mexican chorizo is more like a flavored oil. something you melt to cook other things in it..like eggs.
spanish chorizo is a smoked leaner product. actual sausage. (great on a salad
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you dont want to really mess this up when you are making some dishes...i watch a stoner put a mexican sausage in a hot dog bun and eat it..he barely warmed it, and ate it. good lord.