Title: Mexican-American cuisine - Wikipedia
Headings: Mexican-American cuisine
Mexican-American cuisine
Contents
History
Pre-Columbian Mexican cuisine
Influence of Spanish conquistadors
After Mexican independence
Diffusion to the United States
Tex-Mex cuisine
Mass production
American businesses
Americanized Mexican food chains
Rising popularity of original Mexican dishes in the United States
See also
References

Content: Mexican culinary practices that were brought to the Southwest were quickly combined with the local culture to create a new form of Mexican-style food; this culinary style is now recognized as Tex-Mex. This resulted in a new culinary combination that was originally unique to the American Southwest, but with time has spread to other parts of the U.S. and the world. Mass production
With the advent of industrialism and large corporations, many businesses began mass-producing certain foods, particularly those of the Tex-Mex variety. Not only has this made Americanized Mexican food more widely available to Americans, but also to people around the world. Some examples of mass-produced Tex-Mex cuisine include canned chili, a hybridized version of Mexican "chile con carne", as well as packaged tortillas, boxes of pre-cooked taco shells, frozen burritos, packages of pre-made guacamole, bottled salsa, and bottled nacho cheese. Many Americans confuse these foods with authentic Mexican foods. Commercial Mexican food in the United States represents a $41 billion industry. These businesses have loosely incorporated some aspects of genuine Mexican food, but altered them using traditional American ingredients and styles in order to appeal to a wide American consumer base. Many of these companies began in the 20th century, marking a relatively recent spread of Mexican-style foods into mainstream America.