ingliz wrote:@Tainari88
No, but I will eat it.
I will eat most things except tripe. And it's not that I haven't tried it. The rubbery texture in the mouth and a faint whiff of cow shit is a turn-off for me although some consider it a delicacy.
p.s. Yes, I know the haggis casing is technically tripe, but it's not expected you eat it.
You and I feel exactly the same about tripe. I agree with the reasons for not liking it. Interestingly one the dishes that are iconic to Mexican cuisine is made from cow's tripe. It is called Menudo.
I have always hated it. But the Mexicans say nothing is better for curing a hangover than Menudo.
No, thank you.
There were no cows before the Spanish brought cows to Mexico. No horses either. Sheep or domestic pigs either.
There were guajolotes. Turkeys in English. Or pavos in Spanish. Guajolote is the Nahuatl word for Turkey.
A very American bird.
A small list of Mexican origin foods or plants.
Today's food staples native to the land include corn (maize), turkey, beans, squash, amaranth, chia, avocados, tomatoes, tomatillos, cacao, vanilla, agave, spirulina, sweet potato, cactus, and chili pepper.
People often do not realize that diversity of everything is about pleasing the palate too. They think purity of anything is preferable. It is not. It is often the wrong approach to almost everything humans have accomplished in this world. Most port cities are about a lot of different ethnic groups trading, communicating and interacting to the point of creating a more flexible and adaptable civilization. The ideas of only one race, one ethnicity and one group having all the answers in the world without needing the others? Is false.
Many believe in false stuff. It is easier to deal with. Again, they want a neat package when the world of humans is messy.