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    Essay On Hispanic Culture

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    compares to 40 which is american . (Graciela Bulletpoints 1-4) Recipes In this culture things are not eaten very much like americans or any other culture today . A common dessert eaten in this culture is called “Ice cream Taco Bars” which are folded tortillas in bowl shape with cinnamon ‚ sugar ‚ and Ice cream inside (Recipe 5). Another recipe is a sauce used on meats served like steak ; This is a mixture of over 6 spices that are combined and smoothed into a paste . (Recipe 3) Conclusion As I learned

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    Essay On Mexican Cuisine

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    repertoire but the tex-mex style predominates and many people in the US pensive it like that. The Aztecs dominated the middle part of Mexico‚ and they used to cultivate corn‚ it was their staple grain; it used to be ground into flour and used to make tortillas‚ tamales and drinks. The Aztecs cultivated chilies‚ tomatoes‚ limes‚ cashews‚ potatoes‚ sweet potatoes‚ peanuts‚ and cocoa. Raw chilies and tomatoes were use to make salsa. Bees where domesticated for honey‚ and turkeys for their meat and eggs. Dogs

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    Case Study Chipotle

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    dishes that cater to people with dietary needs. An individual picks out the food items that make up one’s meal. One can customize the meal to fit a certain lifestyle. “Chipotle offers a menu of burritos‚ tacos‚ burrito bowls (a burrito without the tortilla)‚ and salads made from fresh‚ high-quality raw ingredients‚ prepared using classic cooking methods” (Martin; par. 3). Vegans can choose what goes into their salad or taco. Meat isn’t necessary. Other people could make their burritos or burrito bowls

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    Mario and Maria live in a small town in west Texas where the work to take care of their six children. They are a family that migrated from Saint Patrick deep in Mexico where it was very hard to find work‚ much less feed six hungry children. As a family they decided it would be better to find a way to America as many of their family member before them had decided. In order for them to come to America it would take a lot of money and could be very dangerous. Somehow they found a way to get out of

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    Breaking Through

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    to go to school and work and lastly save money to send to their parents back at Mexico. Francisco says‚ “The sounds of Papa’s coughing‚ the rattle of his aspirin bottle‚ and the rolling of Mama’s twelve-inch lead pipe as she pressed dough to make tortillas were absent.” Francisco says (19) The second characteristic Francisco has

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    Tex Mex Research Paper

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    more meat in their tacos over any other Tex-Mex restaurant. They are not only known by their unselfishness‚ but their very special meal the “Trailer Park”. This feast has fried chicken‚ green chilies‚ lettuce‚ pico de gallo and cheese on a flour tortilla topped off with poblano sauce in it. If someone gets this meal then most locals will tell them to “Make It Trashy”‚ which means to take the pico out and add queso. Since it adds queso it makes it much more fun and messy to eat. Torchy’s is also known

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    Why Food is not Allowed in Class Food is not allowed in class because it’s the number one rule. Food can be tossed around like it was today in class. Food can get stuck under desk or get on the computers and break the computers. Food can’t get old and wise if it’s not thrown away or put away properly and can leave a stink in the classroom. Who does Austin allowed that it is Temptation to other students I also want food. Having food and breaks the classroom rules. Therefore if any students in

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    Childhood memory

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    left. He said he will not be long….but it took him forever…I realized that I am alone… I cannot come out of the house…so I opened the window and thought that I was joking. And I was so desperate…so lonely...so betrayed… at that moment I pulled the curtain so strongly that I fell on the floor..And

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    Sams Club

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    Sam’s Club – Stack it high and sell it cheap! Written by Clayton J. Macy Sam’s Club – A Cathedral of Consumption Sam’s Club‚ is most certainly‚ a cathedral of consumption. Sam’s Club has contributed to individuals consuming far more than they need to consume. It has become a place of hyper-consumption and their great size is enchanting to many shoppers. Thus going to Sam’s Club has become a "family outing" for some people. Above all‚ Sam’s Club is an evolution on a scale that is easy

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    Juan Antonio Salas

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    12 crate of strawberries to survive his whole family had to work. His Father got a GI loan because he was in the army but to this day Señor Salas does not have an idea of how his mother was still able to put food on the table and have those corn tortillas ready to eat. Even though it was very hard work Señor Salas still rose and became the manager of a farm for about 25 years. He would also be approached by undocumented people that wanted a job sadly if they told him that they were undocumented by

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