Re: [CH] Re: Mexican heat (was law)
Rich McCormack (macknet@pacbell.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 08:39:21 -0800
Alex Silbajoris wrote:
> In contrast, near my place, there was a restaurant named Guadalajara that
> marketed its foods as _not_ hot, like real Mexican food isn't full of heat
> all the time. Who knows, maybe it's some regional thing.
The subject of "intentionally incendiary" Mexican food came up
recently on a Mexican food newsgroup. In fact, I brought the subject
up myself. I was trying to think of some authentic Mexican food
that had the heat cooked into it during the preparation process.
I couldn't think of any. The consensus was that ethnic Mexican food
isn't spicy-hot, heat is added from hot sauces, salsas, and other
condiments offered on the side. I generally agree.
This doesn't mean that heat can't be included in the preparation
of Mexican food, I do all the time. It just means that authentic
Mexican food isn't typically chile-head hot.
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