Vero Beach Mexican Restaurants: Tacos, Enchiladas, Burritos, Carne de res, Pollo, Salsa, Chips, Margaritas, Beef and Beans, Queso
Ay Jalisco - 20th Street
Ay Jalisco - 21st Street
LA Fonda Cocina Mexican Restaurant
LA Mexicana
Taco Bell
Taco Reef
When Spanish conquistadores arrived in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan (the ancient city on which Mexico City was built),
they found that the people's diet consisted largely of corn-based dishes with chilis and herbs, usually complemented with
beans and squash. The conquistadores eventually combined their imported diet of rice, beef, pork, chicken, wine, garlic
and onions with the indigenous foods of pre-Columbian Mexico, including chocolate, maize, tomato, vanilla, avocado, papaya,
pineapple, chile pepper, beans, squash, sweet potato, peanut, fish and turkey.
Most of today's Mexican food is based on ancient traditions, such as the Aztecs and Maya, combined with culinary trends
introduced by Spanish colonists. Quesadillas, for example, are a flour or corn tortilla with cheese (often a Mexican-style
soft farmer's cheese such as Queso Fresco), beef, chicken, pork, and so on. The indigenous part of this and many other
traditional foods is the chili pepper. Foods like these tend to be very colorful because of the rich variety of vegetables
(among them are the chili peppers, green peppers, chilis, broccoli, cauliflower, and radishes) and meats in Mexican food.
There is also a sprinkling of Caribbean influence in Mexican cuisine, particularly in some regional dishes from the states
of Veracruz and Yucatán. The French occupation of Mexico also yielded some influences as well: the bolillo (pronounced bo-lee-yo),
a Mexican take on the French roll, seems to reflect this. There is also a minor Filipino influence as well, due to the
Manila-Acapulco galleon trade, which lasted from 1565 to 1815.
There are also more exotic dishes, cooked in the Aztec or Mayan style, with ingredients ranging from iguana to rattlesnake,
deer, spider monkey, and even some kinds of insects. This is usually known as comida prehispánica (or prehispanic food).
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