Mexican Food History

Food anthropologist...that is what she was....if I could re-live my life,
that is exactly what I would have been!!! It has been said that food is one of
the last vestiges of a culture to totally disappear when there is a dominant
cultural take-over (wars, conquerors, etc). I am so jealous Arturo.....I
would have loved to heard her lecture. I have often wondered how tamales were
made before the introduction of lard...which is definitely European....and yet
I've read that it is one of the oldest recipes in Mexico!

My husband's diet sounds very much like your father's...but it is out of
choice...he was raised in a small village where meat was/is not readily
available. (Most of the homes of the poorer people did not have electricity until a
few years ago!). Me, on the other hand, grew up in a household where a meal
was not complete unless there was meat and some sort of pasta/rice dish.
Beans were not served often...but I so enjoy them...and they enjoy messing with
me (smile).

Esperanza

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