Typical foods and meals from each country
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| el desayuno | breakfast (typically between 7-9am)
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| el almuerzo, la comida (Mexico) | lunch, the biggest meal of the day (typically long mealtime between 2-4pm. Many stores close and people go home to eat and have a time to rest--"siesta.")
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| la merienda | late afternoon/early evening snack (especially for students after getting home from school)
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| la cena | dinner (typically very late 8-10pm and lighter than US dinner. Stores close around 8 or 9pm)
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| los tacos de carnitas | Mexico - fried pork tip tacos
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| los tacos al pastor | Mexico - pineapple marinated slow-roasted pork tacos
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| el mole poblano | Mexico - savory chocolate/chile sauce (goes with chicken/turkey/pork)
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| los chilaquiles | Mexico - chicken nacho bake kind of dish with red or green enchilada sauce (plus fried egg if breakfast)
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| los chiles rellenos | Mexico - fried chile/poblano pepper stuffed with cheese
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| los huevos con chorizo | Mexico - eggs/ground sausage (makes breakfast tacos or burritos)
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| los elotes | Mexico - roasted corn on the cob with mayo, tajin chile/lime seasoning, cheese
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| la sopa de tortilla | Mexico - tomato/chicken soup with tortilla strips
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| el menudo | Mexico - tripe soup (cow intestine/stomach lining)
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| la sopa de lima | Mexico - chicken lime soup
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| la paella | Spain - mixed rice dish, typically seafood or seafood/chicken mix (saffron spice gives rice yellow color and flavor)
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| la tortilla española, la tortilla | Spain - thick potato/onion omelet, cooked in a cast iron skillet, served in pie wedges
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| el cocido (madrileño) | Spain - pork/chorizo/chickpea stew
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| el gazpacho | Spain - cold tomato soup/smoothie
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| el lomo con patatas | Spain - shaved lamb (gyro meat) with potatoes/french fries
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| el jamón serrano, el jamón ibérico | Spain - ham shaved off the bone (serrano = regular grade ham, ibérico = premium ham)
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| el bocadillo, la bocata | Spain - sandwich on a baguette (crusty french bread)
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| la morcilla, el chorizo | Spain - chorizo sausage links (like bratwurst), morcilla = black sausage/blood sausage
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| las tapas | Spain - meal of appetizers or small dishes, typically shared with friends or family
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| el café con leche | Spain probably more so than Mexico - coffee with milk (Europeans drink coffee strong and cut it with milk)
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| los churros | Mexico - fried doughnut-like sticks coated in sugar and cinnamon
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| los churros con chocolate | Spain - plain fried doughnut-like sticks dipped in thick hot chocolate
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| las empanadas | both - turnovers (typically savory/meat-filled)
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| los licuados | both - fruit smoothies
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| la horchata | both - rice milk with cinnamon/sugar (tastes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal milk)
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| el jugo *Mexico | el zumo *Spain
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| las papas *Mexico | las patatas *Spain
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| el sándwich or la torta *Mexico | el bocadillo or la bocata
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| el pastel *Mexico | la torta *Spain (like a torte cake is a layered cake with many thin layers)
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| la tortilla *Mexico (round flatbread wrap) | la tortilla or la tortilla española *Spain (potato omelet served in pie wedges...sort of like a crustless quiche)
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| seafood is very common | Spain - Iberian peninsula, surrounded by ocean
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| spicy food is more common here | Mexico - think jalapeños, habañeros, spicy salsas...
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| corn is significant | Mexico - tortillas, tortilla chips, masa for tamales...
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| corn and beans grown by indigenous tribes | Mexico - Mayans and Aztecs
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| crusty french bread side for lunch/dinner | Spain
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| tortillas and chips/salsa side for lunch/dinner | Mexico
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