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True, authentic & traditional Mexican food history and influences

Many cultures around the world eat because they get hungry. Mexican people eat because they love to! Mexico’s varied climate lends its people to enjoying various spicy dishes that are bright and colorful. Mexican food has largely been adapted in other countries but may not always be authentic; much of what is commonly thought of as Mexican food is, in reality, simply Tex-Mex with lots of ground beef and nacho cheese sauce. For instace, nachos and fajitas are not common dishes eaten throughout Mexico but are wildly popular “Mexican food” in other places. True Mexican dishes might be  pozole, barbacoa, menudo and carnitas. Seafood, or mariscos, is often food all over Mexico but is especially well-liked in the areas bordering on the Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez. Shrimp (camarones), fish (pescado), and lobster (longosta) are all to be found in common Mexican-food dishes.