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Originally Posted by LWJ

Sean's query on pizza touched a nerve with me. A good one. I am passionate about pizza. Truly.

But Mexican food? It is almost religion. And I don't know crap about it.

I can make fair fish and chicken tacos. I can make good pinto beans. I can assemble a tasty (American) burrito bowl.

But none of this compares with some of the mind blowing food I have had in the occasional Mexican joints.

So Brain Trust, give me a data dump. Tell me about Mexican food. What are some tips. Recipes? Let me have it.

Mexican food covers a huge range of types of foods and ingredients compared to what most Americans think of as Mexican food. Mexican food from the coast will feature lots of seafood. Mexican food from the south will likely feature a lot more fruits and vegetables (since it's tropical with lots of rain) than the food from the northern interior where there's a very different climate.

And I think a lot of the food that we get in the US is probably a bit different from what Mexicans in Mexico eat. I suspect it's similar to the "Chinese" food that you get in the US (although I suspect American-Mexican is probably closer to Mexican than American-Chinese is to real Chinese).