How Do You Eat Authentic Mexican Cuisine?
With Americanized variations like Cal-Mex and Tex-Mex, it’s a challenge to judge how authentic a Mexican restaurant is. The cuisine began with ingredients such as maize, tomato, squash and beans but was modified by Spanish additions like rice, garlic, onions and meats. Style varies by region, with northern Mexico being strong in meat dishes and the southeast preferring heavily seasoned food. Use tortillas as the base of your Mexican meal. Both corn and flour tortillas are an authentic part of the cuisine. Traditional corn tortillas are handmade, thicker than mass produced ones and served warm. Enjoy a Mexican breakfast of eggs, refried beans and corn tortillas. Add guacamole, dating back to the Aztecs, with mashed avocado, tomato and a little salt. Look for dishes with chicken, beef and pork in Mexican restaurants. Seafood can also sometimes appear on the menu but is authentic only to certain parts of Mexico, like Veracruz. Eat beans with your meal. They preceded meat dishes in Mexican
