What Does "Tex-Mex" Mean to You?

[Gemp]

i have no idea.

We're from Ohio.....What do we know.:biggrin:

I think I need to make some barbacoa for the game Sunday....A little Oh-mex.

 

[Wesman61]

Wes, if you come to CA, that method doesn't work. All of the restaurants within a half mile of my house are mostly Mexican folks.

I was born in SoCa and lived there till I was 43. Moved here in '05. It's funny when I look at my friends over the years and at my kids friend on Facebook. I'm starting to wonder if the Mexican People adopted us somewhere along the way.

 

[landarc]

If you are from the southwest, it isn't about adoption, it is about two cultures living in one land. In the end, I think that is what a lot of Tex-Mex is about, two cultures that have learned to take the best of each and make it work better.

Moving to Nampa after 43 years in SoCal must have been a culture shock. I have kin in Idaho, all over the place, some were around Nampa too. It is funny, they are as close to Japan as I am, yet they have no concept of their ancestry. I remember my cousing Scott saying to the men's store owner 'that there is my cousin Bob, he's one of those Japanese people'? WTH, I am Japanese but he isn't? And the clerk says 'yep, he ain't like us' Huh?

 

[Wesman61]

If you are from the southwest, it isn't about adoption, it is about two cultures living in one land. In the end, I think that is what a lot of Tex-Mex is about, two cultures that have learned to take the best of each and make it work better.

Moving to Nampa after 43 years in SoCal must have been a culture shock. I have kin in Idaho, all over the place, some were around Nampa too. It is funny, they are as close to Japan as I am, yet they have no concept of their ancestry. I remember my cousing Scott saying to the men's store owner 'that there is my cousin Bob, he's one of those Japanese people'? WTH, I am Japanese but he isn't? And the clerk says 'yep, he ain't like us' Huh?

Haven't ran into any Japanese folks yet but I have some Friends here from Hawaii. They have a Son who lives in Japan.

 

[ZILLA]

I wonder if they have Jap-Mex over there.

 

[mgwerks]

Did you make the barbacoa yourself? If so, can you share your technique? The stuff I get up here just isn't the same as the stuff you get in Texas.

Well, I admit that I don't do it the traditional way - DW won't let me bury a cow's head in the yard overnight! But the below makes a darned fine barbacoa and is cooked outdoors in a dutch oven or even at home on the stovetop.

Here's the post: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1113887#post1113887

 

[mgwerks]

I would almost say that, at least in my mind, Mexican and Tex-Mex are two different cuisines with a lot of overlap.

A pretty good guideline is that if the dish involves flour tortillas or yellow cheese, it isn't Mexican, it's Tex-Mex. Not absolute, but close.

 

[Wesman61]

A pretty good guideline is that if the dish involves flour tortillas or yellow cheese, it isn't Mexican, it's Tex-Mex. Not absolute, but close.

Funny! I always know I'm in a good Mexican restaurant when there's goat cheese on the frijoles!

 

[landarc]

I wonder if they have Jap-Mex over there.

They almost certainly do, although I can't imagine what it would be like.

 

[4TheLoveofBrisket]

Well, I admit that I don't do it the traditional way - DW won't let me bury a cow's head in the yard overnight! But the below makes a darned fine barbacoa and is cooked outdoors in a dutch oven or even at home on the stovetop.

Here's the post: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1113887#post1113887

Thanks a lot for that! EXCELLENT post. I'm going on a quest for cheek meat this weekend, no doubt about it! :eusa_clap