Tex-Mex cooking comes from a rich Spanish and Native American tradition. Before Texas became part of the United States, Native Americans lived there for thousands of years, and after that, it was inhabited by the Spanish. In fact, the area was called New Spain. Even after Mexico became independent, it had strong ties with Texas. It is this rich and …
Tarzan is a character known to almost everyone, an iconic comic book hero. And one of the most famous actors to ever play Tarzan in the movies was the champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller. Today, June 2, is the anniversary of happens to be Weissmuller’s birth. In honor of this most famous of Tarzans, we are featuring in this article veggie …
Let’s say you rarely visit a Tex Mex restaurant (we hope you’ll soon change your mind and visit Mattito’s more often!). So you may not know a lot about Tex Mex cuisine, how it differs (or doesn’t) from Mexican food. So to help you enjoy your next visit to a Tex Mex restaurant even more – and to impress your …
Whether you’re new to an area or just visiting from out of town, when you want great Tex Mex food you’re at a bit of a disadvantage because you don’t know whether a restaurant is good or not. It may say it’s great in its advertising, but how can you know if it what it says is true? We’ve put …
Tex Mex cuisine is traditional Mexican fare that’s been “reworked” by Mexican immigrants (called Tejanos years ago) who moved to Texas in the late 1800s and early 1900s. They naturally brought the food they loved with them, and it has evolved over the years to the cuisine we now call Tex Mex. Many Tex Mex foods, in fact, never came …
If you love Tex Mex food as much as we do, you probably know a lot more about this delicious cuisine than most people. But we doubt you know it all. That’s why we’ve put together a short list of four things you probably don’t know about Tex Mex cuisine (but will be so glad to learn). Tomatoes and vanilla …
When it comes to Tex Mex food, aficionados know a great restaurant when they taste its food. But if you’re not someone “in the know” when it comes to great Tex Mex cuisine, how can you know when a restaurant is tops at preparing these delicious dishes. To help you, we’ve put together a short “cheat sheet” of sorts to help …
Many people who love Tex Mex cuisine love it good and hot. As in, spicy hot. But many of us who love Tex Mex food don’t like our dishes spicy. We like it hot, of course, but spicy? NO!!! Yet when we look at our friends and family members who pile on the chili peppers and the hot sauce – …
Many people love spicy-hot Tex Mex foods. That “hot and spicy” often comes courtesy of the judicious use of chili peppers. Chili peppers, in fact, can be added to many “regular” Tex Mex dishes or even those everyday meals of scrambled eggs at breakfast, hamburgers, soups, and more. Take a look below for some ideas as to how you can …
“Essential” Tex Mex dishes is the topic of this post. So what do we mean by “essential?” Well, because Tex Mex meals are – essentially – Americanized versions of traditional Mexican dishes as brought to the U.S. via Texas’ Tejano culture (people of Mexican or Spanish descent who moved to Texas before it became a republic) , we’re talking about …
When you think of Tex Mex food – or even Mexican food – do you think only of beans, tacos and fajitas? Then your knowledge of Tex Mex/Mexican cuisine has some holes in it. Read below for some common misconceptions or even myths about Mexican/Tex Mex foods.
We’ve put together a little glossary/dictionary of common and popular Tex Mex foods and words. Please understand that this is just a small sampling of the many different types of Tex Mex foods and dishes. A short Tex Mex glossary/dictionary for you!
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