User:Hippietrail/Mexicanisms

Here are some words I've been collecting in Mexico:

• Food
  1. adobado (Zipolite)
  2. almendrado (Zipolite)
  3. arrachera meat
  4. atole drink
  5. birria Goat meat.
  6. bolis de leche (Puebla) sweet/candy/lolly?
  7. caldo soup
  8. cazuela (Oaxaca)
  9. cazuelita (Zipolite, not in RAE)
  10. cebollita snack
  11. cema (Puebla) A type of bread or bread roll.
  12. cemita (Puebla) A kind of torta, but better.
  13. chalupa snack Tiny corn tortillas served flat. Ingredients?
  14. chamorro (Oaxaca)
  15. chanclas (Puebla) Literally sandal, flip-flop, thong, but also some kind of food, compare with huarache.
  16. chicharrines (Puebla)
  17. chilaquiles (DF) breakfast
  18. chileatole (Puebla) Sold at the same places that offer the more common elotes and esquites.
  19. chilindrina (Oaxaca)
  20. chipotle Dried smoked chilis (jalapeños?).
  21. chorrillana (Zipolite, not in RAE)
  22. cocol de queso (Puebla) bread
  23. cremitas (Puebla) A type of dip?
  24. dedo de novia dessert
  25. dobladita (Salina Cruz)
  26. elote (DF, Puebla) snack Corn on the cob.
  27. empanizado (Zipolite)
  28. enchipotlado (Cholula) A way of preparing food with chipotle.
  29. enfrijolada (Oaxaca)
  30. entomatada (Oaxaca)
  31. esquite (DF, Puebla) snack A corn-based snack.
  32. gordita (DF) snack
  33. gringa (DF, Puebla)
  34. horchata drink
  35. huachinango fish
  36. huarache (Pochutla, Oaxaca) Literally sandal, but also some kind of food, compare with chanclas.
  37. huaxmole (Puebla)
  38. huevos
      1. huevos a la mexicana
      2. huevos motuleños
      3. huevos a la oaxaqueña (Oaxaca)
      4. huevos rancheros
  39. huitlacoche, cuitlacoche A type of edible fungus which grows on corn. English: corn smut or Mexican truffle
  40. jaiba A type of crab
  41. jarochas (Puebla)
  42. jicama
  43. jocoque (Puebla) Something like buttermilk or sour cream.
  44. mariscada (Zipolite)
  45. memela (Puebla)
  46. memelita (Oaxaca)
  47. mixiote (Puebla) Lamb with chili.
  48. mojarra fish
  49. mole A type of rich sauce or gravy.
      1. negro
      2. de panza
      3. poblano
  50. molote (Puebla) snack A sealed, deep-fried quesadilla, served topped with mayonaise.
  51. panucho (Salina Cruz)
  52. pelonas (Puebla)
  53. pescadillas (Zipolite, Oaxaca)
  54. picadita (Oaxaca)
  55. pozole (DF, Puebla, Huatulco) soup A type of soup.
  56. quesadilla (DF, Puebla) A fried tortilla containing cheese (usually quesillo) and usually another ingredient.
  57. salpicón (Oaxaca)
  58. sopa
      1. xochitl (Zipolite)
  59. taco
      1. al pastor (DF, Puebla) Spiced meat cooked on a vertical grill similar to those used for doner kebabs. About 3 inches in diamater and served folded.
      2. arabes (Puebla) A taco oriental on a wheat tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
      3. orientales (Puebla) A taco arabe on a corn tortilla. Contents similar to a taco al pastor but about 4 inches in diameter and rolled.
      4. al vapor (Pochutla, Oaxaca)
  60. tasajo (Oaxaca)
  61. tepaches (Puebla) drink Some kind of drink.
  62. tinga f (Oaxaca)
  63. tlayuda (Oaxaca)
  64. torta (DF, Puebla) snack A kind of sandwich on a bolillo, usually with cooked ingredients.
  65. tortilla
  66. tostada (DF, Puebla, Oaxaca) snack

• Food utensils, preparation, etc
  1. al achiote (Zipolite)
  2. al ajillo (Zipolite)
  3. al mojo de ajo (Zipolite)
  4. a la talla (Zipolite)
  5. a la veracruzana (Zipolite)
  6. anafre (Oaxaca) A stove filled with hot coals, over which a comal is placed.
  7. comal (Oaxaca) A large wok-shaped pan used over an anafre for cooking tostadas, memelitas, tlayudas, etc.

• Other
  1. otro pedo (DF, slang) "es otro pedo!" = "man, that's something else!"
  2. cholulteco Resident of w:Cholula.

Many are not here yet as I don't have my other notebook with me