winterymint
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Mexican food
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Have a Blessed Day
Calm down I'm asking your stance on fried chicken cause it's crunchy. All food is chewed well not soup.
AlteredForms
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I am calm, I was just trying to make out the point. If the chicken is crunchy then that's fine and I'll eat it, but if it's all soggy and covered in sauce then that's no problem either.
Azurro
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Yes, but tacos dorados I would say are a different food though. You don't think of tacos dorados when people say "let's get tacos" imo.
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Because most non Mexicans don't even know about tacos dorados they are however tacos and crunchy.
Azurro
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They are delicious, but they are prepared very differently from regular tacos, even from the filling. Then with the sour cream, cheese, onion and salsa verde/roja on top, I wouldn't put it as the same as regular tacos. Fuck, now I want some tacos al pastor.
The Fartist
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While we're on the subject, another worthy mention is the less talked about Pozole, the most Metal of Mexican cuisine. The Aztecs use to cook the sacrificed in this delicious stew and have a big party. Mexicans replaced it with pork and chicken, for obvious reasons.
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Suadero > Al pastor > Carne asada > everything elseThey are delicious, but they are prepared very differently from regular tacos, even from the filling. Then with the sour cream, cheese, onion and salsa verde/roja on top, I wouldn't put it as the same as regular tacos. Fuck, now I want some tacos al pastor.
Azurro
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GeorgioCostanzaX
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TikTok is also good if you know the names of dishes you want to make and search
Azurro
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To continue the list of your sins:
tacos de longaniza
tacos de chorizo con queso
tacos de barbacoa
tacos de lengua.
and now I live in a country where I can barely get somewhat decent tacos de carne asada.
I collect VHS tapes
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when it comes to tacos, it goes: lengua > cabeza > tripas > chicharron > al pastor
PapaEmeritus
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They should bring it back, as authentic as possible, like when restaurants serve up sweetbreads to allow modern culture to taste what the original food was like.
While we're on the subject, another worthy mention is the less talked about Pozole, the most Metal of Mexican cuisine. The Aztecs use to cook the sacrificed in this delicious stew and have a big party. Mexicans replaced it with pork and chicken, for obvious reasons.
May as well bring back sacrifices too, to make sure the food is authentic, and please make sure it's locally sourced and ethical
Raven117
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This thread… woof.
I don’t even know where to start.
Where is the OP from? If you aren’t from the southwestern United States, or Mexico, then a restaurant Is likely out. (Sorry rest of the US, but, no.)
As for a recipe… it’s going to be real hard having not actually had it before. Start small and easy. Try beef fajitas with flour tortillas, guacamole.
From there, Honestly old El Paso crunchy tacos (or soft) but use that spice packet.
From there maybe carnitas (slow cooked pork tacos).
Maiden Voyage did pretty good with his recommendations. Not a bad place to jump in either.
I just… it’s hard to explain a cuisine to someone who really hasn’t had it.
I don’t even know where to start.
Where is the OP from? If you aren’t from the southwestern United States, or Mexico, then a restaurant Is likely out. (Sorry rest of the US, but, no.)
As for a recipe… it’s going to be real hard having not actually had it before. Start small and easy. Try beef fajitas with flour tortillas, guacamole.
From there, Honestly old El Paso crunchy tacos (or soft) but use that spice packet.
From there maybe carnitas (slow cooked pork tacos).
Maiden Voyage did pretty good with his recommendations. Not a bad place to jump in either.
I just… it’s hard to explain a cuisine to someone who really hasn’t had it.
The Fartist
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Raven117
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They sure are. 100%. But if you have absolutely no idea where to start, cannonballing into something like lengua, mole, or any of the other way better Mexican foods is not going to give you any point of reference at all. (Im not going to even get into the whole notion of Tex-Mex the difference between something you find in Northern Mexico and Texas (south of i-10, anyway, is negligible). Especially if the OP can't try these foods in person at a good restaurant.
Fajitas are Tex-Mex, and Old El Paso? The fuck?
Old El Paso taco seasoning is a mix of cumin, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, and a few other things. Its going to give you some sort of understanding of those flavors. The OP obviously can't jump into toasting his own ancho/chili arbol, guajillo peppers, right away. He has no basis for understanding it.
Maiden also gave a pretty good place to start as well, but I was taking it back even further.
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BossLackey
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I've been making quesabirria tacos a lot lately. It can be a bit expensive because of beef costs, but it makes a ton, is amazing for making several dinners in a week, and is super easy. Everyone I've served them to have loved them.
I used this recipe.
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Raven117
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BossLackey
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Most often yes, but I don't have access to a goat. Birria doesn't HAVE to be goat as far as I'm aware.
Raven117
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I guess its another version of a carne guisada when its beef.
The Fartist
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Beef Birria is also known as Tijuana style Birria
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I prefer lamb over goat when it come to birria. Beef birria just seems wrong to me
Raven117
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Yeah, that's a California way of saying it.
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It's not dissimilar to how boneless chicken wings arent actually chicken wings. It's just wrong lol
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Raven117
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(Yeah, it kinda feels like its the "white person" way of saying they like birra but actually not liking birra, but its sounds very cultural...hence the California shade).