Mid-term Idea One

Midterm Recipe and Proposal for Enchiladas de Gringo

                Enchiladas de Gringo is the name given to my midterm recipe as the recipe follows that of the ones taken from Mexican people by the white people of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The food revolves around one my heritage and two the flavor profile of both sides matching my personality, music by Selena a prominent Tejano Musician from the 90s plays in the background. As I don't personally know Spanish I will recite the entire recipe in class in Spanish from a script, to show that the recipe originated from Mexico but does not taste like it. I have made the first draft of the recipe successfully. Not only is this a recipe that can be easily recreated by any white man it can be made better by the originality of a Mexican person.  

                 The recipe is something my mother used to use when she would work three jobs and needed something quick to make us to eat,  but she did not want my sister to lose our Mexican heritage so she would try to make as close to authentic Mexican food as she could when in a time constraint. Although true to how my mother made it the recipe will be adding wall of taco shells to represent the divide not only between Mexico and the US but between my heritage as a half Mexican half white person. That being said one side will be made using americanized cheeses and flavors where the Mexican side will taste along the lines of what Mexican enchiladas normally taste like. The only challenge I found was finding the right sauce that my mother used to use. The added side is the flambé of the top of the food to represent my heated feelings towards our political climate and the internal struggle between these two cultural identities.