mexico

=-MEXICO- =

Mexico is known for its food, for the chili and the spicy food. Most of foreigns people who come to Mexico like its food, but almost no one can resist the chili like mexicans. There are many different types of food and they are all delicious and good looking. Real Mexican food is quite unlike the dishes found in most Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants in other countries. If you have a taste for adventure you’ll be well rewarded in Mexico; if not stick to a few simple and traditional dishes that are almost always excellent and not too spicy. You’ll find standards much higher than if you search the menus for something familiar. Mexican cuisine has some superb rich or spicy dishes, but we recommend that you take it easy for the first few days until your stomach has grown accustomed to its new environment. Upset stomachs are commonly associated with unpurified water used in ice or used to wash salads and fruit, stressful traveling, or simply bacteria different to those at home. Mexicans also suffer when they travel abroad, and if you stay in Mexico for more than a few weeks you may even experience the same acclimatization disorders when you reach home.

=Typical dishes:= __Ceviche__ Raw fish marinated in lime juice, often in a chopped salad.

__Chiles Renellos__
Large Poblano chilies stuffed with cheese or spicy meat (picadillo). The chilies are mild, though the sauce may not be.

__Enchiladas__
Tortillas coated in a tomato and chili sauce, stuffed with vegetables, chicken or pork then folded and baked. Despite the chili content, enchiladas are often fairly mild. __Enchiladas suizas__ are topped with sour cream.

__Huachinango__
Red Snapper, a common feature on the menus at coastal resorts. Often available ‘al gusto’, cooked in a choice of methods.

__Quesadillas__
Tortillas stuffed with cheese, folded and grilled. A simple dish often served with beans or a little salad and suitable for those avoiding anything spicy.

__Mole sauce__
A wonderful rich sauce made with the unlikely combination of chocolate, chilies and many spices. It can be red or green depending on the ingredients and the moles of Puebla and Oaxaca are particularly famous, hence ‘mole poblano’ or ‘mole oaxaqeño’. The sauce is often served over chicken, though turkey is more traditional.

__Pipían sauce__
Another of Oaxaca’s specialties, pipían sauce is green and made from pumpkin seeds. It is often served over chicken.

__Pollo Pibil__
A Yucatecan specialty, not often found outside this region. It traditionally consists of chicken marinated in orange and spices then barbecued in banana leaves.

__Tacos__
Tortillas fried until they are crispy and served with various fillings.

__Tamales__
Cornmeal paste wrapped in corn or banana husks and often stuffed with chicken, pork or turkey and/or vegetables, then steamed.

__Tortas__
Mexican sandwiches, often large rolls with generous fillings.

__Tostadas__
Thin and crisp tortillas served loaded with guacamole, sour cream, chilies, chicken etc.


 * = Typical dishes = || = Drinks = ||
 * Mole || Tequila ||
 * Empipianadas || Agave ||
 * Molletes || Qorona beer ||
 * Carne Asada || Vampiro ||

=At breakfast:= __Plato de Frutas__

Mixed fruit plate, perhaps including banana, mangoes, melon, or papaya.

__Chilaquiles__ Tortillas stir fried with onions, spices and maybe chicken, topped with cheese and served with a sort of gravy.

__Huevos Rancheros__
Scrambled eggs, often served with bacon (con tocino) or ham (con jamón).

__Huevos Motuleños__
Fried eggs on tortillas, covered with a sauce of tomatoes, chilies, peas and ham. Topped with cheese and served with refried beans.

=Mexican Drinks:= __TEQUILA:__ Mexico’s national drink, most people drink this spirit in the form of a margarita or as tequila shots. A //margarita// is mixed with lime juice in a salt-rimmed glass. This strong, transparent alcoholic drink is derived from a spiky bush known as the maguey plant. A less processed version of tequila is //mezcal//. This drink is traditionally served with a worm – which is eaten when the bottle of mezcal is finished. __CHOCOLATE:__ The cocoa bean was grown and harvested in Central America long before the American continent was discovered in 1492. The native indigenous people of Mexico were the first to make the earliest form of chocolate using the Xocolatl beans, which were very valuable and even used as currency for trading purposes. __CAFÉ DE OLLA – COFFEE FROM THE POT__: Coffee //“a la mexicana”//, this coffee literally comes from the pot, where it simmers all day long, mixed together with cinnamon and cloves and forms a strong, syrupy sweet coffee drink

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