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CLASS B2

2019
MEXICAN FOOD:
HISTORY AND
ORIGINS OF THESE
UNIQUE DISHES

PRESENTED BY

ALEJANDRA SAENZ ORNELAS

WHAT IS REAL
TRADITIONAL
MEXICAN
FOOD?
WORLD INTANGIBLE CULTURAL
HERITAGE
By UNESCO, tradition over

1000 years of history.

MEXICAN
FOOD
FIRST
INGREDIENTS
Pre-Hispanic culture diet was

based on:

ANY+
SOLUTIONS
 AS WELL
PEOPLE
NORMALLY
INCLUDED:

MEXICAN
FOOD
 Variety of animals, spices and
ingredients.

CULTURAL FOOD By the XVI century on the Spanish

MIX
invasion. New ingredients blend up.

MEXICAN
FOOD
HOW DO THEY
USED TO COOK?
Over the fire using iron and

ceramic pans

Steaming cactus or banana

leaves

Frying it

Metate

MEXICAN
FOOD
 NEW SPANISH COLONY
Gastronomy was divided in three:

Convents adapted European and Spanish

techiques with mexican ingredients.
pre-hispanic cuisine, the most typical dishes

Baja California to

Chiapas
multicultural cuisine took shape in
the "haciendas"
 THE MEXICAN
CUISINE BIBLE
Started in few notes, later

formal recipes.

It was republished on the

60´s of the XX century by

Diego Rivera´s daughter,

this time the book was

shared to libraries.

Hard to find in libraries..

MEXICAN
FOOD
 SOME TRADITIONAL FOODS

Salsa. Flan. Ceviche. Atole.

Origins in Discovered in Inca discovery, Made by the

Central Medieval first some Aztecs, corn

America. Incas, Europe. spices. Ecuador drink. Bitter

Aztecs and and Peru drink,

Mayans. added citrus. "xocolatl".

MEXICAN
FOOD
MEXICAN
FOOD

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