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Pure comfort, which is what all great Mexican should be
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Tex-Mex food, the stuff that Americans generally know as "Mexican" food but is really a hybrid of of American and Mexican culinary ideas, hits the peak the highest for a lot of people, myself included. Authentic Mexican food can be extremely good too, but much like with any country as big as Mexico is, the cuisine is not monolithic. But the Tex-Mex food when it is really good is worth going out on the first weekend of relaxation on stay-at-home orders. When it's bad, well, you tend to stay far away from places that serve bad Mexican food. The variance is wider than most common varieties of food Americans eat. It's hard to screw up tomato sauce or gravy completely, and even bad Chinese food (which similarly to Mexican food is basically an immigrant invention over here, not authentic food made in China) is tolerable if you stick to the vegetarian options. However, you really haven't lived until you ordered a chile relleno from a bad Mexican joint, and the pepper comes out hella undercooked while the batter on the outside more resembles an omelet than something crispy and breaded, which in a sense is the same as saying you haven't lived until you thought you were in danger of dying.
