#TodayILearned that the delicious Mexican fruit sauce #Chamoy probably derives its name and recipe from the #Philippines’ “kiamoy”, which is a fruit sauce made with the same recipe. That recipe was in turn derived from a #Hokkien#Chinese recipe brought by Chinese immigrants, who called it 鹹梅 “kiam-mui” (literally: salted plums).
As a Hokkien descendant who loves #Mexican#fruit salads, this makes me happy.
#Panam is a #mexican shoe brand, I was totally unaware of this, but they were founded on this day, 61 years ago! And yes, that logo precedes #Nike's swoosh ;)
I bought these pair last Friday and now I am even happier I got them lol, super cheap too
I am not sure if I just dislike #Mexican food in general or just whatever travesty is served in #Europe as Mexican.
It might be both, but I assume it's the latter. But every time I eat it here I come away disappointed.
Except #churros
Churros are really hard to fuck up. Even the ones they have in zabka are edible.
After autoworkers in Coahuila, Mexico, organized an independent union at a VU Manufacturing facility, the company shuttered the plant and fired all the workers. Now local business elites have imposed a hiring blacklist on all the former VU workers.
Today in Labor History March 17, 1966: 100 striking Mexican American and Filipino farmworkers marched from Delano, California to Sacramento to pressure the growers and the state government to answer their demands for better working conditions and higher wages, which were, at the time, below the federal minimum wage. By the time the marchers arrived, on Easter Sunday, April 11, the crowd had grown to 10,000 protesters and their supporters. A few months later, the two unions that represented them, the National Farm Workers Association, led by César Chávez, and the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, joined to form the United Farm Workers. The strike was launched on September 8, 1965, by Filipino grape pickers. Mexicans were initially hired as scabs. So, Filipino strike leader Larry Itliong approached Cesar Chavez to get the support of the National Farm Workers Association, and on September 16, 1965, the Mexican farm workers joined the strike. During the strike, the growers and their vigilantes would physically assault the workers and drive their cars and trucks into the picket lines. They also sprayed strikers with pesticides. The strikers persevered nonviolently. They went to the Oakland docks and convinced the longshore workers to support them by refusing to load grapes. This resulted in the spoilage of 1,000 ten-ton cases of grapes. The success of this tactic led to the decision to launch a national grape boycott, which would ultimately help them win the struggle against the growers.
This weekend we celebrate our Mexican Independence and of course the streets are full of “antojitos mexicanos”
Do you have a favorite mexican food? For me, will be forever tacos al pastor 🌮 so I made the recipe and not to brag but they came out pretty yummy. 😋🤤
In 1692, a #Mexican priest complained to the Spanish king that there were too many #gay bars in #mexico city and #trans women in them were too tempting.
Still, the book "the flower and the scorpion" is really enlightening in ways that cannot be explained in a single toot.
The sexual history of #mesoamerica is so complex it defies all modern labels and expectations of modern western thinking, and involves heavy use of "sorcerer's speak" to talk about #sex (1/?)
I don't really bother with #Chipotle or #TacoBell when I can avoid it along with other fast food. There's an amazing #TacoTruck that just is cheaper and SO MUCH BETTER than Chipotle. And they also have Lengua! I love cow tongue! #food#dinner#Mexican#mexicanfood
Today in Labor History November 6, 1968: Students at San Francisco State College went on strike, leading to what would become the longest student strike in U.S. history. The strike was led by the Black Student Union and a coalition of other student groups (including Indigenous, Hispanic, Philippine, and Asian students) known as the Third World Liberation Front. The Black Panthers and Students for a Democratic Society were also involved. The strike lasted until March 20, 1969. Throughout the strike, activists were violently attacked by the San Francisco Police. The activists were demanding equal access to public higher education, more senior faculty of color, an end to ROTC, and a new curriculum that would embrace the history and culture of all people including ethnic minorities. One of their victories was the creation of the College of Ethnic Studies in 1969, inspiring similar programs at hundreds of other universities.
Speaking of the #history of the #mexican#revolution , this page from "The Mexican Revolution: A Brief History with Documents" on how Pancho Villa tricked a city into capturing themselves reads like its from loony tunes #histodons would like
The sentence where they took the city without firing a single shot, if you ignore the massacre, is just surreal.
"Despite having a sizable #Jewish community of 100,000, #Mexican#Jews are often not represented in the media. The seven-part “Eitan Explores: Mexico City,” released May 13, follows the culinary star as he learns more about Mexican Jewish culture, cooks classic Jewish-Mexican cuisine and spends #Shabbat in Mexico City."
For the Mayan culture, the cenotes were considered sources of life, in addition to providing the vital liquid they were an entrance to another world and a center of communion with the gods.
I just can’t get over of the beauty of nature. Please, let's take care of the planet 💚
Apparently there's a new authentic (?) #taqueria in #Berlin called "Mama Rosas". Some (sample size = 1) say it's good but not as good as Ta'Cabrón but a close second. Gonna try some #Mexican food there soon :3