Diet In Mexican Spanish
Our interest here is connecting what was eaten in the prehispanic world of the aztec empire and what is eaten daily in mexico.
Diet in mexican spanish. We have all heard and read about the mediterranean diet which seems to be so popular in newspapers magazines and especially diet books spain is one of more than a dozen countries on the mediterranean sea enjoying lots of sunshine. The degradation of diet quality that occurs as hispanic americans become acculturated into the mainstream u s. When the spanish explorers landed in mexico they introduced livestock including cattle sheep pigs goats and chickens. Population occurs in the context of improvements in rather than degradation of economic status.
Hunted adding wild turkey rabbit deer and quail to their vegetarian diet. Thus the mexican diet was designed to reflect traditional diets in mexico dating back to pre hispanic foods hispanic foods introduced by spaniards and foods consumed in mexico up to the 1940s i e before westernization. But the reality is mexico has a rich culinary tradition much of it coming out of hundreds or even thousands of years of history. For example first generation mexican american women despite being of lower.
Therefore spanish food contains a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables grains and nuts a huge selection fish from the atlantic and mediterranean as. Corn and beans the most common ingredients in mexican cuisine are relatively inexpensive and can be bought in large quantities. Most of mexico s typical food does not include the burritos tacos and nachos with lots of toppings and ingredients like most americans are used to.