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Related: About this forumNew Film 'Truly Texas Mexican' Uncovers The Roots Of Authentic Mexican Cuisine
The basic idea of the film is tacos, feminism and cultural resistance.Mexican food from Texas is a staple of the states cuisine. But its not Tex-Mex cuisine were talking about. A new documentary traces the food and the community of Mexican Texans through the people who are fighting to keep traditions of their ancestors alive. Author and chef Adán Medrano has been working on the project for three years. The resulting film is called Truly Texas Mexican. Its based on a book Medrano published in 2015. He told Texas Standard that both projects seek to share knowledge of comida casera the homecooking of Mexican families in Texas, to a wider audience.
Tex-Mex is great. We all love the gooey cheese and the margaritas, but this other, the precursor to Tex-Mex the Mexican- American families cooking deer, nopalitos, cactus, all of these other recipes were not widely known, Medrano said.
Medrano says Mexican-Americans in Texas today can trace their ancestry back to the first people who stepped onto Texas soil. Cooking methods including roasting, steaming and boiling, and the use of animals and plants that were native to the state, have been passed down through the generations.
Social consciousness and sharing are part of the story Medrano wants to tell.
Ive always looked at food as a way to gift somebody, he said. My mother did it with me, and thats how I learned what food was. So I learned food is hospitality.
Read more: https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/new-film-truly-texas-mexican-uncovers-the-roots-of-authentic-mexican-cuisine/
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New Film 'Truly Texas Mexican' Uncovers The Roots Of Authentic Mexican Cuisine (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 2021
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AKwannabe
(5,634 posts)1. Can't forget goat!
And I am serious.
Also, please consider posting in cooking and baking!
Us peeps will enjoy.
TexasTowelie
(111,980 posts)3. Yes, I have had cabrito along with venison.
Thanks for suggesting that I post in Cooking and Baking. They don't see me over in that group too often.
AKwannabe
(5,634 posts)2. Best gifts are food gifts!
Was gifted a pheasant this year. Learned how to butcher and then cook. Brilliant gift!
tanyev
(42,523 posts)4. Cool. I want to see that.
LeftInTX
(25,152 posts)5. To truly understand it, would take an entire series!
Will look for it on PBS