On Wed, 20 May 2009 17:46:46 -0700, Don Martinich >
wrote:

>In article >,
> Mack A. Damia > wrote:
>
>> Chorizo con Chipotle Y Cilantro.
>>
>> Pretty good. I'm trying it with a number of mustards/sauces.
>>
>> Decent wurst in Mexico. Large German population - Emperor Maximillian
>
>Germans had nothing to do with it.

That statement is incorrect.

> The French invaded Mexico in 1862 to
>enforce payment of debts and to deter democratic movements. They along
>with Mexican monarchist elements convinced Maximillian to become
>emperor. The military presence was French. It was the Spanish who
>introduced sausage to Mexico. Chorizo and longaniza are both words
>applied to sausages in Spain. There was a lot of emigration out of the
>German speaking states during the 19th century to all of the Americas so
>German cultural fragments do exist along with those of other cultures.
>I've dined in several chinese restaurants in Mexico.

I wasn't teaching a history lesson, Bub. I was merely pointing out
the influence of one ethnic group -the Germans whose sausage-making
skills were imported as well as other German culture.

>> Marachi(sic) bands working the tourist strip can sound very much like
>> German "oom-pah-pah" music.
>
>More myth. Trumpets were added to Mariachi groups when they first
>started to record in the 1920's. You may be confusing Mariachi with
>Bandas which are truly brass bands.

Maybe, but they are the bands that roam the tourist areas - regardless
of what they are called, they sometimes sound like German "oom pah
pah" music -the influence is definitely there.
--
mad