SC - RE: OOP Question about Tamales

[Decker, Terry D.]

Actually, you're talking about Mexican peasant food which was derived from
the local Indian diet and later became the infamous Tex-Mex, of which
variants are found all over the US.  Most of it is bland.  But many of the
meat dishes are highly seasoned, cooked seperately and added to the bland
food in the desired quantity just before serving.  True Tex-Mex seems to go
for all of the fire and none of the flavor.

Mexican haute cuisine is Spanish with a lot of French overtones.  I
occasionally prepare some of these recipes and many people are surprised to
find out it is Mexican.

Bear

> One of the things about "meal" Mexican food that most people don't
> understand, is that the food itself is usually fairly bland- it's the
> condiments themselves which are hot, and give real Mexican food their
> warmth. Of course, you're mostly talking about Texican food here, and
> we all know, that if a Texican gets his hands on anything, it has to
> be twice as big and bad as anything else ;-) Just look at Stefan and
> Gunthar ;-)
> 
> Phlip