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is it true that there are places with mexican food in america?? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 15 hours ago by adrianhooves@sopuli.xyz to c/askanamerican@infosec.pub

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i am a person that was born and well still lives in mexico and learned english at a very young age,and well i am a very huge fan of america and american culture!!! i'm glad a lot of american stores and places and even food are here,thanks for that. but anyway, one time when i was browsing through the internet i found some videos of people that were saying that there were like mexican villages in the united states and there was also a lot of mexican food there?? why is that??? i thought mexican food was only found here, like, beans, and tacos, i heard about taco bell but i believe that's just a new thing. thanks!!!

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[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There is an american version of Mexican food widely available (Mexican-American), for example you mentioned taco bell in america but this is not authentic Mexican food (also taco bell has been open for decades in america). It will be hard to find actual authentic Mexican food here, you would have to really research and visit yourself. Even when I lived in a city near the border of Mexico I would still have to cross the border for authentic Mexican food but there was plenty of Tex-Mex around since that was popular. In my current area I've seen a couple of businesses open specifically offering authentic Mexican food or even Puerto Rican food and each time it was not authentic, and the "authentic" "Puerto Rican" food was usually gross and nothing like food back in PR.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 13 minutes ago

Hard to find authentic Mexican food?

You just insulted the millions of Mexican families that run Mexican restaurants in the US.