Food cooking Olympics
Colombia vs. Mexico
I know there are many who claim that Mexican food or cooking is better than Colombian cooking and what I’m going to try to state here is going to cause some “food experts” a major heart attack and others will drop to the ground in pain and or in mental stupor.
But I would understand if Americans would post here and say that Mexican food is the best in the world because from their point of view or from the US point of view it’s true because essentially they grew up eating canned food products, TV dinners and plenty of fast food. The migration of different soups, cooked rice in colors and other well know dishes brought a complete culinary blessing to the boring and marginal menu that the states was subjected to for many years.
I do however like one or two of Mexican dishes. I like some of the dishes because they are similar to Colombian dishes. For example mondongo soup, borracho beans I like them because they have a good taste to it and I equally I like Puerto Ricans red beans (habichuelas coloradas) because they have also a special flavor or method of cooking them.
I know some Colombians who grew up in one region or in one single city in Colombia and who never had the opportunity to travel and taste ALL the different dishes in Colombia would most likely agree with the notion that Colombian food or cooking is inferior, specially if they grew up eating the very same thing while they were kids in Colombia.
But my favorite food is Colombian 100%!!
Colombian cooking or food is much better that Mexican food. Everyone likes to eat food with cheese and even kids love to eat the broccoli or other meals when mom adds cheese to it.
Yes, the fact is that Mexican food is all about cheese!!!
Here are the Olympics points for some dishes.
Mondongo Bogotano or Mondongo from other regions in Colombia vs. Mexican menudo
10 point for both
Colombian tamales vs. Mexican tamales
10 points for Colombia
Bistec a Caballo, the way my mom makes it with large sliced onions and sliced tomatoes and with the typical one or two eggs on top of it.
Vs. Mexican steak Ranchero (it’s a big difference, they have the onion and tomato chopped finely into a sauce)
10 points for Colombia because the onions and tomatoes after cooked for couple of minutes release their juices which blend lovely with the steak juice)
9 points to Mexico
I think Colombia also leads in soups. And there are other Colombian dishes that I can’t find matches to compare them.
By Monpirri on Sep 28, 2008, 19:29 in Friendly Talkzone.
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Monpirri says on Sep 28, 2008, 19:49: A while ago I took pictures of the Menu at Rosario's restaurant to prove my point. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 28, 2008, 20:56: Here are FEW “bland” Colombian dishes and without cheese. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Sep 28, 2008, 21:04: I like the healthy food in Colombia, and I like the spicy food in Mexico. People feel nostalgic towards foods they grew up eating. I don't see the point of saying which cuisine is "better" and enjoy dishes from many different backgrounds. Some countries take gourmet food more seriously, though, and in this list I would also include China, Japan, France, Italy and Argentina, Greece and Turkey, and Thailand. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 28, 2008, 21:14: Tipically Colombian food is not adorned or enhanced with cheese and yes they are exceptions, but Colombian cooking is NOT about cheese! The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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goin_south says on Sep 28, 2008, 22:21: monpiirriiii.... you can not prove any point. Why Not Colombia?..........Stay Tuned, for more.... utterly worthless, self-indulgent gobbets of nonsense. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 29, 2008, 04:23: I dunno who N.C is but she sounds like a great lady. :>) The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 29, 2008, 06:55: Tex-mex is a far cry from original mexican food. While we tend to have some of the best tex-mex here in San Antonio, REAL mexican food doesn`t lean heavily towards cheese like tex-mex does.Colombian food or comida mexicana, one isn`t necessarily better than the other. Both are distinctively different(gracias a Dios). "A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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MaFe says on Sep 29, 2008, 09:37: Hay mijito!!...............la comida Colombiana es la mas rica!! Sure Mexican is good but the ingredientes are better in Colombian food. "All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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monkeykilla says on Sep 29, 2008, 15:14: I am half colombian and half mexican...but i need to tell you that Mexican food by far taste better. Colombian ingredients though... kick mexican ingridients ASS. Colombian soups kick mexican soups ASS. but mexican cooking is second to none.
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Monpirri says on Sep 29, 2008, 16:58: MaFe, The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 29, 2008, 18:21:
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Monpirri says on Sep 30, 2008, 04:46: Pappassito, are you saying Mexican food is not cheese-based? Do you know a restaurant in your city that stays away from cheese? Go back to your Favorite restaurant and check the menu and bet you, you're going to find at least five or six dishes that are either adorned with cheese or prepared with cheese. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Pappassito (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 30, 2008, 07:16: That`s not what I said. What I was referring to is the difference between Tex-Mex & real Mexican food. If you`ve been to the interior of Mexico you would know the difference;yes they do use a lot of cheese,but most of it isn`t the cheese seen with Tex-Mex,a more light,white cheese is fairly common to see. One of my favorite resturants here,El Mirador serves authentic Mexican food. Of course,there are a lot of dishes with cheese,but quite a bit of food without it. Thing is,yellow cheese like that which you see on most mexican food in the US is cheap here. Real Mexican cheese isn`t. "A wise monkey never monkeys with another monkey's monkey." 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 30, 2008, 09:48: Thanks Pappasito. I will check it out. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 30, 2008, 09:57: Monkeykilla, I suppose you have tried all the dishes made in Colombia including the 21 dishes posted above plus the one listed here http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/as-sabe-colombia/ plus the dishes they make in Cali? The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mononoke28 says on Sep 30, 2008, 13:10: I like them both. You're comparing apples with oranges and one may be better than the other depending on who you're talking to. I personally love Mexican tamales and can eat 3 or 4 in one sitting. And I also love Colombian tamales. Two different species. Diana 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Sep 30, 2008, 13:23: I know you like their food better since you cook, whenever you cook, with ingredients not particular of Colombian cuisine. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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monkeykilla says on Oct 1, 2008, 04:37: monpirri...TORTILLAS!!!!!! mmm mmm mmm....the best shit when handmade. My mama makes good colombian dishes so i tried countless various stuff and experimental. my father can cook great mexican. I can fuse both. food is great
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Monpirri says on Oct 1, 2008, 04:56: Ojáldras de harina de trigo or buñuelos beat any time a plain tortilla. I am surprised you evoked to that as the best handmade wonder. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 1, 2008, 11:02: real mexican food The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mononoke28 says on Oct 1, 2008, 11:19: I just watched a cooking segment on Teleantioquia and the chef made the weirdest soup that for some reason still looked Colombian. He put a whole bunch stuff like pumpkin, peas, ham and chicken stock in one pot and then added cream to it. If that wasn't enough of a revoltura to make it Colombian, he put stick french fries on top of it when he served it. LOL!!! Diana 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Oct 1, 2008, 11:30: I spent a month in Guanajuato. During that time, not once did I eat ANY of these items on the menu at Rosario´s restaurants. There is indeed a big difference between Mexican food and Tex-Mex. Many Tex-Mex dishes are some combination of tortilla, beef, cheese and beans... and are about as Mexican as Taco Bell. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 1, 2008, 11:42: Mononoke18, I laugh with you on this one because paisas are not into cooking, please do not take my word for it. Just take a look at the paisas’ comments here on Colombian gastronomy = ZERO. But they do talk about bandeja paisa once in a while and one or two little dishes. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 1, 2008, 12:09: Mantequilla, I do not want to drag this topic, but the truth of the matter is that Mexican food is cheese-based no matter how skillfully you paint it. Just take a look at the menu as you walk into the restaurant and count the number of dishes made up with cheese. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 2, 2008, 08:10: Special for Monpirri: Hojaldras colombianas: Enjoy! A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ujay says on Oct 2, 2008, 08:23: but i see mexican restaurants all over the place,spain italy ,france ,uk ,usa,oz,but ive yet to run into a colombian restaurant,outside one i know in miami,but even that is a mix with cuban. http://www.jukelightning.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Mononoke28 says on Oct 2, 2008, 13:20: You have a really good point. You see Mexican restaurants all over the place but not so many Colombian restaurants unless you live in cities where there's a ton of Colombians. There's gotta be a reason for that. Diana 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Desi1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 2, 2008, 13:31: Mexican food has had much more exposure internationally than Colombian food. Not only in USA, where Mexican food has always been popular, especially in the southwest being fusioned into Tex-Mex, but also made known and popular by the media, movies, tv etc. all over the world. McDonalds is advertizing MacTacos all the way to China! A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 2, 2008, 13:37: What about worst common Mexican food? For me it's those strange tamales dulces - corn husks surrounding masa that's been sweetened, flavored and dyed bright pink. I think it's supposed to be strawberry flavor. Whatever it is, it's bad.
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houstongal (Trustee board) says on Oct 2, 2008, 14:08: Monpirri darling - I'm going to have to agree with Man Tequila and Pappassito on this one. You're not talking about real Mexican food, but Tex-Mex. Real Mexican food is not chips and salsa, quesadillas and all that other stuff listed on the Rosario's menu. And their cheese is a lovely and mild queso fresco sprinkled lightly on *some* dishes. "It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ujay says on Oct 2, 2008, 15:59: what you dont find is a colombian restaurant. http://www.jukelightning.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 05:05: Desi1, The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 05:20: ujay says on Oct 2, 2008, 08:23: flag The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 05:44: Houstongal, go ahead and visit your typical all around Mexican restaurant in your city and look at the menu closely and tell me how many dishes you spot in the menu made with cheese? The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Tinto (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Oct 3, 2008, 05:53: Monpirri, we're human, we like food that looks good, color included. Are you suggesting we live like domestic pets or farm animals and eat the same brown feed mixture every day? We could and we'd be perfectly healthy. Or perhaps you'd like to eat monotone Scandinavian food like they joke about where I live - white bread, white pasta, white sauce, white fish, etc...
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:10: Well, talking about denigrating a country's food. How come I have never seen you speak here, Moderator, when the ghetto gringos and similar minds post BS about Colombian food? The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:24: Ujay, I'm going to take pictures on Saturday and will try to post them here, and if it's possible I'm going to try to make a Youtube video about one of the greatest MONDONGO soup! The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ujay says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:26: monp , http://www.jukelightning.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:35: This one will knock your socks off! The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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houstongal (Trustee board) says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:42: Monpirri - We're all saying that all those "Mexican" restaurants in your city and mine are NOT authentic Mexican restaurants. Unless you've actually spent time in a non-tourist city in Mexico eating at the local restaurants, you won't understand that what you find in Texas is not what you'd find in a typical Mexican restaurant. It's no different than Chinese restaurants in areas outside of Chinatown are NOT serving authentic Chinese food or Japanese steak houses not serving authentic Japanese food (plus the Japanese don't eat sushi every day). This stuff has been catered to American tastes. So-called Mexican restaurants in Texas all serve Tex-Mex because it's what the public expects. "It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:46: I spent a week in Puebla and I did not like the food there either. Please educate me on the best authentic Mexican dish and please do not mention any grilled meats because every country has "carnes asadas" and Argentina rules in this department. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ujay says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:47: Chinese food here is not the same as in the uk,you would think it would be . http://www.jukelightning.com 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 06:50: The same thing I would say about Colombian cooking in the state vs. Colombian food in Colombia. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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island girl says on Oct 3, 2008, 09:03: Well I was in Mexico for a few months driving everywhere and the food there does have a complexity to it ... check out Oaxaca's many Moles, Mole Poblano, Carne a la Tampiquena from Tamaulipas, Huachinango (Pargito) a la VeraCruzana, plus the host of corn and tortilla based antojitos ... real tacos are fantastic and have no cheese you have to order something called a "gringa" to get the cheese-y and chicken - y version. And a good gordita really challenges a stuffed arepa.
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Man Tequila says on Oct 3, 2008, 09:49: There are some tasty Mexican dishes, from huevos motulenos to suckling pig cooked in the pibil barbecue style. My favourite Mexican dishes contain little cheese. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Man Tequila says on Oct 3, 2008, 09:52: But I would hope the Olympic judge would be more impartial. I mean, Monpirri has made it clear he does not like most Mexican food and that the dishes he likes are similar to dishes from Colombia and Argentina. This is fine, de gustibus non est disputandum or whatever. And I understand he wishes to put Colombian cuisine on the map and enhance its reputation. To do this, the cuisine will have to become known on its own merits, denigrating Mexican cuisine won't accomplish this goal. Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez) 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 3, 2008, 10:49: Mantequilla, I'm from Latin America and raised eating "comida latina" and I love Colombian food and foods from other Latin Armerican countries, with that in mind, for me Mexican food does not do the same wonders that it does for you and even though there are are some similiarities in three or four dishes. For instance, rice with color or without color, mondongo soup, cooked beans and bistec a caballo. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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tripwirenyc says on Oct 4, 2008, 22:16: Greetings to all. I'd like to add my 2 cents to this debate. Having lived in both California, and San Antonio, Texas, I've sampled both "Mexican" and Tex-Mex cuisine - placing the quotations on Mexican because I'm not convinced that I truly know true Mexican cuisine. But if I were to take a stab at which cuisine is the most authentic, I would say that the Mexican food I ate from traditional families in California is the real deal. It is healthier, and less taxing gastronomically. It's Tex-Mex counterpart seems to be more of an impostor of sorts. When every other plate on a menu at a "Mexican" restaurant (here in San Antonio) come laden with gobs of yellow cheese, it makes me wonder whether Kraft had held some intensive brainwashing campaign going on down here.
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Monpirri says on Oct 6, 2008, 17:39: Tripwirenyc, eloquently stated. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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houstongal (Trustee board) says on Oct 6, 2008, 19:12: tripwire - Is queso blanco unpasturized? I remember reading something in the Houston Chronicle about not being able to sell unpasturized cheese in the US, therefore Mexican cheese isn't available. Did you try looking fot it at Fiesta? "It is now official: there's no place on earth where you will not find a Peruvian band." David Sedaris 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 9, 2008, 18:58: I know some are going to commit hara-kiri when they found out who is the real winner in the food Olympics. The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 9, 2008, 19:00: CHANGUA (Receta bogotana) The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Oct 9, 2008, 19:02: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner is...COLOMBIA! The life spam of a taste bud is ten days 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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