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Mexican Food

If you have a taste for adventure you’ll be well rewarded in Mexico; if not stick to a few simple and traditional dishes that are almost always excellent and not too spicy. You’ll find standards much higher than if you search the menus for something familiar.

Mexican cuisine has some superb rich or spicy dishes, but we recommend that you take it easy for the first few days until your stomach has grown accustomed to its new environment. Real Mexican food is quite unlike the dishes found in most Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants in other countries.

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Mexican Ingredients

The Mexican ingredients included here originated in Mesoamerica, and many still carry their original Nahuatl names, except cilantro that was brought to Mexico by the conquistadors. All these ingredients were part of the pre-Hispanic kitchen and are the basis of Mexican cuisine.

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