"... ndi mawonekedwe oseketsa kuwawona akusangalala ndi chakudya chawo chambiri chamtchire ndi chili." Lingaliro lachilendo la chimodzi mwazinthu zofunika kwambiri pazakudya zapadziko lonse lapansi ndichosangalatsa.
"Yemwe amagulitsa tsabola, yemwe ndi tsabola wapadziko lino, amagulitsa tsabola wamitundu yonse yomwe yatchulidwa pano, monga yayitali kapena yayitali, ndi yomwe siili, yayikulu kapena yaying'ono, yobiriwira ndi youma ; ndi ochokera ku chilimwe, ndi am'chilimwe, ndi onse wopangidwa ndi mapazi wosiyanasiyana, ndi iwo omwe agwidwa atakhudzidwa ndi ayezi. Yemwe akuchita malonda oipa pamalonda awa amagulitsa zomwe zawonongeka komanso zonunkhira, komanso ma redruejos ndi omwe sanakonzedwe bwino, koma obiriwira kwambiri komanso ochepa ".
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
Mbiri yakale yazinthu zaku New Spain
"Tortillas, chakudya chofala mtawuniyi, chomwe sichimangokhala mikate yosavuta ya chimanga yosakanizidwa ndi laimu yaying'ono, komanso mawonekedwe ofanana ndi kukula kwa ma scones athu, ndimawawona ngati abwino akawapatsa otentha ndikungomaliza koma opanda nzeru mwa iwo okha. Amawerengedwa kuti ndi okoma kwambiri ndi chili, zomwe zimathandizira kuti zizidyedwa pano, zikuwoneka ngati kuti ndikofunikira kukhosometsa pakhosi ndi malata ”.
Madame Calderón de la Barca
Moyo ku mexico
"Ndipo zikuwoneka bwino bwanji kuti malingaliro awo oyipa ndi kusakhulupirika, kuti sangathe kubisala, kuti sanatipatsenso chakudya, kuti adabweretsa madzi ndi nkhuni kuti azibera ndikunena kuti kulibe chimanga, ndikudziwika kuti ali nazo pafupi pamenepo, m'zigwa zina, maudindo ambiri ankhondo akutiyembekezera, akukhulupirira kuti tiyenera kupita ku Mexico. Chabwino, polipira kuti tikhala nawo ngati abale ndikuwauza zomwe Mulungu Ambuye ndi Mfumu yathu amalamula, amafuna kutipha ndikudya nyama yathu yomwe miphika inali nayo kale, ndi mchere, tsabola tsabola ndi tomato, kuti ngati akufuna kuchita, chiyani zikadakhala bwino atatipatsa nkhondo ngati ankhondo olimbikira komanso omenyera nkhondo, kumunda, monga momwe a Talxcalans anachitira anansi awo ... "
Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Nkhani yoona yakugonjetsedwa kwa New Spain
“Kuphatikiza pazolemba zakugulitsira tebulo, Amwenye ambiri amagulitsa ubweya, thonje, nsalu zoluka za thonje, zikopa zotuuka, dothi, madengu, ndi zina zambiri pamsika. ndipo ndi malo osangalatsa kuwawona atasonkhana m'magulu akulu, ndi ana awo atakhala pansi, akusangalala ndi chakudya chawo chokwanira cha tortilla ndi chili ”.
William ng'ombe
Kukhazikika ndi kuyenda ku Mexico miyezi isanu ndi umodzi
