Comida mexicana y Tex-Mex (Va [it goes] con la Comparación cultural en la página 60.)

Tex-Mex food refers to a fusion of Texan and Mexican cooking --Common Tex-Mex ingredients include (disregarding brand names): --tortillas de harina --queso amarillo

--frijoles refritos --la carne de res (beef)

Ingredients for Mexican (not Tex- Mex) food include: --tortillas de maíz--queso blanco (white)

--frijoles negros --pollo (chicken) --mariscos (seafood) --puerco (pork)

las comidas Tex-Mex Los nombres de

--fajitas (variation of a taco, trad. made w/ skirt steak)

--chimichanga (a deep-fried burrito)

--el chile con carne

las comidas mexicanas Los nombres de

--tacos y taquitos (types of Mexican sandwiches)

--burritos ( tortillas folded into a cylindrical shape to hold a filling) *Traditional Mexican burritos only have beans or meat. It was in Texas where people began to fill burritos with cheese, cream, vegetables, etc.)

--nachos (orig. made w/ corn tortilla chips, cheese and jalapeño peppers)

--enchiladas (meaning to add chiles to in Spanish)

--chalupa (a tostada platter)

--quesadilla (based on the Spanish word for cheese)

--salsa (the Spanish word for sauce)

-- el guacamole (an avocado salad invented by the Aztecs in the 1600s)

¡Buen provecho! (Good eating/Equal to Bon appetít)

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