MEXICAN CUISINE

MEXICAN CUISINE

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Mexican cuisine owes its colours and its richness to its very fresh ingredients, many of which were unknown to us until Columbus discovered the Americas.

The familiar tomato, the pepper, with more than 60 varieties, the squash, the avocado, cashew and pecan nuts, cocoa, corn, pineapple, the potato, vanilla, and almost all the types of beans, are just some of the new foods which were discovered by the Europeans when they arrived in Mexico. Just imagine how bland our cuisine would be without them.

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But at the same time, it was the Spaniards who brought olive oil, rice, chickpeas, and especially, meat to the Americas - as well as recipes from the Mediterranean and North Africa.

Those recipes blended with those of the Aztecs and the Mayans, and later, were further enriched with ideas brought by other Europeans. And this was how today’s fabulous Mexican cuisine evolved.