rt, some people said Chipotle is more like American food. Just want to know everybody’s opinion on this subject.
- AlwaysNowNeverNotMe ( @AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social ) 74•7 months ago
The burritos aren’t rolled in the Burit region of Mexico so they’re just sparkling carnitas.
- johnthedoe ( @johnthedoe@lemmy.ml ) 14•7 months ago
The Burritans are not a fan of people using the word outside the region.
- LinkOpensChest_wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ) 19•7 months ago
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- GissaMittJobb ( @GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml ) 15•7 months ago
Your husband casually insults his compatriots from the northern mexican states. Smh
- LinkOpensChest_wav ( @LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org ) 1•7 months ago
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- Alto ( @Alto@kbin.social ) 6•7 months ago
For anyone that hasn’t looked into the history of flour vs corn tortillas, it’s a fun little rabbit hole to go down.
The really short and inadequate tl;dr is flour tortillas can be just as authentic as corn tortillas, just not at chipotle.
- EnchiladaHole ( @EnchiladaHole@kbin.social ) 2•7 months ago
I prefer to consider “authentic” to be the pre-Columbian cuisine, which rules-out wheat flour tortillas.
That said, the wheat tortilla has now been around in Mexico for 500 years, which is plenty of time to integrate a component into a regional cuisine.
Still, Mexico is the birthplace of corn. It has a dazzling variety of corn that nourished the indigenous people for thousands of years prior to the arrival of wheat in Mexico and so I think it’s more exciting to learn about than the wheat-based versions.- lemillionsocks ( @lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 2•7 months ago
Authenticity is a silly thing anyway. A lot of the most “authentic” foods are a lot young than we’d think thanks to the new world veggies mixing with old world cattle.
Like nobody wants authentic precolombian italian beat sauces or south east asain cuisine without peppers, and the potato and everywhere.
- EnchiladaHole ( @EnchiladaHole@kbin.social ) 2•7 months ago
good point ☝️
- Alto ( @Alto@kbin.social ) 1•7 months ago
The way I see it, that’s about as silly as trying to claim any sort of tomato based pasta dish isn’t authentically Italian for the same reason.
- EnchiladaHole ( @EnchiladaHole@kbin.social ) 1•7 months ago
touché
- weew ( @weew@lemmy.ca ) 12•7 months ago
let’s just call it “Mexican-inspired”
- kirklennon ( @kirklennon@kbin.social ) 10•7 months ago
I think it’s pretty solidly in the Tex-Mex category, which is so much more popular in America than actual Mexican food that “Mexican” is better considered a casual alternative to saying Tex-Mex. If you actually mean authentic Mexican, you should probably specify that, or even better, name the specific region. It’s normal to see a restaurant advertised as Oaxacan or Yucatan, for example.
- pan_troglodytes ( @pan_troglodytes@programming.dev ) English7•7 months ago
lol no. taco bell is more “mexican” than chipolte
- watson387 ( @watson387@sopuli.xyz ) 4•7 months ago
Nope
- heavyboots ( @heavyboots@lemmy.ml ) English3•7 months ago
It’s Americanized Mexican, at best. Personally, I cannot stand the taste though, so I’m also not the best judge probably.
- ivanafterall ( @ivanafterall@kbin.social ) 3•7 months ago
I barely consider it food, at all. It’s just not good, people.
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 3•7 months ago
Tex-mex. There is an authentic mexican restaurant in my town: menudo, lengua, jaritos…and they would laugh about Chipotle being considered mexican.
- flicker ( @flicker@kbin.social ) 7•7 months ago
One thing I think people need to understand is that ‘Tex-Mex’ should not be considered a goddamned insult. Texas has a deep history with it’s relationship to Mexico, and Texas is fucking huge.
To put it in perspective, go look at a land size comparison of Texas and the entire UK. Texas is bigger. On it’s own.
So to expect it to not have it’s own culture and it’s own cuisine is stupid as hell. Now, if we want to discuss which we prefer… that’s a different conversation.
And to ask me if I want to live there? The answer is a resounding “hell no.”
- atlasraven31 ( @atlasraven31@lemm.ee ) 4•7 months ago
Oh, absolutely. I love Tex-Mex food but 120*F is too hot for humans.
- 2bR02b ( @2bR02b@lemmy.one ) English2•7 months ago
120 F
That’s Arizona, not Texas.
- TheGalacticVoid ( @TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee ) 2•7 months ago
This summer was a fluke. It’s like saying you won’t live in Houston because you can’t tolerate snow.
- Whisper06 ( @Whisper06@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 3•7 months ago
It’s Tex mex just like Taco Bell
- BurningRiver ( @BurningRiver@beehaw.org ) 2•7 months ago
Only as much as I consider McDonalds to be Irish food.
- Chozo ( @Chozo@kbin.social ) 2•7 months ago
I’d call it Mexican-inspired, at the very best.
- Tetra ( @Tetra@kbin.social ) 2•7 months ago
I knew a Mexican girl who I don’t think considered it fully “mexican” but liked it quite a lot still.
- amanneedsamaid ( @amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz ) English2•7 months ago
Not Mexican, but definitely South American.
- dirkgentle ( @dirkgentle@lemmy.ca ) 5•7 months ago
I was confused by your wording, but I think you mean South of the USA rather than South America.
- Veraxus ( @Veraxus@kbin.social ) 2•7 months ago
No, it’s Californian food… which is vaguely inspired by Mexican food.
- averyminya ( @averyminya@beehaw.org ) 7•7 months ago
It’s not even Californian food. Californians do not make rice that shitty.