User:Hippietrail/Mexicanisms
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Here are some words I've been collecting in Mexico:
- Food
- adobado (Zipolite)
- almendrado (Zipolite)
- arrachera meat
- atole drink
- birria Goat meat.
- bolis de leche (Puebla) sweet/candy/lolly?
- caldo soup
- cazuela (Oaxaca)
- cazuelita (Zipolite, not in RAE)
- cebollita snack
- cema (Puebla) A type of bread or bread roll.
- cemita (Puebla) A kind of torta, but better.
- chalupa snack Tiny corn tortillas served flat. Ingredients?
- chamorro (Oaxaca)
- chanclas (Puebla) Literally sandal, flip-flop, thong, but also some kind of food, compare with huarache.
- chicharrines (Puebla)
- chilaquiles (DF) breakfast
- chileatole (Puebla) Sold at the same places that offer the more common elotes and esquites.
- chilindrina (Oaxaca)
- chipotle Dried smoked chilis (jalapeños?).
- chorrillana (Zipolite, not in RAE)
- cocol de queso (Puebla) bread
- cremitas (Puebla) A type of dip?
- dedo de novia dessert
- dobladita (Salina Cruz)
- elote (DF, Puebla) snack Corn on the cob.
- empanizado (Zipolite)
- enchipotlado (Cholula) A way of preparing food with chipotle.
- enfrijolada (Oaxaca)
- entomatada (Oaxaca)
- esquite (DF, Puebla) snack A corn-based snack.
- gordita (DF) snack
- gringa (DF, Puebla)
- horchata drink
- huachinango fish
- huarache (Pochutla, Oaxaca) Literally sandal, but also some kind of food, compare with chanclas.
- huaxmole (Puebla)
- huevos
- huitlacoche, cuitlacoche A type of edible fungus which grows on corn. English: corn smut or Mexican truffle
- jaiba A type of crab
- jarochas (Puebla)
- jicama
- jocoque (Puebla) Something like buttermilk or sour cream.
- mariscada (Zipolite)
- memela (Puebla)
- memelita (Oaxaca)
- mixiote (Puebla) Lamb with chili.
- mojarra fish
- mole A type of rich sauce or gravy.
- molote (Puebla) snack A sealed, deep-fried quesadilla, served topped with mayonaise.
- panucho (Salina Cruz)
- pelonas (Puebla)
- pescadillas (Zipolite, Oaxaca)
- picadita (Oaxaca)
- pozole (DF, Puebla, Huatulco) soup A type of soup.
- quesadilla (DF, Puebla) A fried tortilla containing cheese (usually quesillo) and usually another ingredient.
- salpicón (Oaxaca)
- sopa
- xochitl (Zipolite)
- taco
- al pastor (DF, Puebla) Spiced meat cooked on a vertical grill similar to those used for doner kebabs. About 3 inches in diamater and served folded.
- arabes (Puebla) A taco oriental on a wheat tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
- orientales (Puebla) A taco arabe on a corn tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
- al vapor (Pochutla, Oaxaca)
- tasajo (Oaxaca)
- tepaches (Puebla) drink Some kind of drink.
- tinga f (Oaxaca)
- tlayuda (Oaxaca)
- torta (DF, Puebla) snack A kind of sandwich on a bolillo, usually with cooked ingredients.
- tortilla
- tostada (DF, Puebla, Oaxaca) snack
- Food utensils, preparation, etc
- al achiote (Zipolite)
- al ajillo (Zipolite)
- al mojo de ajo (Zipolite)
- a la talla (Zipolite)
- a la veracruzana (Zipolite)
- anafre (Oaxaca) A stove filled with hot coals, over which a comal is placed.
- comal (Oaxaca) A large wok-shaped pan used over an anafre for cooking tostadas, memelitas, tlayudas, etc.
- Other
- otro pedo (DF, slang) "es otro pedo!" = "man, that's something else!"
- cholulteco Resident of w:Cholula.
Many are not here yet as I don't have my other notebook with me