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My wife and I went to India with a mission to try as much different food as possible.
For the most part, India delivered but one day we decided to try a place that "Lonely Planet" recommended as the hot dining option for young people in the area. It turned out to be a Tex-Mex diner.
You know how people complain about American's screwing up foreign (including Indian) food? India can give as good as it gets. We asked to get their most popular items and they were all huge misses. The quesadilla tasted like the chef had once seen a picture of a quesadilla and rolled with it.
yeah but the locals wouldn't know the difference.
Most of them. I assume they also have some well-traveled food snobs that make fun of it when their friends suggest it.
"Man that Texmex joint sucks. You can only get authentic tortillas in Tijuana. "
if I make them at home, but i'm white, does that make them automatically non-authentic? do i have to be a 5'2" mexican grandma living in poverty to make them taste extra good?
Great question.
If your dark enough you may just be able to pass as Mexican. I'm half Chinese and that seems to be good enough for a lot of people to guess that I'm Mexican.
If your white white you may need some extra steps for True Authenticity (TM). You should probably buy whole corn kernels directly from a fair trade farm in Yucatan and hand grind it in a traditional mortar and pestel. If you don't get blisters, it won't taste right.