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How to Spot Authentic Mexican Food
Eat in OC ^ | August 25, 2016

Posted on 08/27/2016 10:13:28 AM PDT by EveningStar

There are over 38,000 Mexican restaurants across the United States. Mexican food is the most popular international cuisine in the U.S., representing 42% of all ethnic food sales. It’s represented on the menus of one in every 10 restaurants in the United States. With so many Mexican restaurants to choose from, the real question becomes how to spot authentic Mexican food.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Society; Travel
KEYWORDS: authentic; food; mexicanfood
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To: RightField
When I moved to Florida from San Diego in 2005 I asked my new neighbors if there were any good Mexican food restaurants in town...

Are you in S. Fla? And you want Mexican instead of Cuban ???

Cuban Si', Mexican No.

Sorry, I'm not into the 'heat'. Don't want to blast off the toilet the next morning.
Warmth is ok but keep the heat.

141 posted on 08/27/2016 2:42:41 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Mears
I hate Mexican food.

I'm pretty close behind you. Can't see the fawning over it. Same stuff, different wrapper, and HOT.
No thanks.

My son took me to a place on the N. side of Dallas called Anamias's.
Gotta be Tex-Mex because I liked it. About once or twice a year I get the urge for Tex-Mex.

142 posted on 08/27/2016 2:48:32 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: mylife

I love “Ariba” salsa, but it’s hard to find:

http://www.ribafoods.com/classic-reds.html


143 posted on 08/27/2016 2:52:16 PM PDT by JohnnyP (A minuscule percent of donations are distributed as aid.)
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To: EveningStar
los pollos hermanos breaking bad
144 posted on 08/27/2016 3:12:47 PM PDT by Jed Eckert (Trump/Pence ***Make America Great Again***)
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To: JohnnyP

Tejieras Slim has sent many good salsa shipments to the Texas Cowboy Crew from New Mexico, I recall one called Sadies?


145 posted on 08/27/2016 3:24:51 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: JohnnyP

My brother makes 2 flavors ,one I have dubbed Holy Chipolte and the other, Snake Venom.


146 posted on 08/27/2016 3:31:41 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Jamestown1630

Of those four, Cholula. But I’ve almost stopped eating hot sauce entirely in favor of Pace’s hottest Picante salsa.


147 posted on 08/27/2016 3:37:33 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The trouble is, you think you have time.)
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To: JohnnyP

Sadie’s is seriously good.

http://www.sadiessalsa.com/


148 posted on 08/27/2016 3:39:06 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: miss marmelstein

It’s moving North. The largest US per capita consumption of jalapeno peppers was Atlanta, and that was thirty years ago.


149 posted on 08/27/2016 3:42:11 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The trouble is, you think you have time.)
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To: petitfour

I like the kind with cheese. I don’t think I’d like the meat ones. I tried making them once, but I couldn’t get the Abuela’s sauce the same ;-)

-JT


150 posted on 08/27/2016 3:42:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: sparklite2

Is the Pace REALLY hot? My husband can never find things like this that are hot enough for him.


151 posted on 08/27/2016 3:44:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: sparklite2

Oh, no!!!! It’s already all over NYC and NJ. In NJ, we have endless Mexican groceries for all the welfare families holed up in awful housing here.

The groceries are interesting if you like 400 kinds of chiles.


152 posted on 08/27/2016 3:48:37 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Jamestown1630

It’s the hottest of three varieties they make. Look for the red lid on the bottle.


153 posted on 08/27/2016 3:52:04 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The trouble is, you think you have time.)
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To: Dawgreg

This is terrible, but I really miss the old Patio and Swanson Mexican TV dinners. That was the first ‘Mexican’ I ever had, and as pitiful as I now realize it was, the tastes were a revelation to someone raised on the bland dough-and-fat of my Grandmother’s Southern cooking. The cheese enchiladas and the little pool of hot sauce were my favorite parts.

-JT


154 posted on 08/27/2016 3:57:17 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

I remember when the first taco bell hit NE Ohio.

I have lived close to the border for the past 30 years.

No mas taco bell


155 posted on 08/27/2016 4:05:48 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Paradox
We've got a really good New Mexico-style Sonoran restaurant chain here in Northern Virginia called Anita's. They've got a large menu of dishes. The owner (Anita) hails from NM, of course...
156 posted on 08/27/2016 4:15:08 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Trump is to the political class what Uber is to taxicab companies)
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To: MarkL

My favorite at strouds was the pan fried chicken . Now I have to make it at home . I saw they opened a restaurant in witchita . The one I use to go to was the original on troost Blvd. Was swallowed up by eminent domain .


157 posted on 08/27/2016 4:24:25 PM PDT by katykelly
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To: EveningStar

Do not go to chain “Mexican” restaurants. If you find a restaurant with a lot of illegals eating there, it will be good food and the price will be right. If the TV is tuned to a Spanish Station it will be good food.

If you can place your order in Spanish, the staff will be very good to you, particularly if you are a gringo like me. I grew up on the border.


158 posted on 08/27/2016 4:28:32 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND ROUGHNECK MUDMAN GEOLOGIST PILOT PHARMACIST LIBERTARIAN , CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: Jamestown1630

Best authentic Mexican Melting cheese is from Germany and is Menonita

http://www.cheese.com/menonita/


159 posted on 08/27/2016 4:35:54 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: EveningStar

I think the author is pretty close to the mark, but there are several regions of Mexican just as there are for Italian.

America is simply a new style.


160 posted on 08/27/2016 4:42:11 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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