Copy of `Tex Mex - Mexican Food Glossary`

The wordlist doesn't exist anymore, or, the website doesn't exist anymore. On this page you can find a copy of the original information. The information may have been taken offline because it is outdated.

Tex Mex - Mexican Food Glossary Category: Food and Drink > Mexican Food Date & country: 13/09/2007, USA Words: 326

Salchicha
(Mexican) Sausage

Salsa
(Mexican) Sauce. Usually refers to a tomato-based condiment used to dip or to accent dishes. If the salsa is uncooked, as in Pico De Gallo, it is referred to as 'salsa cruda.' If it is processed, in Tex Mex lingo, this is called 'chile.' If cooked and then bottled, this is called 'picante'.

Sangría
(Mexican) A drink made of red or white wine, sugar, oranges, lemons and lime.

Seco
(Mexican) Dry

Serrano Pepper
(Mexican) The serrano pepper is a very hot pepper, slightly hotter than a jalapeno pepper. Used often in salsa's and table sauces, the serrano chile pepper is thin skinned making it easy to work with (no need to remove the skin).

Sopa
(Mexican) Soup. Varieties include de aguacate (avocado), de fideo (chicken broth with noodles), de lima (chicken stock flavored with lemon).

Sopes
(Mexican) Miniature fried corn-dough bowls filled with beans and sauce and topped with cheese. Many varieties can be found.

Taco
(Mexican) A corn tortilla folded over a filling.

Tacos al carbon
(Mexican) Soft corn tortillas wrapped in around cooked meats.

Tamale (plural is tamales)
(Mexican) A corn husk stuffed with masa, meat or beans. Masa (dough) that surrounds your choice of filling, traditionally pork. The 5'-6' long and 1' thick tamale is wrapped in a soaked cornhusk and steamed to cook dough. A traditional Mexican Christmas dish.

Tatemar
(Mexican) Verb meaning to roast, peel and seed green chiles.

Té Caliente
(Mexican) Hot Tea.

Té Helado
(Mexican) Iced Tea.

Tejano
(Mexican) Spanish word meaning 'Texan'.

Tequila
(Mexican) Distilled liquor made from the agave, or century plant. Typically served in a shot glass or blended in margaritas or other cocktails.

Tomatillo
(Mexican) Looks like a tiny green tomato, actually a relative of the gooseberry family. Enclosed in a paper-like husk that is removed before cooking. Used ' in a variety of Mexican dishes and sauces to add an acidic flavor. Native to Mexico but can be found fresh or canned in many grocery stores.

Topopo
(Mexican) A salad shaped like a volcano or pyramid.

Torta
(Mexican) A Mexican sandwich made from bolillo (hard Mexican roll) cut in half and stuffed with tomatoes, avocados or guacamole and carne asada, shredded beef or chicken, cheese and salsa.

Tortilla
(Mexican) A thin, flat bread made from wheat flour or corn masa.

Tortilla Press
(Mexican) A device used to flatten balls of masa (corn meal dough) into thin patties for tortillas.

Tostada
(Mexican) A fried flat corn tortilla topped with a layer of beans, shredded beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, avocado and salsa.

Tripe
(Mexican) The stomach lining of a cow, pig or sheep. Must be cleaned for cooking. The primary ingredient used in menudo soup.

Uvas
(Mexican) Grapes.

Vainilla
(Mexican) Vanilla

Veracruzana
(Mexican) Fish cooked with tomatoes and onions.

Zanahoria
(Mexican) Carrot.