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Spain vs Mexico

Typical foods and meals from each country

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el desayuno breakfast (typically between 7-9am)
el almuerzo, la comida (Mexico) lunch, the biggest meal of the day (typically long mealtime between 2-4pm. Many stores close and people go home to eat and have a time to rest--"siesta.")
la merienda late afternoon/early evening snack (especially for students after getting home from school)
la cena dinner (typically very late 8-10pm and lighter than US dinner. Stores close around 8 or 9pm)
los tacos de carnitas Mexico - fried pork tip tacos
los tacos al pastor Mexico - pineapple marinated slow-roasted pork tacos
el mole poblano Mexico - savory chocolate/chile sauce (goes with chicken/turkey/pork)
los chilaquiles Mexico - chicken nacho bake kind of dish with red or green enchilada sauce (plus fried egg if breakfast)
los chiles rellenos Mexico - fried chile/poblano pepper stuffed with cheese
los huevos con chorizo Mexico - eggs/ground sausage (makes breakfast tacos or burritos)
los elotes Mexico - roasted corn on the cob with mayo, tajin chile/lime seasoning, cheese
la sopa de tortilla Mexico - tomato/chicken soup with tortilla strips
el menudo Mexico - tripe soup (cow intestine/stomach lining)
la sopa de lima Mexico - chicken lime soup
la paella Spain - mixed rice dish, typically seafood or seafood/chicken mix (saffron spice gives rice yellow color and flavor)
la tortilla española, la tortilla Spain - thick potato/onion omelet, cooked in a cast iron skillet, served in pie wedges
el cocido (madrileño) Spain - pork/chorizo/chickpea stew
el gazpacho Spain - cold tomato soup/smoothie
el lomo con patatas Spain - shaved lamb (gyro meat) with potatoes/french fries
el jamón serrano, el jamón ibérico Spain - ham shaved off the bone (serrano = regular grade ham, ibérico = premium ham)
el bocadillo, la bocata Spain - sandwich on a baguette (crusty french bread)
la morcilla, el chorizo Spain - chorizo sausage links (like bratwurst), morcilla = black sausage/blood sausage
las tapas Spain - meal of appetizers or small dishes, typically shared with friends or family
el café con leche Spain probably more so than Mexico - coffee with milk (Europeans drink coffee strong and cut it with milk)
los churros Mexico - fried doughnut-like sticks coated in sugar and cinnamon
los churros con chocolate Spain - plain fried doughnut-like sticks dipped in thick hot chocolate
las empanadas both - turnovers (typically savory/meat-filled)
los licuados both - fruit smoothies
la horchata both - rice milk with cinnamon/sugar (tastes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal milk)
el jugo *Mexico el zumo *Spain
las papas *Mexico las patatas *Spain
el sándwich or la torta *Mexico el bocadillo or la bocata
el pastel *Mexico la torta *Spain (like a torte cake is a layered cake with many thin layers)
la tortilla *Mexico (round flatbread wrap) la tortilla or la tortilla española *Spain (potato omelet served in pie wedges...sort of like a crustless quiche)
seafood is very common Spain - Iberian peninsula, surrounded by ocean
spicy food is more common here Mexico - think jalapeños, habañeros, spicy salsas...
corn is significant Mexico - tortillas, tortilla chips, masa for tamales...
corn and beans grown by indigenous tribes Mexico - Mayans and Aztecs
crusty french bread side for lunch/dinner Spain
tortillas and chips/salsa side for lunch/dinner Mexico
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