[Aztlan] Mexican cuisine

[Nick Hopkins]

What is known as "Mexican" food over most of the US is "Tex-Mex,"  
northern Mexican cuisine as it developed in Texas, with adaptations  
to new beans (pintos), cheeses (Cheddars), etc., and new appetites  
(meat-eating Texans).  It has become a genre of its own.  In fact,  
the saying in Texas used to be "You just can't get good Mexican food  
in Mexico."

What I miss most in this cuisine is the soups!  They are among the  
best items on the menu in Mexico, but you almost never see a soup in  
a US Mexican restaurant.  There is an occasional exception.  I had a  
great sopa de mariscos the other day in Tallahassee, of all places!

Nick Hopkins