Real Mexican, not Tex Mex

[ImissWallyPryor]

My middle school daughter is having a Mexican fiesta day at school, and she wants to bring some real Mexican food to the party. She told me what the other kids were bringing, and I made the mistake of saying that all that stuff was really Tex Mex. I suggested queso made with real Mexican cheese, and she responded, "But, Dad, you said tortilla chips were Tex Mex

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She likes pico de gallo. Is that Mexican or Tex Mex?

Does anyone have a suggestion that's both easy and likely to appeal to 13 y.o. midwesterners?

 

[digitalhorn]

Pico de gallo is prominent throughout N. Mexico and S. Texas..it's the genuine thing.

You can get by with a Mexican cheese melted in a corn tortilla too! These quesadillas are common in Mexico.

 

[DeadHeadHorn]

Enchiladas?

Seriously, who doesn't love enchiladas?

 

[ImissWallyPryor]

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[Smoky Brisket]

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[CaboWabo]

tacos de bistek con cebolla y cilantro.

 

[earl77]

 

[earl77]

It's not easy, and it probably wouldn't appeal to 13 year olds, but the above cabeza de cabrito is real Mexican.

 

[Thunderhoof]

Cabo has it.

On little corn tortillas, of course.

I lived on that for three months in Puebla back in college.

 

[ImissWallyPryor]

earl77 is the early favorite in my book, but probably not in my daughter's opinion.

I would pay to see the reaction of some of her friends when the dish is uncovered.

 

[earl77]

My lovely, petite mexicana wife ordered this at restaurant La Fogata in Nuevo Progresso, and then proceeded to remove the brains out of a little crack in the skull using a fork and ate them on a corn tortilla with a little salsa. My gringo friends in attendence from North Carolina almost fainted!

 

[kangsta]

what is the beast? a cow? a pig? chupacabra?

 

[utexas_61]

i eat almost anything, but i dont know if i could eat meat and brain off of a skull. at least not sober

 

[Macanudo]

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[blkshoes]

i like the mexican soda idea. dude, its middle school, the kids would probably prefer mcdonalds to any of these suggestions. dont go crazy fancy.

 

[SAChick]

It's not just any goat, it's a baby goat. Saw a few of those sacraficed growing up. My grandpa would then leave the head on a nail on the back patio to dry out. mmm...memories.

As for true Mexican you could try Mole. It's fairly easy just make sure you use the Dona Maria brand.

 

[OrangeBlooded]

young goat

 

[jmrob93]

Queso fundido or flameado-- about the same thing

baked asadero cheese-- usually with chorizo

cuta piece and eat in a corn tortilla

a friend of mine in El Paso told me muenster is a good sub-- I tried it-- fooled me

 

[BrûléeOrange]

Rick Bayless is known for his research of authentic Mexican cuisine and recipe books.

Authentic Mexican

 

[NickDanger]

Isn't a young goat properly called a kid?

 

[gsoda3]

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[CTGA_Horn]

that picture brings back memories - blocked memories of "El Rey de Cabrito" in Monterrey.

 

[MGS]

Coca Cola with real sugar in it.

 

[SMDhorn]

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[Orangesweat]

Chorizo.

 

[PipFunatUT]

i thought educated people (which, yes i would call most Mexicans, especially those in America who would be married to a poster) stopped eating brains awhile ago with all those nasty little prion...

 

[earl77]

If you've ever had a gordita de picadillo made by a little abuelita at a roadside stand in south Texas, then you've eaten real Mexican food.

 

[Bookman]

Is menudo Mexican or Tex Mex?

 

[crazyhornsfan]

You could always make chicharron.

 

[pulque]

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