Corn — Maiz — is central in the Mexican food culture and was first cultivated over 100 centuries ago. Here is a short tribute to maiz, the golden gift of Mother Nature. [Video by Marysol.]
Mexican Food
¡Tres de asada, por favor!
LatinoUSA: The mysterious origins of Navajo fry bread tacos (audio)
What is the deal on these so-called Navajo tacos, anyhow?
NPR’s Anne Hoffman and Maria Hinojosa of LatinoUSA are looking for answers:
Mas…LatinoUSA: The mysterious origins of Navajo fry bread tacos (audio)
Hoe vouw je een burrito? Watch this video to learn hoe!
Hoe vouw je een burrito? Good question!
[Relax. You’re not going crazy. How do you fold a burrito? is a silent video. In Dutch. From Belgium. They speak two languages there. The other one is … French.]
Watch: Secrets of the Mexican torta de milanesa (aka Cubana)
The secretive Mexican torta dealer (tortatraficante) and taco connoisseur Milanexa shares the recipe for his world-famous Cuban Torta.
Señor Lingus: Come for the food and stay for the mariachis (video)
At Señor Lingus — the Mexican restaurant chain with live music — you’ll come for the food and stay for the mariachis! Check your Yelper Pages for a Señor Lingus in a shopping mall near you.
Texans in trucks ambush Fort Bliss soldiers with Mexican MREs (video)
In El Paso, mechanized squads of senior citizens sneak up on soldiers and offer them exotic foreign “Meals, Ready-To-Eat” with origins South of the Border. These metal-encased MREs are called “burritos,” according to the truck people. And the Fort Bliss soldiers like them!
Mas…Texans in trucks ambush Fort Bliss soldiers with Mexican MREs (video)
Taco ‘Bout It: North Hollywood’s Tacos El Venado, meat mecca (video)
Get down with your carnivore bad self and some tacos de carne asada and al pastor at Tacos El Venado in North Hollywood. J9 and Vick One star as enthusiastic, taco-loving explorers.
Julie Anne: Please tell us about your taco (video)
On Food Network’s CHOPPED, it’s all about the context, am I right, Chef Geoffrey Zakarian?
TORTILLA TOWEL: You know you want it, you know you need it (video)
When getting wrapped up in a soft and fluffy, warm from the dryer tortilla is your ComidaCosPlay character, you know you want it, you know you need it, the Tortilla Towel! The only question is — corn or wheat?
Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Maybe you don’t want hotdogs and hamburgers and micheladas and carne asada and elotes on July 4. It’s OK. We’re here to help with a short video on How to Make Mexican Pescadillas (or Fried Tuna Tacos) from Spicie Foodie.
Here’s their recipe:
Mas…Something fishy going on with pescadillas – fried tuna tacos (video)
Two guys hit the trucks for ‘Taco Bout Tacos in Austin’ (video)
Kevin Lee and buddy Joseph Hur take a taco truck tour of Austin (Capital Taco and Con Madre Kitchen) and now they’re all Taco Bout Tacos. [Video by Tiffany Shim.]
De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
How do the three Texas locations (McAllen, Mission, Pharr) of De Alba Bakery de La Familia make tamales, donuts and rosca de reyes?
Glad you asked! We’ve got (three) videos:
Tamales (two kinds:)
Mas…De Alba Bakery makes tamales, donuts y rosca de reyes (videos)
The ‘Taco Nazi’? Unknown artist: No tacos for Trumpistas (toon)
We don’t know who created this image — do you? Was it the TACO NAZI?
[This “found object” was uncovered and shared on the Twitter Saturday by author Cory Doctorow.]
BONUS VIDEO! Seinfeld Soup Nazi supercut:
Mas…The ‘Taco Nazi’? Unknown artist: No tacos for Trumpistas (toon)
Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes
No pinche RONCO appliance this time, just a grill, corn on the cob, and all the fixings. Yay! As always, street not included, and bring your own Tajin.
PREVIOUSLY ON ELOTES:
Mas…Finally a legit recipe video for ‘Mexican Street Corn’ aka elotes
[肥野廚房] 墨西哥莎莎醬食譜 [FAT CHICK KITCHEN] Salsa (video)
Hey, Fat Chick making the “Mexican Salsa,” aka pico de gallo: You’re double dipping!
FYI, Google translates the Chinese this way:
- 肥野廚房 = Fertilizer wild kitchen
- 墨西哥莎莎醬食譜 = Mexican Salsa Recipe
Elotes for clueless gabachos … from RONCO (video)
RONCO, the company that sells weird-ass single-use food prep gizmos via infomercials, wants you to buy their weird-ass single-use gizmo that makes elotes, which they call “Mexican Street Corn.” Actual street not included.
PREVIOUSLY ON ELOTES:
Making Tequila Orgullo: Stoop labor under timelapse skies (video)
Making Pueblo Viejo Tequila Orgullo Añejo Viejo requires hard, back-breaking manual labor and high tech machinery. Beautiful skies, though.
Persian food peeps prep pretty chingon carne asada tacos (video)
Aashpazzi, a Persian food portal, knows how to make some righteous American food, like carne asada tacos, and this video is proof.
How to make cactus salad – ensalada de nopales – in 1:50 (video)
Ensalada de Nopal is quick, easy, and delicioso, although this short video glosses over the removal of the needles part. And you can hold the chicharrones as far as we’re concerned — it’s a freakin’ salad!
Looks legit: How to make fish tacos (one-minute video)
Summer’s coming, that means beach weather, and that means seafood, like the Baja California favorite, fish tacos. Did you know that the great majority of “native” videos on Facebook are viewed without sound? This is one of those new-fangled recipe videos you can watch without sound, although you’ll miss the perky music. The recipe is pretty good, too.
Here’s the recipe from the Web Restaurant Store (they made the video):
