Is "TEX-MEX" considered an actual type of food or just a slang name! I?!
Is "TEX-MEX" considered an actual type of food or just a slang name! I?
I love tex-mex living in AZ it is everywere but alot of people always ad the fact thats "its not real mexican food" ususaly very upidy people who for some reason get offended at thoes that call it mexican.
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Tex-Mex is a style of cuisine that has its origins in the border between Texas and Mexico (hence the name Tex-Mex). It is based on the types of foods immigrants from Mexico were able to make with products regularly available in the U.S. at the time. For example, in the interior of Mexico, tortillas are almost always made of corn (maize), but in Tex-Mex, tortillas are made of white (wheat) flour because that was what was available. Also available was a lot of beef (Texas is cattle country, after all) and so Tex-Mex tends to be pretty heavy on the meat. A lot of foods Americans consider to be "Mexican" (like burritos, chalupas, etc) are actually "Tex-Mex". Mexican food from the interior of Mexico (Mexico City, for example) is vastly different. So it's not people being "uppity"...they're just stating the facts when they say that Tex-Mex is not Mexican food as eaten by most Mexicans in Mexico. That said, it is also not entirely accurate to say that it is purely "American" food. Rather, it's a blend of cultures...Mexican and Texan (which itself is a blend of Western and Southern American cultures). At any rate, it doesn't matter what you call it! It's good eatin'!
I would consider this a legit form of cuisine or a variation of Mexican food.......
its totally not. ever had a homecooked mexican meal? its totally different then what you would think it would be (if your thinking like tex-mex)
yes tex-mex is actually a type of food and there are actually tex-mex resteraunts. Not my favorite type of food, but hope i helped you out abit...
Yes it is a type of food
It is an actual type of American food that's been influenced by Mexican cuisine.
it's a food cultured by the texacan's at the time of the texas independence from mexico,and since has progress'ed to be tex-mex by the yuppie influence !
Tex-Mex is an entirely different style of food than Mexican, though they share many elements.
Tex-Mex uses a lot of tomato cooked into the chili, which Mexican and New Mexican do not.