On Christmas in Mexico what do they eat?

Answer 1

From Mexico to Panama tamales are a "must have" food and are very common throughout the entire holiday. We make tamales of corn meal dough with or without a filling and steam-cook them to perfection. To steam them we wrap it in a leaf of the corn or in plantain leaves, depending on the customs of each country. Tamales in Mexico are deeply rooted in the pre-Hispanic times. They were important in many rites which had their own distinct type of tamales filling and form. There are many types of tamales, about "forty two different kinds" according to Karen Horsh Graber in her article "Los Tamales: Five Hundred Years at the Heart of the Fiesta." In Guatemala "Tamales of rice" make the list for Christmas foods as well. Guatemalans use the "tamal negro" -black, mainly for special occasions like Christmas or the New Year. They also have el "tamal Colorado" -red, which we see most often along with the small "chuchito" wrapped with corn husks. Tamales can be filled with prunes, turkey, raisins and a sauce made with local spices. The typical Hispanic Christmas foods in Mexico include red tamales, sweet tamales and pork tamales which are served throughout the Christmas holiday. During the "posadas" you can find Mexican hot chocolate, a stew called "birria," "gorditas con carne deshebrada" which are corn made pockets with shredded beef, and "atole" -corn gruel. For "Nochebuena" Mexicans like to add to the tamales with a Mexican noodle casserole called "sopa seca," "menudo" -made from tripe or "Pozole" made from pork or chicken, Mexican rice and drinks made of a hot fruit punch or sparkling cider.

Answer 2

tamales mole tacos beans rice