Tamale

“Taco or Burrito!!! Can’t decide on which one then eat them both”. In this paper we will discover the origin of the taco and the mighty burrito. How the Chili Queens became the sexually alluring creature that they are. How the Taco became a Friday night ritual and how the culinary tourism promotes Mexican food. The origin of the taco dates back to the 19th century and the Silver mines. Many people believed that the Spanish word taco could be associated to the silver mines. Miners would call it…

them. They celebrate Los Tres Reyes in January. Instead of only having the traditional Christmas turkey and ham along with dressing, gravy, and all the fixings. Hispanic children in multicultural, bilingual families also enjoy the custom of making tamales, mole, pozole and Pastel de Tres leche (three milk cake) that is part of their Hispanic culture. Just as the traditional southern American family's children and Hispanic family's children celebrate Halloween, the Hispanic families also…

consists of dressing up like a redneck cowboy, delicious food and dancing the quadrilha. When it comes to the traditional Festa Junina parties, food is the center of attention. Most of the dishes have corn such as Roasted corn, corn bread and corn tamales. Canjica, which is a thick dessert corn pudding, is also very popular. There is a huge variety of desserts from things such as pe-de-moleque which is a type of peanut brittle. Chup-chup which is a homemade popsicle that is great to beat off…

There are many different cultures in the world and it would be too difficult to try to explain all of them. I know that the only way that I could explain a culture is to explain one that I already know well enough. Mexican culture is a culture that is closely related to me because my family comes directly from Mexico. My parents have greatly influenced my Mexican culture. Mexican culture has a wide variety of festivities, foods, traditions, and dances. Important holidays celebrated in Mexico…

All my life I’ve been asked to describe myself. I always replied with the answers I assumed were “right” and “impressive”, words such as, outgoing, and intelligent, but those words don’t describe me. Words don’t describe me, actions do. You learn more about a person by observing how they act and what they participate in than they could ever try to explain. I was always the kid in class who finished all her work and excelled on all the tests. I was eventually labeled the nerd but I enjoyed being…

I remember the day when my mother dropped me off at the front door of my pre-school class- the welcoming teachers who were extra tender, the vibrant wall decorations, and the clueless children who were dominantly from Mexican heritage, but the image that strikes me most is of me hugging my Guatemalan mother’s leg, telling me “Todo ba estar bien mijio.”(“everything will be fine, son.” “Ba” is informal spanish for “va”) In Thompson's web article “Five Reasons Why People Code Switch”, He…

eat our specialty foods. Although I was born here my parents are from Central America, so in my family we celebrate holidays as my parents would in their country. For Thanksgiving we don’t have a turkey but instead have pupusas, panes con pollo, tamales and for dessert: arroz con leche, empanadas de platano, and pan dulce. Thanksgiving is…

During the summer between my junior and senior year of high school, I realized I am Mexican. On one side of my family my grandparents are completely white but on the other side my grandparents are 100% Mexican. I grew up making tamales at Christmas and I learned about my culture. My grandparents who were born in Mexico came to the United States by walking across the border. I admired my grandparents’ strength and courage and they helped me understand the idea of The American Dream. As I grew up,…

Peering over the ridge at 7,192 feet, a violent gust of wind nearly knocked me off my feet. Four miles of hiking had all culminated in this view. From the top of North Franklin Mountain, the individual aspects of my home – El Paso - appeared small in comparison to the vast city below me. Even the border fence was rendered invisible from such a vantage point. This community, with its intersection of cultures and countries, showed me how to think, developed my open mind, and shaped my compassion.…

The sight of several advanced Amerindian Civilizations: Including The Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Maya, and Aztec. Mexico was conquered and colonized by Spain, in the early 16th centenary. Administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain for three centuries, it achieved its independence early in the 19th century. From 1519 the Spaniards absorbed the native peoples into Spain’s vast colonial empire, and fused Mexico’s long-established Mesoamerican civilization with European culture. Perhaps nothing…