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(TGA) - Travel - Hello everyone:
Many thanks about your previous replies...........
I'm not familiar with NM food and I'd like some help
please.Is it Mexican?Very spicy?Give some education here and al
so places in Albuquerque where I might be able to try it.
Nothing fancy,please just everyday food.........
Thanks,caravallo.
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Some food typical to NM includes:
chile - meaning a vegetable used chopped (usually green chile) or as a sauce (usually red). Mild to very hot. Hatch chile grown in Hatch NM is best known and prized. Used on "everything" esp. Green Chile Cheeseburger
sopapilla - "pockets" of fried dough either filled with honey and used a a bread to temper the heat of chile or stuffed with meat and chile.
carna adovada - meat marinated in chile and served in red chile sauce.
calabasitas - vegetale mixture of corn and squash and (guess what) chile.
bischochits - cookies ("biscuits") (no chile)
Much of the other food is similar to Mexican food (because NM was part of Mexico until 19th century)
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NYNM has given you a good intro into identifying "New" Mexican food. Every area of the Southwest has its versions. In "Tex-Mex" food, a dish such as beef enchiladas will be covered with a home-made "Chili" as in Chili-con-carne; while in New Mexico, the red or green chile salsas are used instead. When visiting New Mexico, you will simply be asked, "Do you want green, or red on that?" If one is not aquainted with our "chiles," the safe answer is, "on the side, please." That way you can add as little or as much chile salsa to the dish as you wish. We residents of Albuquerque and Santa Fe quickly learn which restaurants serve "hot," of "mild" chile with their food.
California "Mexican" usually includes the sour cream, and avocado treatments that are found at Taco Bell. I am sure that your state of Florida has similar dishes, with its historic Spanish, and Cuban influences.
My recommended restaurants here in Albuquerque, usually include places that provide "mild" chiles for visitors from outside the area...such as Little Anitas, and the Church Cafe in Old Town, or Papa Felipe's in Eastern Albuquerque.
I hope this helps you out a bit.
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Here's one of my favorite links to send new to dining in New Mexico. vivanewmexico.com/food.recipes.cocinas.html
As mentioned before, have your chile served on the side and also if you want both red and green...ask for "Christmas"
Some others to try...Frontier, Sadies, Duran's Central, Garcia's Kitchen, El Patio and so many more.
Check here on TA for NM restaurant reviews ...
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