There is no doubt that South American countries are far away. Strangely, those mysterious exhibits, including mummies and gold masks, seem close at hand, but they make me put my thoughts on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Peru to Mexico? For me, when the tenacious afterglow of Mayan civilization sprinkled on the South American continent, I could not tell each other apart.
The indigenous people of Mexico are Maya. Their ancient books wrote: yellow corn and white corn formed yellow pulp, corn dough was twisted into arms and legs, and our ancestors were made of corn.
Mexico is a country of corn, which is the god, belief, staple food and important cash crop of Mexico. In this country, corn is also an art of life. That taco made of tortillas is a good explanation, right? People eat for the sky? The truth.
1, Taco that cannot be rejected.
A good tower will not be rejected by anyone.
Corn flour and flour are made into rich fragrance, soft or hard skin, and wrapped with all the ingredients at hand, such as mashed potatoes, beans, pork and fried rice.
All-encompassing bread
After a pile of tacos is served, squeeze lemon juice and pour the sauce with various spices. Diners must personally open the food they are about to enjoy.
You can pay attention to your posture when eating the tower. For some Mexicans, eating the tower has been regarded as a ritual. And we may not have to be so particular about it, but when we are holding a tower full of meat, vegetables and sauces and preparing to go abroad for a taste, we should be careful not to let the juice flow out.
Tower is the most common food in Mexico. It seems that there is a foreign fast food that specializes in similar burritos. But it is far from spreading this Mexican flavor to a household name. It's simple. If I don't say taco here, but just call it Taco, you don't know what it is. Think of it as a place name, or even some mysterious ceremony of the Mayans.
The taste of tacos is ever changing.
In the hearts of a thousand Mexicans, there will be more than 10 thousand tortillas. This is why a tortilla that we once called coarse grains can make hundreds of millions of people never tire of eating it. Bread, stuffing and sauce match perfectly. What troubles can't be solved by one tower? If so, let's try another one!
The basic tower can have the following models.
Shepherd tacos
The chef pickled the fat and thin pork and piled it on the giant barbecue grill, made a string of pork weighing several hundred kilograms and carried it to the charcoal fire for roasting.
The aroma of meat on the flame is like the smoke in Mexico City, and it is everywhere.
Shepherd Tower often puts a few pineapples on the kebabs that can be roasted. After cutting the meat as thin as possible and spreading it on the crust, the chef in the back kitchen will swish twice over his head with the same big knife, and the pineapple piece will fall on the tortilla in the other hand, making the whole movement smooth and natural.
Add coriander and onion as you like and pile them on tortillas. Isn't the freshly baked sheep tower a bit like a cake?
Shepherd tacos
Canitas
Canitas is also a kind of taco featuring pork. It emphasizes cooking pork with pig's own oil. Fry in oil pan 180℃ first, lock the gravy, then stew in the pan at 80℃ for two hours, and add lard residue to increase the crispy taste when eating.
Asada
Asada is beef tacos. This may be the weight of a whole steak you can eat in a restaurant. Cut it into small pieces and eat it in a cake bag. But in general, you may have too much meat to wrap it up.
Babachia
The mutton Taco Babakoa is wrapped with local agave leaves, stuffed into a pit, steamed for 8- 16 hours, and the roasted lamb chops can be taken out with a slight turn.
Gravy flows out from the cracks in the agave leaves, and the final destination is the soup pot with spices that has already been placed at the bottom of the pit. The trickle finally gathers into a big pot of soup that is enough to soothe the soul.
2. The history of burritos
What makes the tower diverse is its. Multiple sources. Ancient Indian civilization and Mayan civilization are intertwined with the culture brought by Spanish colonists in this land.
Over the years, people who like corn flour and people who like wheat flour have gone from disagreement to existence. Taco also learned genes from Turkey, Lebanon, Greece and other places, and became the first choice food for many people.
According to textual research, the earliest appearance of tortillas can be traced back to BC 1000-500, when this kind of corn product with certain ductility was regarded as a kind of? Edible spoon? It can not only carry food, but also become food itself, which is very similar to the function of Taco today.
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But according to research, has it really been created? Tacos? The term "silver miners" refers to18th century Mexican silver miners. At that time, a drug used by miners was also called. Tacos? Paper, wrapped in gunpowder, stuffed into the wall, lit and detonated the mine. Take a closer look, the tortillas in your hand are really similar to the rough explosives made on the spot.
For a long time, tortillas were the most popular circulating products of the working class.
The development of light industry in Mexico has brought a large number of female immigrants. These women may come empty-handed, but they know their cooking skills with different regional flavors and have settled here.
Strong-flavored stoves have been built, and Mexican food culture has taken root in the most popular restaurants.
Taco branch
By the beginning of the 20th century, Taco had also migrated to the United States with Mexicans, and gradually went to the world. Taco's description first appeared in an American newspaper at 1905.
At that time, Mexicans worked as miners and railway workers in the United States, and the food they brought was given the image of the street and the bottom.
During the holiday, a group of people are called. Pepper queen? Some women push trolleys in Los Angeles to earn some extra money by selling this snack.
Just like Americans today, they thought Mexico was dangerous. The pepper queen is like some dangerous samples in Mexico. You can go there to buy and enjoy tacos without being robbed.
Its only wonderful thing is spicy, which was used in newspapers at that time? A poisonous snake kiss? To describe the taste of Taco. At this time, the same hot pepper queens constitute the exotic atmosphere on the streets of Los Angeles at night, which has an unspeakable attraction.
For Mexico, Taco is not just a food, it represents too much meaning. As precious as Peru's golden mask. If you have the chance to go to Mexico, you must try the civilization on the tip of your tongue.