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I suspect the Mexican food Americans are most familiar with are derived from what is typically eaten by the poor in and out of that country. What would be considered an expensive delicacy in Mexico that most Americans have never heard of?
I suspect the Mexican food Americans are most familiar with are derived from what is typically eaten by the poor in and out of that country. What would be considered an expensive delicacy in Mexico that most Americans have never heard of?
I've eaten in a border town in Mexico and they served the same stuff we get here. I do suspect it may be quite different in the interior. I don't recall seeing anything unusual.
Whatever they do nowadays you can be sure they're catering to Americans and other tourists that are gutsy (or stupid) enough to venture there.
Probably just slightly different versions of what we get here and steak dinners to be sure. I would imagine fish might make up be their fancier dishes.
While in Mexico (Monterrey) a few years ago, my hosts took me for dinner, to dine on Cabrito (grilled young goat). It was fabulous. I've not seen it here in the US.
Mexico has its haute cuisine just like ever other country. And, for the record, I've eaten street tacos in TJ and they were great. Didn't get sick either.
While in Mexico (Monterrey) a few years ago, my hosts took me for dinner, to dine on Cabrito (grilled young goat). It was fabulous. I've not seen it here in the US.
Cabrito is available in most large cities with a large Mexican population. There are a couple of restaurants near Midway Airport in Chicago that serve it.
Goat stew is also served at many Puerto Rican and Cuban restaurants.
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We have vacationed in many cities, not only border towns in Mexico. Like any other country they have their up scale or most sophisticated foods and then their run of the mill. I don't think what we are accustom to eating would be classified at what the "Poor" people eat, but more like what our run of the mill restaurants serve and what we normally eat day by day.
Most Mexican American food is derived from northern Mexican cuisine. The complex cuisine of Oaxaca, a southern Mexican state, is slowly gaining notice in the US, but you won't find it in this country unless you live in a city with a large and diverse Mexican population.
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