Facts about Mexican food

Answer 1

• Corn or maize (Zea mays), tomato(Solanum lycopersicum) and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) - the later used to make chocolate - are the three most important crops introduced from Mexico to the world. All three were domesticated, or brought from wild shrubs and plants into farmable crops, by ancient Mesoamerican civilizations (i.e: living in south-central Mexico), some three millenia ago.
• Montezuma's Revenge is the name of the sickness commonly associated to any foreigner in Mexico eating spicy, hot Mexican food and having a painful digestive disorder including diarrhea and stomach cramps. It usually happens because foreign people is not accustomed to Mexican chili and sauces; many think it is due to unhygienic preparation methods, but the truth is, the "hot sauces" sold outside of Mexico are "for kids", and when a foreigner tastes the "real deal", such condiments will wreak havoc on his or her digestive system.
• The "Mexican Food" commonly sold outside of Mexico has nothing to do with traditional Mexican Food. What American franchises such as Taco Bell, Del Taco or Red Burrito actually sell is "Tex-Mex", composed by fajitas, burritos, tacos and quesadillas, which are but a small sample of such type of cuisine.
• Although Corona is the most popular Mexican beer in the world, most Mexican people think of it as awfull, being the second worst behind Tecate, the later regarded as almost canned pee.
• In Mexico, all parts of the cow are used for food. And I mean all of it: from the tongue (lengua), the testicles (machitos), the stomach parts (buche), the uterus (nenepil) and the udder (nana). Most of these parts are cooked as stews and eaten with tortillas. These are known as tacos de guisado. Of course, there are more standard cuts such as the arrachera (flank steak) which can be used to grill fajitas.

• Corn or maize (Zea mays), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) - the later used to make chocolate - are the three most important crops introduced from Mexico to the world. All three were domesticated, or brought from wild shrubs and plants into farmable crops, by ancient Mesoamerican civilizations (i.e: living in south-central Mexico), some three millenia ago.
• Montezuma's Revenge is the name of the sickness commonly associated to any foreigner in Mexico eating spicy, hot Mexican food and having a painful digestive disorder including diarrhea and stomach cramps. It usually happens because foreign people is not accustomed to Mexican chili and sauces; many think it is due to unhygienic preparation methods, but the truth is, the "hot sauces" sold outside of Mexico are "for kids", and when a foreigner tastes the "real deal", such condiments will wreak havoc on his or her digestive system.
• The "Mexican Food" commonly sold outside of Mexico has nothing to do with traditional Mexican Food. What American franchises such as Taco Bell, Del Taco or Red Burrito actually sell is "Tex-Mex", composed by fajitas, burritos, tacos and quesadillas, which are but a small sample of such type of cuisine.
• Although Corona is the most popular Mexican beer in the world, most Mexican people think of it as awfull, being the second worst behind Tecate, the later regarded as almost canned pee.
• In Mexico, all parts of the cow are used for food. And I mean all of it: from the tongue (lengua), the testicles (machitos), the stomach parts (buche), the uterus (nenepil) and the udder (nana). Most of these parts are cooked as stews and eaten with tortillas. These are known as tacos de guisado. Of course, there are more standard cuts such as the arrachera(flank steak) which can be used to grill fajitas.