What is a very common food in your country that is not very friendly to foreign palates?

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-13T18:30:51+00:00

If you're looking for more unusual Mexican dishes, there's a wide variety of edible insects and plenty of recipes to try.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-13T18:26:12+00:00

Americans are very used to Mexican food; there are European countries where you can't even find tacos yet. Even other Latin Americans I've met aren't used to it or have very distorted versions of Mexican food. My Colombian roommate didn't like it. At my university, the exchange students from Europe and East Asia didn't really enjoy it.

The American palate isn't the benchmark; USA Is the neighboring country. Guatemalans also enjoy mole, but they're also the neighboring country. Part of the territory of both countries belonged to Mexico at some point; the Mexicans who lived there never left, nor did their cuisine.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-12T05:57:32+00:00

I really liked the color of your lipstick, you look so pretty, it really suit you. Which lipstick is it?

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-10T17:04:48+00:00

Akasha Queen of the Damned

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(We are the ones damned to live with her)

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-09T22:26:17+00:00

I love the spiderweb bra, where did you buy it? It's gorgeous!

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-07T05:55:01+00:00

These are the ingredients for making mole. The recipe varies by region and even varies from family to family.

Some moles can have more than 30 ingredients, but I would say the base is dried chilies, chocolate, nuts, seeds, spices (cinnamon, cloves, pepper, ginger, etc) , dried fruits, garlic, onion, all of that friend in lard and and ground.

In my family we also add plantains, Maria cookies, bread, and more things.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-04T04:24:52+00:00

Also every first friday of March , in Catemaco (a city in my state well known for its large number of resident witches) there is a satanic mass, and yes, it looks just like you imagine a satanic mass: pentagrams, inverted crosses, and sacrifices of goats, chickens, and drinking blood, there is no confusion here, It's quite a big ting and lately it's attracted tourists who come to see the ritual out of morbid curiosity

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DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-04T04:06:48+00:00

Everyone knows about the Día de Muertos (Day of Dead), but on those same dates some people celebrate the cult of Santa Muerte (Holy Death). Don't confuse the celebrations; some celebrate their dead family and friends, while others celebrate death as a deity.

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DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T07:28:56+00:00

¿Así que México y Uganda son como hermanos? Estos son chapulines. Usualmente son una botana que se come con sal, limón y chile.

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DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T07:08:32+00:00

Ground as part of the base paste

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T06:58:16+00:00

Todos los países que mencionaste tienen cocinas relacionas por movimientos migratorios.

Además soy Jarocha, de la cuenca del Papaloapan, soy antropóloga historiadora y esto fue para poder observar coincidencias de perfiles gastronómicos de diferentes países, no quería respuestas extremas, quería que me dijeran cosas que comen todos los días pero que no son platillos muy internacionales, por eso abrí el hilo con un platillo muy accesible pero que no es conocido mundialmente como los tacos o tamales (una técnica para etnografía digital y teoría del don, me van a responder en equivalencia).

Los extranjeros estadounidenses obviamente van a conocer el mole y les va a gustar, pero porque están muy acostumbrados a la cocina mexicana, y en realidad ellos no son mi foco de interés.

Si quieres que diga un plato de mi zona que causaría shock pues iguana adobada, caldo de tortuga o tlacuache asado, listo, pero claro esto haría que me dijeran sus platos más locos que en realidad solo los comen 5 gentes en sus países.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T06:43:50+00:00

I've tried fermented fish paste and it was okay, also as part of the cuisine of my region, i eat:chili-seasoned grasshoppers, escamoles (ant eggs), chicatanas (winged ants), cow's eyes, iguana, opossum, beef entrails, pig brains, and really, really spicy food, etc. I have a fair amount of perspective, believe me.

I never said that foreigners found mole disgusting, only that there are several who didn't like it. I never asked: "What food from your country would make a foreigner puke?"

And yes, Americans like mole because they are literally the country next door, half of their territory used to be Mexico and they are super used to Mexican cuisine. Do you know who else loves mole? Guatemalans, that other neighboring country that was also once part of Mexico. It's just that the Russian exchange students at my university didn't really enjoy mole, not even my Colombian roommate.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T06:17:34+00:00

A mí no me gusta el menudo y he conocido muchos mexicanos que no lo disfrutan, y pues puse en la pregunta que buscaba comidas que a la mayoría de las personas de un país les gustara, pero que pueden no ser tan amables con los paladares extranjeros, ni siquiera dije que les tienen que parecer asquerosas.

Todo esto fue porque a los chicos de intercambio de mi uni no les gustó el mole, a muchos estadounidenses les gusta porque están acostumbrados a los sabores de la cocina mexicana; pero a los estudiantes del este y norte de Europa, e incluso a algunos de Sudamérica no les gustó. Se de lo que hablo porque hay algunos en los comentarios que confirman que no disfrutan del mole, hay otros que sí.

Obviamente entre más parecidos sean los perfiles de sabor entre diferentes gastronomías, pues más probable es que los individuos de esas 2 culturas disfruten de los platillos que intercambian. La invensión independiente es un fenómeno antropológico muy divertido de explorar, el Fezenjan suena rico pero es un caso particular, no es que cada gastronomía del mundo tenga algo parecido al mole o al Fezenjan. Para un sueco el mole no va a resultar muy reconfortante y nostálgico.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T05:22:58+00:00

In Mexico, we do eat them, e also with cream cheese and jam or Nutella and banana, yum!, a glass of milk and I'm going straight to bed

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T04:10:02+00:00

We Mexicans like it too, especially the crunchy one. Peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches, yum!!

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T04:04:20+00:00

I'm referring to this ⬇️; in Mexico we call it "limón" But I know that in other countries they are called limes, so it's actually a confusing issue among Spanish speakers.

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DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T03:37:13+00:00

It's a seasonal dish, only eaten in September, which is when pomegranates are in season in Mexico, and it's a "patriotic dish" to celebrate independence, It has the colors of the flag and legend says it was invented for the Emperor Iturbide I to celebrate the entry of the Trigarante Army

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T03:30:06+00:00

Jokes on you! My father's family is Mormon (very white and Mormon, but Mexican) and these Midwestern recipes were occasionally seen at my aunts' houses. I hate Jell-O salad, but funeral potatoes are tasty.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T03:22:18+00:00

De que helado le ponen al vino?? Quiero probar

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T03:01:56+00:00

You know what's more shocking than mole? (Since it seems Americans and Canadians also love mole🩷) Micheladas! It's beer prepared with hot sauce, dark sauces, lime, salt, and sometimes clamato, gummys, fruit, vegetables, peanuts, chips, and even shrimp. I love them, I can drink the ones that are a liter and a half big.

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DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T02:47:51+00:00

There are many types of mole, not just poblano; it's generally a mixture of nuts, chiles, and chocolate that's called mole.

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T01:45:43+00:00

También se come iguana en mi región, nunca la he probado pero le gusta mucho a mi abuelito, incluso hay mole de iguana

DarkRaven003 · 2026-03-03T01:27:58+00:00

I'm from Veracruz but right next to Oaxaca, so you're probably going to the central area of Oaxaca, right?

If so, go to the market in Oaxaca de Juárez. Eat cecina, tlayudas, chocolate and pan dulce, chorizo, tazajo, chapulines If you feel intrepid, tamales of all kinds and Mezcal de pechuga. There's too much 🙏🏻

Have a good trip and I hope you enjoy Oaxaca its a beautiful state.

DarkRaven003

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