On May 21, 8:50 pm, Sonoran Dude > wrote:
> wrote:
> > India - The country of yogurt and onions...
>
> Jonathan, this is a discussion group of Mexico, The country of beans and
> tortillas.

Do you really want to be remembered as a vulgarian, the one and only
"Diarrhea in a Boat Dude"?

One of the reasons for traveling and visiting other nations is to
learn about our cultural
differences and also the things we have in common.

Like cooking.

Mexico, like many other countries, is named after a tribe of people
who no longer rule the country, and the primitive culture no longer
prevails.

Instead, there is an international cuisine based upon cultural contact
between Europe and Asia, with occasional indigeneous aspects, like the
enjoyment of eating greasy toasted corn meal.

Nobody denies that the beaners of today enjoy eating peasant food and
they celebrate the "antojito" as being a sort of Mexican "soul food".

But, let us broaden our horizons by looking at the influences of other
cultures on Mexican cooking.

We can separate Mexican cooking into indigenous cooking, criollo
cooking, and mestizo cooking. The Mexican Indians ate, and still eat,
whatever they can get from local sources.

The "criollos" were Spanish people born in Mexico. They tried to cook
like their Spanish ancestors, but had to adapt to the use of other
ingredients because Spain was so far away.

Just as the Indians and the Spanish merged physically and formed a
mestizo nation, Spanish and crillo and indigenous cooking merged into
a mestizo cuisine, such as it is.

Much of Mexican cooking actually comes from Spanish contact with north
Africa, the Middle East, and India.

For instance, here is a link to a yogurt and cucumber "soup" that is
reminiscent of Johnathan's yogurt and onion dish:

http://www.enciclopediadegastronomia...-la-hindu.html

Sopa de yogur y pepino (Djadjik en la cocina sefard?, Cacik en la
armenia, Tzatziki en la griega y Raitas en la hind?

If you were bright enough to read Spanish, you would realize that the
name of this dish is
"Yogurt and cucumber soup" aka "Djadjik" in Sephardic cooking aka
"Cacik" in Armenia aka
"Tzatziki" in Greek and "Raitas" in Hindu.

When I read the word "raitas", I immediately thought of the Mexican
favorite "Rajas y Crema",
sliced chile peppers in cream.

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Cuete y jamon en rajas y crema...

You could substitute lamb or goat and have what Johnathan contributed.

Or, you can celebrate your diarrhea in a boat attitude that the way to
enjoy Mexican food is to eat a lot of tacos and drink a lot of beer
and brag about how drunk you got...