Talk:Guatemalan Cuisine

Guatemalan Cuisine
Thank you for giving to the world a little history of Guatemala, its culture and cuisine. I'm guatemalan, and there is only a little thing, Guatemala's Cuisine is definitly not influenced by Mexican cuisine AT ALL, both cuisines are TOTALLY diferent, and Guatemalan Cuisine is unique, in its ingridients and methods to cook, I invite you all, to taste our flavors and compare, having in mind that Guatemala and Mexico are diferent cultures in every way. Mexican food is probably the most popular Latin Cuisine all over the world, and that doesn't mean it influences the way of cooking in the rest of Latin American Countries. Believe it or not, it might be the other way, and now Mexico has a little part of Guatemala, Southern Mexico this days, use to be part of Guatemala, and thats where they get a lot of our culture, that today they claim Mexican. Guatemala has a lot to show to the world including its unique cuisine, that for me is wonderfull and magical. To give you just a little example Guatemalan dishes are usually not spicy at all, we use diferent types of chiles, but we use them for the flavor and not for the heat, guatemalans love chiles and spicy sauces, that we may serve, so everybody adds as much as they like to their food, so the heat is not overpowering in the dishes. Guatemalan Tamales are totally diferent, then what everybody knows as mexican tamales, much more elaborated, made with corn and rice for the dough, that we cook first and then we add big pieces of chiken, turkey or pork, olives, capers and a very special sauce made with roasted vegetables, dry chiles, and spices, wrapped in banana leaves, just the greatest tamales you've ever tried! An enchilada in Guatemala is a crispy corn tortilla, deep fried, with shreaded beef, and a mixture of vegetables like cabagge, beets, carrots, green beans and onions marinated in vinegar and olive oil, fresh tomatoe sauce, pieces of hard boiled egg, dry cheese, and chopped parsley, everything on the tortilla, really fun to eat! And like that I can give you a lot of examples of diferent food, like our tortillas that are made in a diferent way, our Mole, that is dessert, made with chocolate and fried plantains, yum! Again I invite you to go to Guatemala and take the oportunity to know our culture, kind people and wonderful cuisine!

Thank you.