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Not liking corn in Mexican food is like not liking beef at a steak house. Corn is the essence of Mexican cuisine. It is the indigenous grain of Central America first domesticated in the Valley of Mexico.
Its a tipping point. Its like trying to argue which has better Indian food, San Francisco Bay Area or Toronto. Even though Toronto's Indian community is more than twice as large, both have so many people of Indian origin that you going to find pretty much anything.
I grew up in the Los Angeles area. Yes, I agree, if you take Mexican food as a whole LA will be best nationwide on the whole.
However, would I say LA has better Sonoran food than Phoenix? No I wouldnt. Would I say, LA has better cuisine from San Luis Potosi than Dallas? No I wouldnt. Would I say LA has better food from Veracruz than Houston? No I wouldnt.
I see what your saying and again, if you have to pick a city that has the best Mexican food it is LA. But youre still going to have reigional biases on hand and youre still going to have other places in the US (Houston, Chicago, San Francisco Bay Area, and DFW mainly) that will have, at the very least, good Mexican food from every reigion even if it wont compare to the volume LA has.
Not liking corn in Mexican food is like not liking beef at a steak house. Corn is the essence of Mexican cuisine. It is the indigenous grain of Central America first domesticated in the Valley of Mexico.
It's also a sugary starch that, in my opinion, just isn't worth eating very much of. I don't think grains should be the essence of any cuisine.
For me, the staple of almost any good Mexican meal is avocado. There are few dishes I will eat without it.
It's also a sugary starch that, in my opinion, just isn't worth eating very much of. I don't think grains should be the essence of any cuisine.
I don't disagree but that is entirely beside the point which is that corn is intrinsic to Mexican cooking. It is the foundation of their cuisine. There are precious few dishes which don't include corn in one way or another.
I don't disagree but that is entirely beside the point which is that corn is intrinsic to Mexican cooking. It is the foundation of their cuisine. There are precious few dishes which don't include corn in one way or another.
Historically, this may have been true in most parts of Mexico, but once wheat and rice became available, corn no doubt became less essential. Plenty of dishes can be enjoyed without corn, so your analogy above doesn't really make any sense. That's my point.
If you stick to traditional tacos, tamales, and enchiladas, then I can understand how corn would be seen as intrinsic.
Not liking corn in Mexican food is like not liking beef at a steak house. Corn is the essence of Mexican cuisine. It is the indigenous grain of Central America first domesticated in the Valley of Mexico.
sorry i meant sweet corn
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