Mexican cuisine is combination of culinary heritage and linguists call a part of this adaptation as Tex-Mex or Mexican cuisine created to suit the taste of Americans. The Spanish colonization and conquest had made its way to the Mexican kitchen and the Aztec and Mayan civilization has greatly influenced the Mexican cuisine.
Peru has given Mexican cuisine Ceviche. In Peru Ceviche is a cocktail of shrimps, roasted kernels of maize, corn-on-the-cob, sweet potato and seaweed, whereas its Mexican version is shrimps sans the main ingredients, tossed with the Peruvian mix of limejuice and onions and seasoned with the Mexican salsa.
Flan is handed down by the Spanish colonizers, which is a version of the Caramel pudding or the Creme Brulee; and it is made of the good old pudding base made out of milk and eggs, with the only difference that it is boiled in Bain Marie or a double boiler arrangement.
Churros again are an adaptation of the Spanish doughnut, but it is called churro as it is squeezed out of a churrera or a syringe and therefore has a ridged surface. It is flavored with cinnamon, and in Brazil it is served with chocolate and caramel.
The Mexican pizza is a gift of Italy, where the toppings are different with beans, jalapenos; and sometimes it is made with cheese folded into tortillas and topped with tomato sauce.
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