Introduction

Mexican food is a style of food that originated in Mexico.
Mexican cuisine is known for its intense and varied flavors,colorful decoration and its variety of spices.Mexican gastronomy,in terms of diversity of appealing tastes and textures,is one of the richest in the world in proteins,vitamins,and minerals,though it is characterized by some as excessively spicy.Most of today's Mexican cuisine is based on pre-hispanic traditions,including the Aztecs and Maya,combined with culinary trends introduced by Spanish colonists.Quesadillas,for example,are a flour or corn tortilla with cheese,beef,chicken,pork and so on.The indigenous part of this and many other traditional foods is the chile pepper.Foods like these tend to be very colorful because of the rich variety of vegetables and meats in Mexican food.There is also a sprinkling of Caribbean influence in Mexican cuisine,particularly in some regional dishes from the states of Veracruz and Yucatan.The French occupation of Mexico also yielded some influences as well:the bolillo,a Mexican take on the French roll,certainly seems to reflect this.Mexican food varies by region,because of local climate and geography and ethnic differences among the indigenous inhabitants and because these different populations were influenced by the Spaniards in varying degrees.The north of Mexico is known for its beef production and meat dishes;southeastern Mexico,on the other hand ,is known for its spicy vegetable and chicken-based dishes.Veracruz-style is a common method of preparing seafood.

THE SYMBOL OF MEXICAN KITCHEN:TORTILLA

Tortilla,takes its name from the Spanish word 'torta'that means 'round cake',is a little sized,thin and round wafer,made from corn or grain flour.It can be eaten in every meal instead of bread.It's the symbol of Mexican kitchen like the bread of Turks or the rice of the Chinese.Tortillas also used as pizza by decorating its top with various kinds of materials.Tortillas history is going back to 12000 years ago.According to Mayan legend,the first tortilla was made by a villager to satisfy the hunger of the king.Tortilla also can be eaten by filling inside various stuff and folding.So your tortilla gains new names and occurs in your plate as tamale,flauto,buritto or quessadilla by roasting the stuff inside it.

A MEXICAN KITCHEN CLASSIC:FAJITA

Fajita,originally means aspecial of a cow meat in Spanish;can be made from meat,chicken or shrimp.It serviced with meats,chicken,shrimp,vegetables that fried in hot pans,fried onions beside,guacamole and sour cream.This meat food eaten by rolling with tortillas.Cheese is not used in Fajitas.