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    Cooking Mexican With Love
    Cooking Mexican With Love
    Cooking Mexican With Love
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    Cooking Mexican With Love

    By Lucia Gabriela

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    Traditional Mexican food is one of the most delicious and popular food genres all across the world. Mexican foods have been nurtured and developed over the centuries to become a delightful and unique cuisine with ancient origins from the native Mayans to the Aztec Empire, the European settlers and beyond.
    Although many people love to eat Mexican food they are also somewhat cautious when it comes to trying out their culinary skills at home. Here's an essential guide to the ingredients, the varied cooking methods, the history and many recipes which you can prepare and enjoy at home, bringing an authentic Mexican flavor into your kitchen and to your table wherever you are. Mexican food is equally as great for dinner parties as it is for a quiet family meal. After you've learned some of the simple rules there really will be no stopping you!
     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLucia Gabriela
    Release dateSep 22, 2015
    ISBN9781513067711
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      Cooking Mexican With Love - Lucia Gabriela

      INTRODUCTION

      Traditional Mexican food is one of the most delicious and popular food genres all across the world. Mexican foods have been nurtured and developed over the centuries to become a delightful and unique cuisine with ancient origins from the native Mayans to the Aztec Empire, the European settlers and beyond.

      Although many people love to eat Mexican food they are also somewhat cautious when it comes to trying out their culinary skills at home. Here's an essential guide to the ingredients, the varied cooking methods, the history and many recipes which you can prepare and enjoy at home, bringing an authentic Mexican flavor into your kitchen and to your table wherever you are. Mexican food is equally as great for dinner parties as it is for a quiet family meal. After you've learned some of the simple rules there really will be no stopping you.

      Over the next few pages you will discover a little about the colorful history and traditions of the most popular Mexican foods, how the recipes vary from region to region, how to cook many of the tastiest recipes, which chili peppers are the hottest and how to prepare some of your favorite Mexican classics with a little less heat.

      Hopefully it will give you the necessary knowledge, insight and confidence to experiment and develop these recipes to suit your own tastes. From salsas to dips to main dishes, desserts and even traditional Mexican drinks, there really is no end to the diversity of these tastes.

      Enjoy!

      BRIEF HISTORY OF MEXICAN FOOD AND MEXICAN COOKING

      Mexican food has a long and distinct history, believed to have its origins with the Mayan Indians. The Mayan Indians were hunters and gatherers who ate a diet consisting of wild game, fish and tropical fruit as well as corn tortillas with a bean paste. This is where the story of Mexican food began, but it quickly moved on.

      By the mid 1300's there was a thriving Aztec Empire.  Many of these staple Mayan foods still made up a large part of the diet; however the recipes were diversified with an influx of newly discovered ingredients. It is around this time that it is believed a selection of new and exciting ingredients found their way into these recipes like honey, chili peppers, chocolate and salt. By this time some of the wild game like duck and turkey were kept domestically for food purposes.

      Spain invaded Mexico in 1521 and brought along many new influences into Mexican cooking. New livestock was introduced like pigs, cows and sheep. The Spaniards also introduced Mexico to other ingredients like garlic, dairy products and a plethora of herbs, spices and wheat. This is the time when the traditional Mayan Indian cuisine fused with other global influences like Caribbean, French, South American, Portuguese and West African. There is little wonder that Mexican food is so diverse with regional varieties of the most popular dishes.

      Traditional and Modern Methods of Cooking Mexican Food

      Early Mexican natives didn't have the luxury of hot ovens; their food was heated over an open fire with ceramic ware and cast iron skillets. Some of their food was steamed over the

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