Most outsiders tend to not like the sweet-spicy-sour-salty flavour of many mexican candies like Skwinkles, Pelon Pelo Rico, Pulparindos, Picafresas, Tilikos, etc, that often comes from tamarind and chamoy, and never been to a place that has anything similar to it
There is a fruit we call “tuno indio” which I have never seen outside of the Canary Islands. Grows in “tuneras” or “chumberas” which are a kind of cactus. They have a deep purple color like beetroot. There are also green and orange ones but purple ones are special.
I don’t know if it has a more international name and if it is also available in other places. At least in mainland Europe I have never seen neither the fruit nor products based on it, but here is very common to find juices, milkshakes, sodas, cakes, creams, etc made with it. I’ve never seen them on youtube and I watch quite a lot of travel + food content daily.
I think it is because Canary Islands was one of the major global producers of “cochinilla” to use as a pigment but this industry became obsolete quite a long time ago but we still had a LOT of cactuses all around so we started using their fruit for everything.
I think Mexico also has them as it is the same cactus they call “nopal” but I don’t know if they have the purple one or only the green and orange.
El mole, It is the strangest food that someone can try in Latin America, both for its appearance and its flavor, In addition to the fact that the preparation is complex if you don’t have the knowledge.
The taste is so unusual that it could border on the exotic.
Its a custardy fruit usually used in desserts and ice cream. Tastewise its like a cross between pumpkin and sweet potato but with avocado texture? It evokes that typical “fall flavors” that people in the US love with pumpkin spice and sweet potato.
Its not really exported much at all and most will be going to Chile so its hard to find in the US or Europe.
You can find powder versions of it but its not the same as the actual fruit. Its just imitating what the real fruit tastes like.
Fruits mostly I guess. Lulo is pretty exclusive, although I think it does exist in Ecuador. Curuba I have not seen anywhere else, its the flavor I miss the most.
Preparing fruit with alguashte, lime, and salt. Alguashte is pumpkin seed powder that tastes really earthy and it’s the best on under ripe green mangos. Salvadorans tend to like really acidic food with lots of lime.
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Most non Brazilians have a very hard time understanding farofa, like, the mere concept is enough to cause confusion.
Most outsiders tend to not like the sweet-spicy-sour-salty flavour of many mexican candies like Skwinkles, Pelon Pelo Rico, Pulparindos, Picafresas, Tilikos, etc, that often comes from tamarind and chamoy, and never been to a place that has anything similar to it
Chimichurri, maybe?
There is a fruit we call “tuno indio” which I have never seen outside of the Canary Islands. Grows in “tuneras” or “chumberas” which are a kind of cactus. They have a deep purple color like beetroot. There are also green and orange ones but purple ones are special.
I don’t know if it has a more international name and if it is also available in other places. At least in mainland Europe I have never seen neither the fruit nor products based on it, but here is very common to find juices, milkshakes, sodas, cakes, creams, etc made with it. I’ve never seen them on youtube and I watch quite a lot of travel + food content daily.
I think it is because Canary Islands was one of the major global producers of “cochinilla” to use as a pigment but this industry became obsolete quite a long time ago but we still had a LOT of cactuses all around so we started using their fruit for everything.
I think Mexico also has them as it is the same cactus they call “nopal” but I don’t know if they have the purple one or only the green and orange.
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Yes, I know it’s not food, but it is the closest thing I could think off
El mole, It is the strangest food that someone can try in Latin America, both for its appearance and its flavor, In addition to the fact that the preparation is complex if you don’t have the knowledge.
The taste is so unusual that it could border on the exotic.
Cheese. Our Cheese is unique and I miss it every day.
Lucuma.
Its a custardy fruit usually used in desserts and ice cream. Tastewise its like a cross between pumpkin and sweet potato but with avocado texture? It evokes that typical “fall flavors” that people in the US love with pumpkin spice and sweet potato.
Its not really exported much at all and most will be going to Chile so its hard to find in the US or Europe.
You can find powder versions of it but its not the same as the actual fruit. Its just imitating what the real fruit tastes like.
Try a pulparindo. It’s salty, sweet, spicy and acid.
Fruits mostly I guess. Lulo is pretty exclusive, although I think it does exist in Ecuador. Curuba I have not seen anywhere else, its the flavor I miss the most.
Preparing fruit with alguashte, lime, and salt. Alguashte is pumpkin seed powder that tastes really earthy and it’s the best on under ripe green mangos. Salvadorans tend to like really acidic food with lots of lime.
Frango com catupiry (a very common pizza topping).
Mate, though I will share that with Uruguay and Paraguay (and southern Brazil)
Chilean papayas, which are so delicious. Very different from the typical orange and large papaya.
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