Depends which Mexicans you're taking to. My husband's family pan fries their corn tortillas when making tacos. Maybe Mexicans will disown them for living on the wrong side of the border for too long but white people sure as hell don't claim them either. Mexicans in the border area (both sides) have different takes on "authentic" Mexican dishes than people further south. Another example is stacked enchiladas (also with fried tortillas if GMIL was cooking) vs rolled.
Michoacan ILs and it's totally different with them.
Apparently Tex-Mex is not authentic Tex-Mex because it's not authentic Mexican!
As an authentic Tex-Mex (i.e. native Texan, born to and raised by a Mexican mother) I say you just enjoy that delicious fried goodness. There is room at my table for all tacos!
Which is why I said they are authentic Tex-Mex. It's a cuisine. It has authentic dishes. It has its own version of tacos.
Which is just the Americanized version of a taco.
That's kind of an oversimplification of Tex-Amex, though. There is actual writing on this topic out there (see Robb Walsh). Go to any good taqueria in Dallas or Houston or San Antonio, and what you'll get will be Tex-Mex, but it will be pretty different than what you get in most places in the Midwest or the East Coast. Trust me, I've been on a decade-plus search for decent Tex-Mex outside Texas.
Authentic Tex-Mex is a thing, and it is amazing, and I will not feel shamed for eating Tex-Mex tacos! Texas forever! (Wait, is Tim Riggins around?)
Apparently Tex-Mex is not authentic Tex-Mex because it's not authentic Mexican!
As an authentic Tex-Mex (i.e. native Texan, born to and raised by a Mexican mother) I say you just enjoy that delicious fried goodness. There is room at my table for all tacos!
I'm also a Jumex.
This is also raises a good point. Mexico is a big country with lots of regions. It's not like there is one definitive Mexican versions of things. After all, look at the regional arguments that we have over the most quintessential American food - barbecue.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Frying the tortillas and rolling them all is kinda time consuming. Also, the amount of oil that goes into a single batch of enchiladas is a little horrifying when you start breaking it down.
Use my MILs method. Stick a small stack in a plastic bag with a bit of water and nuke for 10-20 seconds. Soft enough to roll, no oil. The fried flavor is covered by sauce anyway. Pay no attention to microwaved plastic toxins. Her parents were both born in Mexico so it must be authentic ;-)
LOL. And all the Mexicans I know tell you to never microwave tortillas.
Um I need to know why. I get people not liking certain foods but I need to know.
I don't like the taste or the texture. And yes, I've had good ones. They were tolerable, as in I could handle a few bites. But I wouldn't say I liked them.
Can of cream of mushroom soup and frozen spinach with pace picante sauce is the white person version.
I'm sorry. What did you say? What is this? How does this even happen? This is not real. Seriously, this is making me gag a little.
I mean, spinach is all watery and stuff, and IMO, better raw. Collards are hearty and have an earthy taste. Like, why would you ever try to pass them off as greens. Yes, they are a green vegetable, but that's about it.
Speaking of collards, the natural foods type store here, had a guy selling vegetarian greens in a glass jar that were actually really good. I almost bought a jar, if not for the price.
I love greens. Collards, sweet potato, beet, malibar, mustard, turnip... yum! And do you know why? Because pig. Every way I cook those greens has got smokey piggy goodness all up in that pot.
I don't like the taste or the texture. And yes, I've had good ones. They were tolerable, as in I could handle a few bites. But I wouldn't say I liked them.
Do you eat any greens? I have a few foods I can't eat due to texture.