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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