The sauce in Mexican food and especially in tacos is considered as the soul, this is because if you have a truly tasty sauce it can elevate and complement the flavors of the stew and give you the perfect dish. Even someone described it with this wise phrase: “...the sauce is so effective that elevates the category of good, corrects the insignificance of mediocre and hides the ordinariness of bad...” Although sauces are the backbone of Mexican cuisine, we can find spices from all over the world such as garlic, cilantro, onion, pepper, etc. However, there are 2 ingredients that cannot be missing in the preparation of a sauce, which are very Mexican. Of course, one of them is some...
Mexican cuisine has the characteristic of being packed with not so common flavors and textures. This is usually because of the mix of ingredients used, which go from sweet like chocolate, to the sourness of limes or even the spiciness that you can feel on your lips like the one from habanero chili. We do however sometimes have some ingredients that can make more than one feel surprised or even a little disgusted. Timon and Pumba would describe them as slimy but tasty and although they are not slimy, they sure are tasty. I mean if you visit Mexico one day, you might suddenly be surprised that we eat a variety of INSECTS! It's not uncommon to see that the...
Mexican cuisine is characterized by being full of flavors and textures that are not so common, this is generally due to the mix of ingredients used, ranging from sweet like chocolate, the acidity of lime, or that spiciness that you feel on your lips like that of habanero. However, sometimes we have some ingredients that can make more than one person surprised or even feel a bit of disgust. Timon and Pumba would describe them as slimy but tasty, and although they are not slimy, boy are they tasty! I mean that if one day you visit Mexico, you might suddenly be surprised that we eat various INSECTS! It's not uncommon to see guacamole with chapulines or someone eating a...
If you were asked to name a Mexican alcoholic beverage, which one would you answer? Probably Tequila, right? While this is probably the best known around the world as Mexican, there is another alcoholic liquor that is quite similar although less popular called mezcal. Both of these beverages have several characteristics that differentiate them. Some of these characteristics are the plants they come from and their distillation processes. On the one hand, tequila can only be produced with blue agave and cooked in steam ovens, while mezcal can be produced with up to 20 different types of maguey and is cooked in wood ovens, hence its flavor has the characteristic of being a bit smoky. Mezcal dates back to the...
If you were asked to name a Mexican alcoholic drink, which one would you say? It would surely be tequila, right? While this is probably the most well-known around the world as Mexican, there is another distillate that is quite similar although less popular called mezcal. These 2 drinks have several characteristics that differentiate them. Some of these are the plants they come from and their distillation processes. On one hand, tequila can only be produced with blue agave and cooked in steam ovens, while mezcal can be produced with up to 20 different types of maguey and is cooked in wood or stone ovens, hence its flavor has the characteristic of being a bit smoky. Mezcal dates back to...
