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Chorizo with octopus
pastor
blackened fish

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Explain... The only things there unrelated to the Spaniards invading are the fish, maize, and pulpo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Here's a news article about him https://www.kqed.org/arts/13925233/pre-hispanic-mexican-cuisine-indigenous-mayan-food-truck-taco-truck-san-jose

Varguez considers his menu the rebirth of the food of his ancestors. The dishes come in a familiar format — tacos, burritos and quesadillas. But almost every item features pre-colonial ingredients and techniques that set them apart from your typical taco truck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Except for the ingredients I and several others mentioned. It's a marketing gimmick.

I'm sure they tasted great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Yeah their amazing, I try to go whenever he comes near my city, the huitlacoche mushroom ones are really good but he didnt have any this time

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hate to be that guy but chorizo, al pastor, limes, cabbage, and onions arrived with the Spanish.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Multiple species of onions are native to North America and were used both as food and medicinally prior to European colonization.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

They were originally from either the Middle East or Asia and were brought in during the Columbian exchange. I won't deny there might be other New World variants that I'm unaware of though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago

This is fascinating. Use of onions predates writings IIRC. Which means we don't have written record of any culture encountering it for the first time unlike say, oranges.