What role does food play in Mexican culture?
[2023-11-29 13:00:22]
Food is indispensable for social gatherings. We are not like chips and drinks, which means that everyone is wasted at regular parties, my friends and I always throw them away. This is a dish made with meat, ham, pepper, sausage made metal disc (named discada). Tortilla always gets hot whenever you are hungry, you just have to go over the disc and drink your own tacos
(There is no generalization, I do not know if this is common in all parts of Mexico, but it is common in Chihuahua)
The most social place among our families is the kitchen and dining table. Usually the living room is next to the restaurant. In many cases, there is not enough room for everyone to eat. When no one can eat, the living room is dead.
Most of our friends are trying to eat something. We will not go home until good night by a Takco (or tlacoyo / queca / torta) booth. To prepare food is another social way, and even better, it takes a lot of time if it is a complicated dish, even if it is not a Mexican cuisine
Many cultures are food-centered and Mexican culture is one of them. RosaforDíadeReyes, Menudo for hangover, Tamarez for holiday, Chile En Nogada for holiday, Romeritos and Cod for Christmas, Cabrito with wedding and baptism, and more original and adaptive cuisine , Original and improved traditional dishes from all over the country
Also, do you know that some northern / border cities began celebrating Thanksgiving? The relationship between our culture and food is similar to this, but there are more excuses to celebrate and to eat.
Since Spain colonized in Mexico in the 16th century, people who speak Spanish live in North America and Mexicans have always played an important role in the culture and history of the continent of Africa. The first Thanksgiving is held in New Mexico or El Paso, the first university in North America was founded in Mexico City, the first printing press in the continent of Africa arrived in Mexico in 1538. , Printed in New England more than a century ago
The Mexican national Mestjazier identity played a role in eliminating African people's contribution to Mexican food, music, dance, and religious practices. In 1640, colonial Mexico (New Spain) had the second largest slave African population in the Western Hemisphere and the largest free African population. Slave trade in Mexico in 1829 was abolished (it was approved in Texas) but the population of Africa, formerly enslaved, continued to increase significantly due to people's freedom. Elite Spaniards are shocked by the African community, indigenous peoples and other Spanish relationships, and use African heritage as the lowest level of the racial hierarchy, while using a mixed-blooded identity as a model of racial superiority We established a casting system placed on. Therefore, it has become a descendant of native and Spanish, focusing on Spanish and "real Mexican"
Tlaloc has been around half a century since conquering Mexico, but still plays a role in the formation of Mexican culture. In Coatlinchan, the huge Tlaloc statue continues to play an important role in shaping local culture even after that statue has been transferred to Mexico City. In Coatlinchan people are still celebrating the statue of Tlaloc, so some local residents are still trying to worship him and local municipalities also built a replica of the original statue. Many residents of Coatlinchan are related to Tlaloc statues. And they associate themselves with the patron saints and associate them with the image as residents of Tlaloc town. Tlaloc plays a particularly important role in Coatlinchan's life, but God plays an important role in forming Mexican identity. Tlaloc and other Spanish former features are essential to create Mexican general Mexican identity