Food?

What are the traditional foods of Jalisco and for that matter Los Altos?

I remember going to the restaurant El Torito during lunch in high school here in Southern California in the 1980's and having my anglo friends ask me what certain items on the menu were. Tortilla soup? Stacked enchiladas? Fajitas? Rolled tacos? Chimichangas? Wet burritos? I remember saying, "What the hell is this? Must be the chef's menu from a previous position he held as a cook at Chino prison."

Our food at home was and still is:

Albondigas (meatball soup)
Fideo (pasta soup)
Picadillo (shredded beef with potatoes)
Steak Picado (bisteak meat with tomatoes, onions, and peppers)
Carne Asada (grilled meat and large green onions with no marinade)
Conchas (large pasta shells with onion, tomatoes, and peppers)
Caldo de rez (beef stew. I've heard it called cocido by other peeps)
And the main staple in the upper cupboard, cheese. That weird smelling stuff shaped like a round yellow cake. I used to stand behind my dad wearing a gas mask as he would make quesadillas.

So my question again is, "what are the traditional foods?" Is what I've mentioned above part of that or is it our assimilation here in the states? And what about the strange Mexican restaurant food I still come across now and then?