Guide to mexican food

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badboyuk says:

Handy...I didn't know that!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

blakekahan says:

Traditionally, a taco is always in a soft corn tortilla (or two)... never a hard shell.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

SoundBitesNYC says:

i love it when things are filled with fillings.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

bovious says:

I have encountered tostadas that are on flat crisp tortillas, more "topped" than "filled."
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Yes, tostadas made with flat, fried, crisp corn tortillas.

What he has drawn here is more like a taco salad, where they fry up a flour tortilla in a shell form and fill it with stuff.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

R. N. Dominick says:

This reference denies the existence of cheese enchiladas.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Hammond says:

I'm loving the corrections and clarifications here. Maybe I should get my brother to ask for a corrected version next time he's in New York...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

_pixelmx says:

note that the burritos do not have yellow cheesse in mexico, they use white cheese, also tacos are usually made of softtortilla, when it's a "hard shell" it's because the tortilla has been fried...
tostadas are very different in mexico from textmex restaurants (flat as one said)

quesadillas are very different in the center/south of mexico than in the northern states, in the northern states they usually only put white cheese and maybe guacamole, on the southern states they make quesadillas with mushrooms, pumpkin flower, huitlacoche, and other fillers...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

blakekahan says:

um... perhaps we should consult the west coast or somewhere near (or below?!) the border for the corrected version. since when has new york city (cue Pace commercial) been a resource for mexican food authority anyway? (ok ok... yes, mexican cuisine is life and death :) )
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

bluenay says:

hard shell tacos are usually called "tostitacos"... I blame taco bell for the misinformed few...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Ms Bunburyist says:

As a genuine West Coast Person... even a Californian...

The tostada shown is actually a taco salad; a real tostada is flat.

Real tacos are soft. Hard tacos are an American invention. Tasty, not "genuine."

This guide doesn't include taquitos which are meat wrapped in tortilla and fried so the tortilla is hard (usually about 8 inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter) and churros which are long thin pieces of dough rolled in cinnamon sugar (the "dessert" crud at Taco Bell is sort of a fake churro; real churros are much thicker and not very crisp).

Carnitas, my mother's specialty, is a particular preparation of meat that can be eaten as a filling. It's braised pork, very stringy and delicious.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Margueritte :º says:

oh yes, "flan" is quite a treat!! :D
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

CarlosFocus says:

Good
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

.imelda says:

This is so great! I need to print it out for my husband!

Come see your photo in my stream! I created a mosaic of my latest favorites.

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Thanks for the inspirational work of art!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

bobbymond says:

I'd like to point out that this was in fact a guide to American Mexican food.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bobbymond says:

Also, there's a reverse side to this little gem that I will add in due course
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bobbymond says:

So, the other side of this (not quite so well presented) is here:

www.flickr.com/photos/bobbymond/986321719/
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

ignacia_rz says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Drawing Food, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

milady_4308 says:

From a Mexican who loves Mexican food. Yes, many of you have it right, many have it wrong. So here it goes:
1. Tortillas: in Mexico hard shell tortillas don't exist, except the flat ones for Tostadas. We have corn tortillas (for tacos, enchiladas, chilaquiles and some kinds of quesadillas) and wheat tortillas (for burritos and a few other dishes like "Gringas"). Other dishes like sopes, deep fried quesadillas, tlacoyos, chalupas, etc are made with corn "masa" or dough, usually molded by hand.
2. Quesadilla: strictly, a "quesadilla" is filled with "queso" or cheese. This is how it's made in many states in Mexico. In Mexico City and other places nearby, quesadillas are filled with many other things like mushrooms, Tinga, potato, hot chilies with cheese, etc. Quesadillas can be deepfried or simply grilled on a comal (big flat metallic dish to warm tortillas and cook things like quesadillas and sopes).
3. Cheese: although yellow cheese does exist in Mexico, we use it for burgers not Mexican food. We don't use Cheddar either. These are some names of the kinds of cheese we use in our food: Manchego, Oaxaca (string cheese), Añejo, Fresco (these two to sprinkle on top of dishes), Panela, Chihuahua.
4. Taco salad: doesn't exist in Mexico.
5. Chili: love it, but it's not a Mexican dish, it's Tex-Mex.Thought I should add that.
6. Salsa: we make more than 50 different salsas (a lot more, actually). That I know of, no salsa is made with Jalapeño peppers. We use chilies like: Serrano, de Arbol, Pasilla, Habanero.
7. Fillings: depending on the state, fillings are very different (pork, fish, shrimp, chicken, vegetables, etc.) But we never make the following "taco": ground beef, lettuce, tomato, yellow cheese, sour cream and salsa inside a hard shell tortilla. I know many are used to this and love it. That's okay, just know that you won't find it in Mexico and can't really be called authentic.
8. Names of dishes: some places like Taco Bell use names of dishes we do make, but they are quite different from the original. Be aware of this when you visit Mexico and order a "chalupa" for example. You will be served something very different, but yummy, believe me.
Sorry for the long comment. I hope you visit Mexico and sample our authentic food (go to restaurants visited by locals, don't settle for the hotel's food).
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Mr DOMO says:

i am enlightened XDD
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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