In what ways is Mexican food different here in the US than what it is in Mexico?

Question

I've heard that it is spicier in Mexico. To be honest, I've always wondered about whether or not rice is a common side dish in Mexico too. Am I wrong? What else is different?

Answer 1

Rice is very common in dishes all over the world. When i went to Mexico to visit some family alot of what we ate were fruits, tamales, corn, eggs, and seafood. It wasnt like tacos and burritos but they do eat those things in Mexico also. But just aLOT of fruit eggs rice beans and corn

Answer 2

My neighbor just came back from Veracruz for the 1st time. She said that they killed a chicken one night for dinner and roasted it outside, another night they picked fresh fish and grilled that outside. As side dishes she said they ate alot of tomatoes and avocados and tortillas. She said that the open air markets carried everything from fresh sliced pineapples and mangoes as well as ceviche, which she said she didn't care for because it was made primarily of clams. She basically seemed like she enjoyed it...and said her host family treated her like royalty even on their strained budget.

Answer 3

it depends on where you go in Mexico. in the Yucatan, there is a lot of seafood like ceviche. We dared to eat food from an open market there and got sick. luckily it was our last day there

Answer 4

i have always been told that true mexican food is rather bland, the mexican food you are getting in the states is southwestern cusine or sonoran, which tends to be alittle spicer

Answer 5

Americans are more lazy and use canned tomatoes and peppers which make the dish taste a lot different.  and yes they eat a lot of rice but mainly tortillas.  In the US people always try to find the easiest and fastest ways to cook which makes the dishes lose the good taste that authentic mexican dishes have.  When I cook I never use anything canned, even beans. No , mexican food is not bland at all, they love spices and peppers.

Answer 6

Food in Mexico is regionally based, the same as the United States. Different cultures in different areas eat different dishes.

Answer 7

viva mexico

Answer 8

In Mexico rice isn't a side dish, it is eaten before the main course. Often in restaurants you'll have a choice between soup or a "sopa seca" (literally dry soup) which is either pasta or rice. This will then be followed by the main course... almost always a stewed meat in a hot pepper (chile) sauce of some kind, or perhaps a breaded and fried filet, or grilled meat. Always served with tortillas on the side.

The beans often come after the main course.

Answer 9

YES MEXICANS MOSTLY USE RICE AS A SIDE ALSO BEANS AND THE BIGGEST PART YOU CANT MISS ARE TORTILLAS. AND SOME LIKE MY FATHER CANT EAT WITH OUT A HOT PEPPER.

Answer 10

Yeah,rice is common, beans too, there are a lot of different dishes in Mexico, it depends on the state, southern food has more variety, but it's not too healthy almost everything is fried, but is good!, in the northern area there's more dishes including grilled meat, in the US the food doesn't taste like there at all, in the US they sell you something with rice and beans with hot sauce and they tell you it's Mexican, and Taco Bell? their food sucks, there's nothing Mexican in it., first of all in Mexico tacos are soft not crispy.  my  favorite food: Yucatan food, that's delicious, and Monterrey food is also delicious.

Answer 11

A lot of Americanized Mexican chain restaurants in the U.S. make their food more palatable for Americans and what they are used to. In Mexico, there are a lot more seafood dishes. It's not just burritos and tacos, and yes, the cuisine tends to be spicier because Mexican palates are accustomed to it.

Answer 12

In Mexico, corn tortillas are hands down the most popular. Flour tortillas are mostly popular with people from Northern Mexico and Mexican Americans. The food is usually fresh, pretty much the only canned food are chiles in vinegar. You wont find hard tortilla shells, hard tacos are made by deep frying a soft taco but those arent as common as the non-fried soft taco variety. You also have many more different types of salsas in Mexico that can give the same dish a different flavor.

Answer 13

In my Spanish class, I learned that in the United States ground beef is frequently used in Mexican dishes; whereas, in Mexico, they don't use ground beef nearly as much.  Over there they use cow's brain, tongue and other parts.  Nonetheless, I was told that it is seasoned so well that a person can hardly taste the difference, it just has a different texture.

Another common dish over there is plantains

Answer 14

its spicier and a lot more greasy. i love mexican im part hispanic adn grew up mainly on mexican food but my mom would use Pam or regular oil instead of manteca (lard) so the food wouldnt stick and it was healthier i went to mexico once for spring break and ate at this truely authentic hole in the wall type taqeria and i got so sick after not because of the spicey but because it was so greasy