Monday, September 28, 2026

Question. What would a typical breakfast have looked like for Mexicans of Northern Mexico in the first part of the 20th Century?

 


2 comments:

The Weary Yeoman. said...

I posted this query on Reddit's food history sub, and got some really good answers,

The thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFoodHistorians/comments/1wse1k2/what_would_a_typical_breakfast_in_northern_mexico/

The Weary Yeoman. said...

In that thread somebody have a detailed reply on Machacado con huevo, which I'd never heard of. Unfortunately, they took it back down.

What I learned overall is that the Mexican food pattern is much different than the American one, with an early breakfast really amounting to coffee, pretty much. I also learned that in Northern Mexico, beef, usually dried, was more common than pork, and flour tortillas more common than corn tortillas.