everytime i tell europeans my favorite cuisine is texmex & sonoran they are like “American bastardized Mexican food?” and i feel like im going insane. its not bastardized. its their fucking cuisine.

never spoke to a tejano person in their lifeim left to the task of explaining the mexican american waras well as the texas independanceand how the border moved not the mexicansand that their food with be shaped by a different geopolitical contextthey get bored quicklybut i will defend the chimichanga