Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
Well Chili con carne is the official state dish of Texas and really got its start in San Antonio in the late 1880s. Where it comes from is sort of a mystery but you can barley find it in Mexico.

Nachos were made in the border town Piedras Negras to feed the hungry wives of soliders in the 1940s. Nacho in Mexico is a nickname (short for Ignacio) Many Mexicans will find nachos just as forigen as you.

Burritos are really only popullar in Northern Mexico and they tend to much smaller on the go food. The Burritos you eat are heavily Americinized.

Fajitas are a Texas dish. In the 30s when cows were butchered the throw away cuts (including skirt steak from which fajitas are made) were given to the hands whom were mainly Mexican vaquereos (See imported labor was cheaper back then to!)

Fun fact: Fajita=faja which is spanish for belt. Reffering to how tough the meat was.

Really that whol catagorey should be renamed Texas.
Well Texas and Mexico are in a similar area, just think it Central America.