What is a tortilla in Mexico?
A thin corn flatbread, where in Spain the same word means a potato omelette. Corn, beans and chilli are the foundation of the traditional Mexican cuisine UNESCO listed in 2010, and the maize is treated with lime, nixtamalization, before it is ground.
What a tortilla is here
In Mexico a tortilla is a thin corn flatbread; in Spain the same word is a potato omelette. Corn, beans and chilli are the foundation of the cuisine that UNESCO listed in 2010, and the maize is treated with lime, nixtamalization, before it is ground.
- In Mexico a tortilla is a thin corn flatbread; in Spain a tortilla is a potato omelette.
- Corn, beans and chilli are the foundation of traditional Mexican cuisine; maize is lime-hulled (nixtamalized), which increases its nutritional value.
- UNESCO inscribed "Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm" on its Representative List in 2010.
Gracias, señora. ¿Dónde hay tortillas?Thank you, madam. Where can I find tortillas?
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Sources
- En el mercado de la Merced — At La Merced market
- Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the Michoacán paradigm — UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage