ʻO ka Mexica Meaʻai nui loa mai ke ahi mai ka Lā Heat
ʻO ka lapalapa ahi ka mea kanu mua loa i ka honua. ʻO kēlā me kēia moʻomeheu. ʻO kaʻokoʻa maoli wale nō i loko o nā meaʻai a me keʻano e hoʻohanaʻia ai ke ahi. I Mexico kahi ahi ahi i hanaʻia me ka lāʻau Mesquite i kālaiʻia me nā pōhaku. Ma mua o ka laweʻana o ka Spanish i ka hao, hoʻomahaʻia kaʻai ma luna o nā lāʻau'ōmaʻomaʻo aiʻole e kauʻia ma luna o nā pōhaku maʻemaʻe a iʻole kokoke i ke ahi. Ma hope o ka poʻe Sepania, ua hoʻohanaʻia kekahi mau kīhāʻaiʻai e kau pono i kaʻai ma luna o ka lapalapa.
E like me nā moʻomeheu a pau nā mea Mexicaans e kuke ai i ka mea maʻalahi e like me ka iʻa hou, ke keiki hipa, ka maiʻa, nā tortillas, a me nā kapuaʻi. ʻO ka mea mua i hanaʻia ka lāʻau. Loaʻa ka Mesquite ma ka hapanui o Mexico aʻo ia ka wahie e koho ai. ʻO ka hapanui o mākou pahaʻaʻole i loaʻa ka Mesquite e ulu ana ma ka kua o ka hale, ua nui nā'āhuʻu Mesquite ma ka honua a pau i kēia mau lā. No laila, inā e noʻonoʻoʻoe i ka kukeʻana i nā mea Mexican ma ka pahu, e hele mua a lawe i kahi'āhuhu Mesquite no kāu'ōmoleʻanuʻu a Mesquite mīhini pahu lāʻau no ka pahu ahi o kāu pūkenaʻenehana (see Making Smoke ).
ʻO ka papaheleʻelua o nā kukeʻo Mexicoʻo Salsa a me Recado. ʻO Salsa keʻano o ka nalu aʻo ka mea āu e lawelawe ai me kaʻai. Hoʻomakaʻia e hoʻopiliʻia ma hope o ka kukeʻana. ʻO Recado kahi marinade i hoʻohanaʻia no ka meaʻai ma mua a ma ka wā eʻoki ai. ʻO nā mea lohi ka mea hele i nā meaʻala a me nā papa maloʻo. Hāʻawi lākou i kahi meaʻala nui loa i kaʻai e like wale nō me ka hanaʻana o nā lāʻau laʻau maʻamau me nā'ōpala a me nā meaʻai'ē aʻe paha.
ʻO ka mea nuiʻo ka mea kokoke i nā ipu Mexican a pau. Aia iʻoi aku ma mua o kanakolu haneli nāʻano likeʻole e hoʻohanaʻia ai i kaʻaiʻo Mexico aʻo ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo maoli e nānā neiʻaʻoleʻo ia wale nō kaʻano akāʻo ka'āina i ulu ai a me keʻano i hoʻomākaukauʻia ai. Hōloʻoloʻo maiʻo Chiles, maloʻo, pulpona a hou paha. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe e maopopo i kāu mau akua e ho'āʻo i kahi pani.
Aia ka nui o ka wela mai nā akua'ē aʻe.
ʻO nā meaʻai'ē aʻe i ka kukeʻo Mexico,ʻo ia hoʻi: ka niu, ka maiʻa, ka cilantro, ka kumini, nāʻano mea uluʻole, nā kāleka, a me ka maiʻa a me nā lau pākoma. Hoʻopiliʻia nā lālā Banana e like me ke kuke kuke. ʻO kaʻaila a me ka'ōʻi anise ke hoʻopiha i nā meaʻai ke kuʻi lākou i kahi meaʻono. Inā makemakeʻoe e ho'āʻo, e kiʻi i kahi mau lau maiʻa, holoi iā lākou a kau pololei ma luna o kāu kuke kuke. E kau i nā mea a pau eʻoki ponoʻoe ma nā lau. ʻO ka hana maʻamau kēia me ka iʻa e like me kaʻu mea i aloha nui ai .