Is mexican food just the same ingredients arranged differently on a plate?

[purplepoppy]

Is it just a case of folding a tortilla in a slightly different way? Is it a case of the kitchen just having a couple of pots of meat then the chef just arranges the same ingredients differently on each plate?

[MrOracle]

Well, there's a degree of truth to that, sure. There are maybe 50 pre-cooked or pre-prepared ingredients that are on the assembly table that most dishes are made out of. There may also be a grill for cooking certain meat to-order, but the bulk of the items are made from the pre-prepared foods, and there are probably 200 different dishes that can be made from those items even before you take customer-requested customizations into account.

But, you could say the same about many other kinds of foods: Chinese or Italian, for example. Each have their own "pallet" of foods that make up their dishes.

[Lliam]

It's so funny that you said that because I've said the same thing for years.
Of course, I was talking about Americanized Mexican food, which is as generic as McDonalds. If you actually go to Mexico, they have some really good food.

Wait a minute, do they have Mexican food in Wales? What is it, Taco Bell?

[purplepoppy]

Never been to a taco bell, not sure if their in uk. I can think of two mexican places but neither are great.

[Lliam]

I just assumed that Taco Bell was an international chain like McDonalds that had franchises everywhere from Jakarta to Oslo. It's Americanized Mexican fast food.

I had goat meat tacos in Mexico. I'll bet mutton tacos would rock. Yummmm! I can't help wondering what Welsh salsa would be like, though. Hahaha

[drsatan]

Isn't that the same for all food and even life, when you really get down to it?

Just the same old electrons and atoms, pulsing and spinning or whatever the hell it is they do, just slightly rearranged to make different versions of the same old crap.

[torken]

Haha sure, but isn't most genre's of food?

Like, Asian food is rice, meat, and the same veggies

Italian is pasta, tomatoes, meat, cheese

German is potato, onion, meat

American is meat, bread, potato

[meesegoMoo]

In 3/4 of the ones you named you listed ingredients native to the Americas. Literally most of that didn't exist when tacos had already been eaten for a thousand-ish years.

Pretty cool.

[torken]

@meesegoMoo I listed 3...

[meesegoMoo]

Asian, 1
Italian 2
German 3
American 4

I hope I didn't break your counter.

[Twalli]

Legitimate Mexican food is unique. Taco Bell, Chipotle, Qdoba or other chain restaurants that claim to serve mexican food don't count.

[AynonOMouse]

They use shredded beef and non Mexican food, like Taco Bell uses ground beef instead. That is the major difference.

[COMMODOREII]

Its based on what chile you use. Thats what changes it. Lol

[EstevanMadrid898]

No it's different kinda it's like comparing it Italian food and I say that because am Spanish, Spanish is the closest

[Anonymous]

If you ask me, everything is the same thing until further notice.

[SuccessfulHornDog]

Yes, it absolutely is

[Walrus_au]

Some of the ratios vary a bit, but more or less

[Razal]

Nope, the ingredients are really different

[Texaskid1]

In a nut shell yes.

[ChefPapiChulo]

wow you're racist