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Tex-MexFood historians tell us that Tex-Mex cuisine originated hundreds of years ago when Spanish/Mexican recipes combined with Anglo Fare. Tex-Mex is a twentieth century phenomenon. Tex-Mex might be described as a native foreign food. It is really an adaptation of Mexican dishes by Texas cooks. They believe that Mexican foods might have been derived from the Mayan Indians. Spanish foods made the biggest influence for Mexican foods. When the Spanish invaded the Mexican, they introduced new things to Mexico like, sheep, pigs, and cows. Now they could make dairy products which was a big help.Tex-Mex is mainly found in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico. Tex-Mex is mainly there because it was originated really close to …show more content…

You can find Mexican food in the Northern part of Mexico, the North Pacific Coast, the Bajio, the South Pacific Coast, the Southern part of Mexico, the Gulf, and Central Mexico. Most of these places are near where it originated or it is where it originated, but that is why these are the places where Mexican food can be found. First off there is a main similarity that is well known and it is that they both might contain a kind of meat. Another similarity is that they both use veggies in most of their dishes. All people might eat them, so Hispanic people might eat Tex-mex food, and another Hispanic person might eat Mexican food.The main differences between Tex-Mex and Mexican food will be described below. One of them is that people put ground beef into enchiladas first and that changed a lot of what we eat now. Then, these ingredients were all used: beef, yellow cheese (like cheddar), wheat flour, black beans, canned vegetables (especially tomatoes), and cumin. Most of the time you will find a tortilla wrapped with wheat, but with Mexican food, it is maize that is used.You can find these types of food at Taco Bell, On The Border, Roscoe’s Tacos, Caliente Mexican

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