mexican foods(history)

conquistadores arrived in Aztec,the people's diet consisted mostly of corn-based food with chilies and herbs, usually with beans and tomatoes. The conquistadores combined rice, beef, pork, chicken, wine, and garlic with the native foods of Mexico, including chocolate, maize, tomato, avocado, guava, papaya, pineapple,fish and turkey.Their happens to be a big difference between truly authentic Mexican food, and "Tex Mex" (Texan-Mexican) cuisine. Mexican cuisine combines with the cuisine of the southwest United States to form Cal-Mex and Tex-Mex cuisine.
While Mexican Restaurants can be found in almost any town throughout the United States, and in many cities around the world, restaurants outside the American Southwest often have nontraditional ingredients. Although we as americans enjoy the food just as mch if not more;Mexican foods such as Quesadillas have been compomised woth american style products which is ntot the way that they were intended to be made.Such as grated American-style cheese, "nacho" cheese or tomato-based sauce substitutes for Mexican chile-based sauces.

soul food

Soul food is mostly known to be the "black people" food. The foods that people usually associate as soul food are fried chicken, mac and cheese, mashed paotatoes, and cornbread. The soul food become popular when the word soul became used in connection with most things African American. The origins of soul food, however, are much older and can be traced back to Africa. Around the time of early African exploration, European explorers brought their own food supplies and introduced them into the African food. Foods such as turnips from Morocco and cabbage from Spain would play an important part in the history of African American cuisine.

spanish food history

Spanish cooking has popular roots. It is the people’s cuisine. Most of it is down-to-earth, uncomplicated food, based on the ingredients available locally or the crops grown.This is one of the reasons why cooking differs so much from region to region.
Many dishes are prepared today using the same cooking methods and ingredients as they were two or three hundred years ago. Other dishes sprung up from European and American influences and were adapted to the Spanish taste. One thing is for sure, food in Spain is fresh, abundant and full of taste and the Spanish love their food dearly.Their food consists pf olive oil, garlic, seafood, and various dairy products.Their especially known for theri rices and fragrant foods.