Tequila
Tequila is of great significance to Mexico. The leaves of the agave can be used to make paper, and the flowers of the agave are so sharp that they are said to be used as weapons. Today, the most important role of agave is to make tequila. Tequila, brewed from agave leaves, is a specialty of Mexico. The alcohol content of tequila is relatively high. When you drink it, it will have a spicy and sweet feeling lingering on the tip of your tongue and lingering in your throat. Friends who love drinking may wish to give it a try.
Mexican music makes you dance
When it comes to eating Western food, people may patronize French, Italian, German and Russian restaurants more, but they lack understanding of Mexican food. As everyone knows, in the eyes of authoritative gourmets in the world today, Mexican cuisine is one of the five major cuisines in the world, along with French, Indian, Chinese and Italian cuisine.
When I walked into a Mexican restaurant, I was attracted by the waiters inside. They were beautiful girls, wearing Mexican unique wide-brimmed cowboy hats and light plaid shirts. They were also very handsome. She tied a knot at the hem of her shirt, and her well-fitting trousers were neither loose nor tight, giving her a sense of leisure and ease. Very authentic Mexican music is playing in the restaurant. With this cheerful rhythm, people can't help but become happy. Of course, if you are willing, you can follow the rhythm and perform a Mexican jive dance.
Try the second hottest Mexican dish in the world
The Mexican dishes in the buffet area are not the largest, but they are very exquisite. It can be seen that they have been carefully selected by the chef before being introduced to you. From Guangzhou customers. There are many dishes that I have never seen before, but they look colorful and particularly tempting.
According to the restaurant manager, in fact, the characteristics of Mexican cuisine are strong taste and bright colors. Take ceviche, a little-known Mexican delicacy. Local people soak all kinds of freshly caught seafood in coriander juice and lime juice, and marinate it using purely natural methods. There is also a unique pipianes flavored with peanuts, pumpkin seeds and chili peppers. You may not have imagined that a spicy spicy sauce called Moli completely inherited a complex exotic recipe from the 17th century. It requires the mixing of more than 100 raw materials to create its unique taste and attractive dark brown color. , so making delicious moli sauce has become a skillful and labor-intensive task for chefs.
On the other hand, Mexico is the birthplace of chili peppers. About half of the world’s chili peppers are grown in Mexico, and there are all kinds of red, yellow, green, and green peppers. Mexico is not only the hottest country in the world, but its peppers are the second hottest in the world. There are over a hundred kinds of peppers, fresh and dried, with different names, and there are countless ways to prepare them, such as for marinating meat. , soup, barbecue, salad, candies, drinks are all available, it can be said that everything is spicy.
Mexican food is mainly spicy. Mainland residents often eat turtles, snakes, turtle doves, squirrels, and pheasants. Fried cactus and prickly pear are the most distinctive home-cooked vegetables. Mexicans are also known for their love of alcohol. When guests come to your door, it is customary to entertain them with wine first. In Mexico City, you can buy specialties from all over Mexico such as chili peppers, tequila and seafood.
Taco and Tortillas
Corn has been the protagonist of Mexican food for hundreds of years. Taco cakes made from corn are also the most basic and unique food in Mexico. This is a pancake made with corn. After frying, it forms a purse-like shape, hard and crispy. When eating, customers can add charcoal-grilled chicken strips or beef sauce according to their own preferences, and then Add tomatoes, shredded lettuce, tortilla cheese and other ingredients, and it looks particularly colorful, like a work of art. After wrapping it up, you put it in your mouth and take a bite. The outside is crispy and raw, but the inside is full of fragrant, spicy, sour and sweet flavors.
In addition, there is also a kind of tortilla, which is smaller in shape. When eating, it is eaten with various Mexican sauces. Of course, more than 90% of these sauces are made from chili peppers and tomatoes, and some also add mango to them, giving them a natural flavor.
Spicy Steak
Most people usually eat steak in restaurants without any seasoning, sometimes adding a little salt at most. But Mexican steak is different. You can see that it is marinated with pepper, salt and other seasonings. After frying, it is very flavorful even without the sauce. It is worth mentioning that people usually think that New Zealand’s beef is top-quality. In fact, Mexican beef is on par with New Zealand’s beef, tender and fragrant.
Beans
Like corn, beans are also an important ingredient in the Mexican diet. Mexicans like to eat beans very much, and they have also invented many recipes for bean foods, such as spicy bean braised beef, cold green beans, etc.
[Edit this paragraph] Insect-eating Mexico
In many parts of the world, people have always maintained the tradition of eating insects. In Mexico, this custom has been around for centuries, as the number and variety of Mexican insects are world-famous.
Insects have extremely strong reproductive capabilities and can survive in any environment on the earth, from areas frozen for many years to arid deserts.
In Mexico, insects have become part of the food, because the number and types of Mexican insects are world-famous, and the nutritional value of insects is extremely high.
How many types of insects do Mexicans eat? Ramos, an expert on edible insects, estimates that there are more than 450 species. The main edible insects include Chaplin locusts, dragonflies, butterflies, caterpillars, mosquitoes, flies, ants, bees, etc. It is worth mentioning that, depending on the species, some insects are edible in their eggs, larvae and adults, that is, during their entire development period. Among them, the most famous and most commonly eaten insects include the Chapulin locust, the Lake Myrtle mosquito, the agave worm, etc.
In some high-end hotels in Mexico City, people can taste Mexico’s most representative insect, the Chapulin locust. The price of this kind of locust is as high as US$9 per kilogram, which is higher than the price of beef. In the market in Oaxaca City, Mexico, you can often see locusts of different sizes: the large ones are about 2 centimeters long, and the small ones are less than 1 centimeter. According to eaters, the smaller the taste, the better. This is confirmed by the fact that the price of small locusts is the highest. In Oaxaca City, Champlin pizza is becoming more and more popular.
The Lake Mir mosquito is an insect of the order Hemiptera. There are more than 10 species of edible mosquitoes in some areas of Mexico. However, in terms of taste and nutritional value, the best ones live in Taxco. Lake Mir mosquitoes in the mountains surrounding the city. The 1.5cm long mosquito feeds on the sap of leaves and hides under dry leaves on tree trunks, plant and tree roots or on the ground. The Lake Mill mosquito is highly valued locally, especially in Lake Mill Mountain on the outskirts of Taxco. There, the first Monday of November every year is the Lake Mill Festival. After mass is held in the church in the mountain, the catching activities begin.
?Escamoles are the eggs of several species of ants, especially those found in arid lands. April every year is the best time for locals to dig ant eggs from underground ant nests. The people who collect the ant eggs, which are similar in size to rice grains, are very skilled. They follow the ants who are out looking for food. After discovering the location of the ant nest, they dig until they find the ant nest made of sticks, mud and leaves. caves used for spawning. Sometimes 1 kilogram of ant eggs can be dug out from an ant nest.
In the center of an agave leaf lies a delicious treat that people in central Mexico have eaten for centuries. This is the endangered agave whiteworm, which is extremely expensive. There is also an edible insect at the root of the agave, which is the agave red worm. In the semi-arid region of central Mexico, these bugs can be seen climbing down from agave plants to drink from the ground after the first rains of the year. At this time, people start to catch them and earn a lot of money.