Guanajuato Mexico - Guanajuato is in central Mexico. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Jalisco to the west, Zacatecas to the northwest, San Luis Potosí to the north, Querétaro to the east, & Michoacán to the south.
Popular foods here are
TAQUITOS- small taco that is rolled and cooked .
Carne asada Tacos
Gringas - flour tortillas filled with al pastor marinated pork meat, cheese, pineapple slices, onions, chili sauce, coriander & grilled like a quesadilla
But eaten like a taco.
Salsa verde / green salsa enchiladas.
Virgin’s Tears (Lágrimas de la Virgen)
cooked beets, lime, lettuce, banana, apple & orange are added and it is sweetened with sugar, best to drink cold .
Strawberry liqueur is a typical drink of the city of Irapuato. Prepared by baking the strawberries & then put them to dry, extract the honey & add alcohol.
Cerveza / Beer
Popular foods here are
TAQUITOS- small taco that is rolled and cooked .
Carne asada Tacos
Gringas - flour tortillas filled with al pastor marinated pork meat, cheese, pineapple slices, onions, chili sauce, coriander & grilled like a quesadilla
But eaten like a taco.
Salsa verde / green salsa enchiladas.
Virgin’s Tears (Lágrimas de la Virgen)
cooked beets, lime, lettuce, banana, apple & orange are added and it is sweetened with sugar, best to drink cold .
Strawberry liqueur is a typical drink of the city of Irapuato. Prepared by baking the strawberries & then put them to dry, extract the honey & add alcohol.
Cerveza / Beer
Guanajuato Mexico has particularly seen growth in the automotive industry.
Located in central Mexico, northwest of Mexico City, Guanajuato is one of the main strawberry producing states in Mexico. While the region of Irapuato was the first that dedicated itself to strawberry production for decades, currently Tarandacuao, Abasolo, and Valle de Santiago all grow the berries as well.
Located in central Mexico, northwest of Mexico City, Guanajuato is one of the main strawberry producing states in Mexico. While the region of Irapuato was the first that dedicated itself to strawberry production for decades, currently Tarandacuao, Abasolo, and Valle de Santiago all grow the berries as well.
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Día de los Muertos & Cinco De Mayo
Are heavily celebrated here .
Bataille de Puebla which took place on 5 May, Cinco de Mayo, 1862, near Puebla de Zaragoza during the 2nd French intervention in Mexico. French troops under the command of Charles de Lorencez repeatedly failed to storm the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe situated on top of the hills.
The climate of Puebla is subtropical, with a dry season from November to April & a rainy season from May to October.
Día de los Muertos & Cinco De Mayo
Are heavily celebrated here .
Bataille de Puebla which took place on 5 May, Cinco de Mayo, 1862, near Puebla de Zaragoza during the 2nd French intervention in Mexico. French troops under the command of Charles de Lorencez repeatedly failed to storm the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe situated on top of the hills.
The climate of Puebla is subtropical, with a dry season from November to April & a rainy season from May to October.
Puebla mexico common to the state include atole with chili pepper (chileatole), spicy mole verde, barbacoa, chilate with chopped onion, cemitas, cecina, guacamole with lime, & mole de caderas or mole espinazo. Many of these are found in the Sierra Mixteca region. However, the state is best known for cemitas, mole poblano, chiles en nogada & chalupas.
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The largest city & State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the 2nd largest is Torreón (largest metropolitan area in Coahuila & 9th largest in Mexico); the 3rd largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the 4th largest is Ciudad Acuña & the 5th largest is Piedras Negras.
Coahuila is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the State support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly cotton. The Parras district in the southern part of the State produces wines & brandies. The pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre produce timber.
The portion of the State west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the Mexican Plateau, is part of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Coahuila is 1 of Mexico's major steel & wine producers
& is ran by the Los Zetas Cartel.
The largest city & State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the 2nd largest is Torreón (largest metropolitan area in Coahuila & 9th largest in Mexico); the 3rd largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the 4th largest is Ciudad Acuña & the 5th largest is Piedras Negras.
Coahuila is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the State support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly cotton. The Parras district in the southern part of the State produces wines & brandies. The pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre produce timber.
The portion of the State west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the Mexican Plateau, is part of the Chihuahuan Desert.
Coahuila is 1 of Mexico's major steel & wine producers
& is ran by the Los Zetas Cartel.
Coahuila Mexico , About 95% of Mexico's coal reserves are found in Coahuila, which is the country's top mining state.
Saltillo & the Southeast region have one of the largest automobile industry in the Mexico & the major industry in the state, hosting companies such as General Motors & Chrysler assembly plants.
Foods they are known for are
As in other northern Mexican states, Coahuila's dishes consist of beef, veal, lamb or goat. Tacos, marinated flank meat, beef jerky, fritadas (goat in its juice) and machaca (beef jerky with scrambled eggs.
Cabrito al horno -- baked goat
Machaca con huevo -- dried, salted beef that is rehydrated, lightly roasted over fire, soaked in water to remove the salt and to soften, then pounded to pieces, traditionally over a mesquite trunk, by a mesquite pole. Then it's put in water again to get out more salt, & finally squeezed & fried in a skillet. A salsa is made with onion, chili, tomato & oregano, the salsa is mixed into the fried beef & the whole thing is cooked for about 5 minutes. Most people expect to eat this with wheat tortillas, beans and coffee. This particular machaca also contains eggs
Cajeta de membrillo & Cajeta de perón -- traditional cajetas are typically gelatin-based deserts congealed in a round box 4 or 5 inches across, made of thin wood slivers. Membrillo is quince, & perón is a pearlike fruit .
Jamoncillos de Piñón - finely ground pine-nuts prepared with milk & sugar.
Saltillo & the Southeast region have one of the largest automobile industry in the Mexico & the major industry in the state, hosting companies such as General Motors & Chrysler assembly plants.
Foods they are known for are
As in other northern Mexican states, Coahuila's dishes consist of beef, veal, lamb or goat. Tacos, marinated flank meat, beef jerky, fritadas (goat in its juice) and machaca (beef jerky with scrambled eggs.
Cabrito al horno -- baked goat
Machaca con huevo -- dried, salted beef that is rehydrated, lightly roasted over fire, soaked in water to remove the salt and to soften, then pounded to pieces, traditionally over a mesquite trunk, by a mesquite pole. Then it's put in water again to get out more salt, & finally squeezed & fried in a skillet. A salsa is made with onion, chili, tomato & oregano, the salsa is mixed into the fried beef & the whole thing is cooked for about 5 minutes. Most people expect to eat this with wheat tortillas, beans and coffee. This particular machaca also contains eggs
Cajeta de membrillo & Cajeta de perón -- traditional cajetas are typically gelatin-based deserts congealed in a round box 4 or 5 inches across, made of thin wood slivers. Membrillo is quince, & perón is a pearlike fruit .
Jamoncillos de Piñón - finely ground pine-nuts prepared with milk & sugar.
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Colima's main crops are 🍋, melons, 🥭, papaya, 🍉, yellow seedless 🍉 & 🍌. Other crops include 🌽, sugar cane, jalapeno chilies, 🍒 🍅& 🥒.
Popular food here is
Sopitos -
Small fried tortillas with shredded meat & local cheese.
Tamales de Chihuilin - 🌽 tamales are steamed in 🍌 leaves,
The flavour is unique as pork lard is used along with local chihuilines fish from the river
Chicharron en Salsa -
Deep fried pork skin served in a red or green sauce.
Fish Ceviche -
ground fish that is marinated in lime juice & then drained producing a dry-style ceviche.
It’s often with red snapper but it can be made with any local fish.
Chilayo - pork & vegetable stew served with rice & pickled 🧅.
Pozole Seco - dry white pozole, which has practically no broth topped with 🥓, 🥬, 🧅 , radish.
Menudo - cow guts (tripe) soup
Chamorro-
Slow cooked pork leg served in a spicy sauce.
Atole -
A drink made with 🌽 with a bit of vanilla & cinnamon.
Tejuino -
fermented 🌽, molasses, cinnamon, 🧂& lime over crushed ice
Tuba -
alcoholic drink uses sap from 🥥 palm trees are fermented then topped with toasted 🥜.
Tuxca -
An alcoholic drink that ferments sap from local agave plants.
Colima's main crops are 🍋, melons, 🥭, papaya, 🍉, yellow seedless 🍉 & 🍌. Other crops include 🌽, sugar cane, jalapeno chilies, 🍒 🍅& 🥒.
Popular food here is
Sopitos -
Small fried tortillas with shredded meat & local cheese.
Tamales de Chihuilin - 🌽 tamales are steamed in 🍌 leaves,
The flavour is unique as pork lard is used along with local chihuilines fish from the river
Chicharron en Salsa -
Deep fried pork skin served in a red or green sauce.
Fish Ceviche -
ground fish that is marinated in lime juice & then drained producing a dry-style ceviche.
It’s often with red snapper but it can be made with any local fish.
Chilayo - pork & vegetable stew served with rice & pickled 🧅.
Pozole Seco - dry white pozole, which has practically no broth topped with 🥓, 🥬, 🧅 , radish.
Menudo - cow guts (tripe) soup
Chamorro-
Slow cooked pork leg served in a spicy sauce.
Atole -
A drink made with 🌽 with a bit of vanilla & cinnamon.
Tejuino -
fermented 🌽, molasses, cinnamon, 🧂& lime over crushed ice
Tuba -
alcoholic drink uses sap from 🥥 palm trees are fermented then topped with toasted 🥜.
Tuxca -
An alcoholic drink that ferments sap from local agave plants.
Colima Mexico has 1 of highest murder rate per capita & 1 of the highest crime rates, due to its ports being a contested area for cartels and cartel activities.
It is the 4th smallest federal entity after Tlaxcala, Morelos & the Federal District of Mexico City, containing only 0.3% of the country's total territory. The state is in the middle of Mexico's Pacific coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean & the states of Jalisco & Michoacán.
Colima cartel has become a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel as are the Milenio Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel, & Sonora Cartels.
Colima marks the latest manifestation of violence in one of Mexico’s smallest yet deadliest states — a dubious honor attributable to Colima’s location along the territorial fault lines dividing Mexico’s most powerful cartels.
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It is the 4th smallest federal entity after Tlaxcala, Morelos & the Federal District of Mexico City, containing only 0.3% of the country's total territory. The state is in the middle of Mexico's Pacific coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean & the states of Jalisco & Michoacán.
Colima cartel has become a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel as are the Milenio Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel, & Sonora Cartels.
Colima marks the latest manifestation of violence in one of Mexico’s smallest yet deadliest states — a dubious honor attributable to Colima’s location along the territorial fault lines dividing Mexico’s most powerful cartels.
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It is bordered by Zacatecas to the north, east & west, with Jalisco to the south..
Aguascalientes is 1 of the smallest states of Mexico
Just like Colima Mexico.
Jalisco New Generation cartel is prominent here .
Popular foods here are
menudo - cow stomach ( tripe) soup
Chicken san marco
sweet uvate -which is made with grapes, cinnamon & sugar
guava cheese flan - eggs, condensed milk, caramel & cream cheese
Roast suckling pig tacos
birria - mutton or pork cooked on the barbecue. Then coriander, onion & chili peppers are added. With these ingredients the juice that comes off the meat, a broth is prepared to which tomato is added.Maguey leaves & soil are placed on top & left for about 4 hours. Finally, the meat is served together with the aforementioned broth & accompanied with Corn tortillas
It is bordered by Zacatecas to the north, east & west, with Jalisco to the south..
Aguascalientes is 1 of the smallest states of Mexico
Just like Colima Mexico.
Jalisco New Generation cartel is prominent here .
Popular foods here are
menudo - cow stomach ( tripe) soup
Chicken san marco
sweet uvate -which is made with grapes, cinnamon & sugar
guava cheese flan - eggs, condensed milk, caramel & cream cheese
Roast suckling pig tacos
birria - mutton or pork cooked on the barbecue. Then coriander, onion & chili peppers are added. With these ingredients the juice that comes off the meat, a broth is prepared to which tomato is added.Maguey leaves & soil are placed on top & left for about 4 hours. Finally, the meat is served together with the aforementioned broth & accompanied with Corn tortillas
Aguascalientes Mexico.... Its name means "hot waters"
& originated from the abundance of hot springs originally found in the area.
Aguascalientes was historically known for its former railroad textile industry, as well as wine making,🍇🍷🍾
Aguascalientes is also well known for its San Marcos Fair (Feria Nacional de San Marcos), the largest fair in Mexico & 1 of the largest in Latin America.
aguascalientes has a city with the same name too .
& originated from the abundance of hot springs originally found in the area.
Aguascalientes was historically known for its former railroad textile industry, as well as wine making,🍇🍷🍾
Aguascalientes is also well known for its San Marcos Fair (Feria Nacional de San Marcos), the largest fair in Mexico & 1 of the largest in Latin America.
aguascalientes has a city with the same name too .
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Santa Rosa de Lima cartel runs this place .
Popular foods here are
Enchiladas Queretanas - enchilada filled with chicken and coated in guajillo sauce. The enchiladas are then served with stewed potatoes & carrots, fresh salad, cotija cheese.
gorditas de migajas. a type of gordita made with pork rind crumbs mixed into the corn masa
Guajolotes - Mexican sandwich made with pambazo bread filled with meat (usually pork or chicken), lettuce, crema (Mexican sour cream), cotija cheese drenched in guajillo sauce.
Pozole Rojo - Pozole refers to a pre-Hispanic soup or stew made with hominy corn as its key ingredient. The corn is mixed with meat (usually pork or chicken) other ingredients like shredded lettuce, radish, onion, garlic, chili, avocado, lime. 3 main types – rojo (red), verde (green), blanco (white)
Santa Rosa de Lima cartel runs this place .
Popular foods here are
Enchiladas Queretanas - enchilada filled with chicken and coated in guajillo sauce. The enchiladas are then served with stewed potatoes & carrots, fresh salad, cotija cheese.
gorditas de migajas. a type of gordita made with pork rind crumbs mixed into the corn masa
Guajolotes - Mexican sandwich made with pambazo bread filled with meat (usually pork or chicken), lettuce, crema (Mexican sour cream), cotija cheese drenched in guajillo sauce.
Pozole Rojo - Pozole refers to a pre-Hispanic soup or stew made with hominy corn as its key ingredient. The corn is mixed with meat (usually pork or chicken) other ingredients like shredded lettuce, radish, onion, garlic, chili, avocado, lime. 3 main types – rojo (red), verde (green), blanco (white)
Querétaro Mexico ... Querétaro is not to be confused with
Quintana Roo. Even though they both start with Q .
Shoot both places are 20 hr 45 min apart from each other,
Quintana Roo is closer to the Caribbean,Yucatán, Belize and Guatemala while Querétaro is closer to San Luis Potosí .
Quintana Roo. Even though they both start with Q .
Shoot both places are 20 hr 45 min apart from each other,
Quintana Roo is closer to the Caribbean,Yucatán, Belize and Guatemala while Querétaro is closer to San Luis Potosí .
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Nuevo León is known for
adventure sports- including rock climbing and rappelling – but most of the state's revenue comes from its ironwork, steelwork and smelting plants.
The most famous dish is cabrito, goat cooked slowly over the embers of a wood fire for about 8 hours & served with charros (pinto beans stewed with bacon and onions. They also enjoy churros with
Chocolate dipping sauce.
Nuevo León is known for
adventure sports- including rock climbing and rappelling – but most of the state's revenue comes from its ironwork, steelwork and smelting plants.
The most famous dish is cabrito, goat cooked slowly over the embers of a wood fire for about 8 hours & served with charros (pinto beans stewed with bacon and onions. They also enjoy churros with
Chocolate dipping sauce.
Nuevo León Mexico The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León.
Oranges and cotton are two of the most profitable crops grown in Nuevo Leon, which is known for long growing seasons.
Although Nuevo Leon has a relatively high standard of living and it is a well-developed state compared to the rest of Mexico, crime has been a problem in recent decade due
To drug cartels.
Oranges and cotton are two of the most profitable crops grown in Nuevo Leon, which is known for long growing seasons.
Although Nuevo Leon has a relatively high standard of living and it is a well-developed state compared to the rest of Mexico, crime has been a problem in recent decade due
To drug cartels.
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