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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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