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If You Don't Get 15/17 On This Mexican Food Test Then You Can't Call Yourself An Expert

How Much Do You Really Know About Mexican Food?

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Can't have a quesadilla without some cheese in it!

I'll start you off easy. What key ingredient do you need to make a quesadilla?

Nothing like that little bit of pineapple sweetness in your tacos!

Which slice of fruit is typically added to al pastor tacos?

Yep, all that deliciousness will leave your face covered in mayo afterwards.

An elote is typically slathered in what?

They are NOT the same, though similar. Despite both having piloncillo, masa harina, milk, and cinammon — champurrado also has chocolate in it, while atole does not.

True or false: Champurrado and atole are the exact same thing?

Rompope is a Mexican eggnog of sorts.

Which of the choices below is NOT an agua fresca?

They're definitely sibling stews, but their meat differs.

What's the biggest difference between pozole and menudo?

Flat, round fried dessert with sugar on top of it

These are buñuelos, and if you eat one you'll find crumbs on you for the next year.

What are these called?

Not even kinda vegan. It's literally meat. And delicious.

Is birria vegan?

They are typically steamed in a large pot. And don't put your face directly over the pot when you open the lid unless you want to get burned.

Finish the sentence: Mexican tamales are most commonly made by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ them.

Yep, I would have just made some chilaquiles rojos. And no, I'm not sharing.

If I mix together pan-fried tortilla pieces, salsa roja (red), cotija cheese, crema, and plop a fried egg on top, what did I just make?

That's all chamoy. If you don't already know, chamoy is a savory and often slightly spicy sauce made from pickled fruit. I could drink a gallon of it.

The red sauce on a mangonada (also called a mangoneada) is what?

A small round bread with cross bones baked on top of it

That's pan de muerto, aka bread of the dead.

This type of sweet bread is baked around which holiday?

I'm making capirotada, aka Mexican bread pudding!

If I ask you to buy me some bolillo bread, piloncillo, raisins, shredded cheese, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and salted peanuts, what might you think I'm about to make?

A plastic bag filled with Chicharrones de Harina

These fried lil' delicacies are typically smothered in hot sauce and lemon or lime juice, which then leaves half your body smothered in the same thing.

If you reach your hand into this bag, what are you likely to get your hand/forearm covered in?

Albondigas are basically just Mexican meatballs. Cute name, right?

While some moles do contain chocolate in them, like mole negro and some mole rojos — other moles, like mole verde and mole amarillo do not.

True or false: all mole sauces contain some chocolate in them.

Fun fact: Chile de árbol [registers](https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-cook-with-chile-de-arbol#what-are-chiles-de-rbol) at 15,000–30,000 on the Scoville scale, which makes them much hotter than a jalapeño pepper.

Finally, what are these Mexican chili peppers called?

Let's face it, Mexico has given the world some of the finest cuisine known to humans, and it's about time you learned all about it! Look up some recipes or go to a local Latino-owned Mexican restaurant and try out some dishes that you aren't familiar with yet.

Mexican Food Rookie

You may not necessarily have a deep-rooted history with Mexican food, but you definitely can't get enough of it now. You're always down to go to a hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant just to experience the best of the best!

Mexican Food Lover

You're either Mexican or you grew up eating this stuff because there's nothing that could ever separate you from your love of some of the finest food in the world.

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