Cultural Differences Between Tex-Mex And Mexican Food

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Tex-Mex is often mistaken for Mexican food because most people don’t really notice the differences between them. Tex-Mex and Mexican food are both different in some ways and the same in some other ways too! I will tell you both of those things and where each of the different foods originated and some history of them. I will also tell you where in your community they can be found at.One big difference between Tex-Mex and authentic Mexican food is the ingredients. Mexican food doesn’t typically use ground beef while on the other hand ground beef seems to be the main type of meat that Tex-Mex uses. Cheese is a big thing that differs them also. Mexican food almost never uses yellow cheese and they use mostly white cheese while

Tex-Mex uses a lot of yellow cheese. Their toppings are also different.

Mexican food has crema which is sort of like sour cream except its less sour and more thin while on the other hand Tex-Mex use sour cream quite often. Also traditional Mexican food is very fresh and raw while it’s not so much in Tex-Mex.Although Tex-Mex and Mexican food are different they do have some similarities too. For an example they serve the same type of foods like fajitas and nachos. They also use some of the same vegetables too. They also both use beef in their tacos. They both serve delicious food.It is believed that mexican food is from the mayan indians who were hunter-gatherers, they would eat a lot of corn tortillas and bean paste but the also ate fish and tropical fruits too. In the mid 1300’s the aztec empire was growing and although the mayan foods were still in use turkeys and ducks were now domesticated. In 1521 spain invaded mexico and that's how mexican food spread around the worldwide. Later there was many different mexican cuisines all over the earth like the Carribean, south American, french and even west african. As the mexican food spread out around the world each region changed it up a bit and that's why ‘mexican’ food all over the food is probably not authentic mexican food.Most people think of Tex Mex as a copy of mexican food but that

is actually wrong. Tex Mex has a long history of development too. Texas (like mexico) was part of new spain before it was part of the united states. By 1920 people were using the term Tex-Mex to describe people of mexican descent or more accurately Tejanos. TexMex spreaded to a larger audience in san antonio thanks to cheap and delicious food made by a group called the chili queens. Many more dishes were born in san antonio after that.The method of preparation of the foods is also a very important role when it comes to any good food. Mexican method of cooking is from the natives that lived there who used methods that didn’t need technology. Barbacoa or BBQ is very different from ours, A cauldron is filled with hot water is placed in a pit with coals at the bottom. At the top of the cauldron is a grill where the meat is kept. See, Tex Mex and Mexican food are 2 different things. I told you about the ingredients that they use and some similarities and differences between the two. I also told you about their origins and the methods of preparations. I hope that you now know that they are both different and tex mex didn't copy mexican food!