CULINARY THUMBNAIL
Here are three characteristics of this state's cuisine:
- in arid highlands "classic
Spanish" cuisine predominates
- in rugged mountains diverse Indian
cultures affect local cuisines
- easternmost fringe in hot, humid
lowlands with its tropical produce
TRADITIONAL DISHES TO LOOK FOR
- Tamales -- an
amazing selection of these cornmeal-based "biscuits" stuffed with various
fillings:
- Piltamales
(Sierra de Hidalgo) -- stuffed with sweetcorn
- Tamales de Anís
-- with anise
- Tamales de Queso con Epazote
-- stuffed with cheese and the herb called "Mexican tea," Chenopodium
ambrosioides
- Tamale de Frijol -- stuffed with beans
- Tamale de Puerco
-- stuffed with pork, with or without chili
- Zacahuil
(lowland eastern zone) -- a tamale a yard (meter) or more long containing a suckling pig,
turkey or chicken season with chilies, garlic and onion; the zacahuil is wrapped in banana
leaves and slowly baked
- Gusanos de Maguey --
large insect larvae (grubs) infesting Maguey agaves these are of two kinds:
- Chinicuiles --
available only in September and early October; eaten after being soaked in hot sauce or
fried with onion and green chili, wrapped in hot tortillas
- Meocuiles --
available in May, eaten in tacos or fried
SWEETS
- Trompada -- melted,
twisted brown sugar with peanuts or coconut
- Palanqueta -- a crisp
candy based on brown-sugar syrup and/or refined sugar, toasted corn, and nuts, especially
almonds, peanuts, and walnuts
- Ungüis -- made by the
Otomís of the Mezquital Valley, cormeal tamales seasoned with syrup made from unrefined
brown sugar, anise and cinnamon
TRADITIONAL NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
- Achocote --
corn-based drink sweetened with unrefined brown sugar
TRADITIONAL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
- Pulque --
mildly intoxicating drink made by fermenting the sap, or aguamiel, of the maguey
agave
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Information on this page based on
material presented in Gastronomía: Atlas cultural de México,
1988, an extensive and well illustrated work by various authors, published by the
Secretaría del Educación Pública, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia in
Mexico City.
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