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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I grew up in New Mexico, we call the New Mexican food here Mexican. I moved to PA and later Maryland, I was very surprised at the difference in food and what was called Mexican. After I while I realized there was a huge difference between New Mexican, everything uses locally grown chile, similar to Anaheim chile. Versus the other stuff which uses a lot of poblano, and other types of chile.

And then there was the places that served white peoples Mexican food. Maryland crab enchilada was the worst I think.

[–] Mouselemming 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you are interested in exploring the multiplicity of Mexican foods, you should watch Pati Jinich. Her shows are travelogue/cooking, but her background is in poli-sci so it's always as much about the culture as the food:

https://patijinich.com/series/patis-mexican-table-season-5/

https://patijinich.com/series/la-frontera-season-1/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds interesting, found her on youtube too:

https://youtube.com/@patijinich

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fellow New Mexican checking in; our food always incorporates a hatch chile sauce of one (or both) colors, and hot damn is it tasty! Having chile with every meal is probably the thing I miss about NM the most (after my parents, ofc). New Mexican food is its own category, separate from Mexican food.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

We do Lemitar, or San Antonio chile here. Hatch only when the other two are not available.