New Mexican cuisine

Salsa is the Spanish word for sauce, and it has a rich history. Salsa can be traced back to the three main Central American tribes, the Incas, the Aztecs, and the Mayans. The first salsas were made using tomatoes, chili peppers and ground squash seed. It was served as a condiment for an array of meats such as fish, venison, and lobster. The conquest of Mexico in 1519-1521 by the Spanish Conquistadors marked the Europeans first encounter with the sauce. It wasn’t officially called salsa until…

what ethnicity do you identify as? Mexican and white, biracial. Have you ever faced discrimination or challenges because of your ethnicity? Not specifically because of how they look, but definitely on how they fit in. People put them in boxes and say they are not all white or not all mexican. Do you feel you face stereotypes of your ethnicity? They feel they are always stereotyped because they have lighter skin, that to everyone around them, they aren’t mexican enough. What cultural…

impacted history. They fought in the American Revolution, Korean War, Iraq War and the Afghanistan War. 11% to 13% of the military are Latinos. Also, several American cities, states, and towns came from Spanish words, for example: Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and my home state of Florida. Hispanics have also made great contributions in the area of Education. Since my great-grandma is retired school teacher, I asked her to tell me about Hispanics educators she worked with in the past.…

In my family Christmas time is the best time of the year. We always gather together and celebrate with a big beautiful tree and great food. The one food that is always a must have is tamales. My great grandmother started this tradition in her house, located in Durango, Mexico, because it was the one and only food she could always get the youngest child to eat. The children always enjoy cheese stuffed tamales while the adults enjoy red pork tamales. While some food might have been cooked days…

With the family surnames of Rasmussen and Anderson it is clear that the beginnings of my Family of Origin are mainly Danish, so describing my family as a taco might be shocking. Both, my family and a taco are structurally cohesive. (Olson, 2000) We have boundaries, yet we aren’t enmeshed. Often the ingredients try to slip out of the tortilla and some ingredients can be eaten without anything added or taken away from them, such as cheese. When each ingredient is included and stays in the taco…

identify myself as a jock. I played for the school basketball team and spent almost every day practicing. Sometime around sixth grade, I had to do a project about my heritage and from that point on I became very interested in my own culture. I am half Mexican and half European which creates a very interesting mix of cultures. My mom’s family came from France, Scotland and Germany and settled in Mississippi, Tennessee and California. My dad’s family is mostly from Jalisco, Mexico and has lived…

Roman Catholic. Mexican diet contains relatively high intakes of legumes and dietary fiber; it also was high in cholesterol. Contrary to our hypothesis, those consuming the traditional Mexican diet pattern had high BMI and waist circumference values, which did not differ significantly from other groups. Commonly used foods in Mexico include Refried beans (frijoles refritos) is a dish of cooked and mashed beans and is a traditional staple of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine. Another Mexican food…

1. Interview After having an interesting interview with Vanessa Hernandez, a Mexican student at Durham Tech in the library on October 20th, I understood more about the culture as well as food of Mexican people. First, when we were talking about Mexican culture, I realized that Mexican culture and Vietnamese culture have some common values. Vanessa was born in Michivacan, Mexico. When she talked about most of the population in her hometown were Christian, I was thinking about the movie “Conquest…

an authentic Mexican restaurant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. The first thing I noticed about the restaurant was the décor. There were sombreros, maracas, and murals of homes and people in Mexico on the walls on the restaurant. There was also traditional Mexican music being played in the restaurant. Our waiter us gave our greeting in Spanish and then translated it into English. He said “Hola, como estas?” I also noticed that most of the workers seemed to be of Spanish or Mexican descent. I read…

donkeys. To start I want to go to Mexico to try their food. They have some vendor stands for food across the side of the street. And they use different spices on the different types of food when they make it. Some people think that Taco Bell as a Mexican food. They use a ton of different species in their food. You can get Spicy…