman from Mexico took care of me during the day to help out my poor, starving Anglo university student parents in Tucson Arizona. Everyone called her Mama, she was so maternal. For a time, I spoke Spanish better than I could English. My favorite food was bean soup. Clean two cups pinto beans and soak overnight in six cups water. Overnight is less than half a day; don't let the beans soak too long. Put in one clove garlic, peeled but uncrushed and set on a low simmer from morning till lunch, dinner if you use a crock pot. The cooked soup actually gets better after being placed in the refrigerator a few days and reheated. Salt to taste when it is served, as salt toughens the beans during the cooking. It came highly recommended by a recently adopted Korean toddler when I brought it to a Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse potluck, much to the relief of his parents. They were having trouble getting him to eat anything at all, anywhere.
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Atole?
How does one gauge truly authentic Mexican? Flan is from the old world but became part of the local cuisine. Does one have to look for foods that are pre-1810 or pre-1519? Something with roots in the Aztec or Mayan societies? Hot coco has changed a lot, and tracing it's history would be a very interesting project. From a bitter spicy hot drink drank in ancient days to the champurrado drank on Dia de los Muertos. The history of the Spanish and their growing of the beans for export, and the value that the beans had may also be interesting as far as the culture of mexico.
How does one gauge truly authentic Mexican? Flan is from the old world but became part of the local cuisine. Does one have to look for foods that are pre-1810 or pre-1519? Something with roots in the Aztec or Mayan societies? Hot coco has changed a lot, and tracing it's history would be a very interesting project. From a bitter spicy hot drink drank in ancient days to the champurrado drank on Dia de los Muertos. The history of the Spanish and their growing of the beans for export, and the value that the beans had may also be interesting as far as the culture of mexico.
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And then there is the whole Border cuisine which is very different from many Mexican dishes of the same or similar names. I eat Mexican style burritos almost everyday for lunch with beans, potatoes, chopped roasted peppers and cheese they travel well and fit perfectly in a Japanese lunch box I use. Border burritos are huge and have all kinds of stuff in them, not good travel food.
