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I was in La Junta, CO once and noticed that they used vermicelli in place of rice in their local version of spanish rice. It was quite good. I haven't seen much of that in Northern NM and always wondered where it came from.
Isn't this kind of like asking why bangers and mash or fish and chips aren't part of our traditional local cuisine here in Virginia since many of us are of English ancestry and we were once a British colony?
If you have cheese and/or onions in your Mexican/New Mexican food, you are experiencing the Spanish influence on indigenous Mexican cuisine.
The reason they have paella in Mexico, I am guessing, is that rice is a feature of Mexican agriculture.
Regarding the 'Spanishness' of northern New Mexico, what's with all the white people up there in the mountains. I have German relatives that look more Mexican. ;-)
If you have cheese and/or onions in your Mexican/New Mexican food, you are experiencing the Spanish influence on indigenous Mexican cuisine.
The reason they have paella in Mexico, I am guessing, is that rice is a feature of Mexican agriculture.
Regarding the 'Spanishness' of northern New Mexico, what's with all the white people up there in the mountains. I have German relatives that look more Mexican. ;-)
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Well than maybe there are more Spanish descendents in the northern mountains, since spainiards are white Europeans.
I was in La Junta, CO once and noticed that they used vermicelli in place of rice in their local version of spanish rice. It was quite good. I haven't seen much of that in Northern NM and always wondered where it came from.
Very common dish in Texas, too, but it's not served in place of Mexican/Spanish rice.
I was in La Junta, CO once and noticed that they used vermicelli in place of rice in their local version of spanish rice. It was quite good. I haven't seen much of that in Northern NM and always wondered where it came from.
we dont call it vermacilli, its called fideos, we grew up eating it with beans and chile, I havent seen it in any restaurants though.
we dont call it vermacilli, its called fideos, we grew up eating it with beans and chile, I havent seen it in any restaurants though.
It was in a little family owned restaurant. Glad I know its proper name. La Junta was a railroad "cross-roads" where trains ran through between Dallas and Denver (as well as Chicago-LA) so I can understand how the Texas influence got there.
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