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)