“We will be talking more about the succulent aspects of Mexican food”: AMLO

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), took advantage of the fact that the “morning” of March 25 was held in the state of Morelos, to highlight the culinary delights that can be enjoyed in the state of Morelos. He also announced that from now on, in the morning conferences, the subject of Mexican food will be touched more frequently.

He said that the question of gastronomic diversity can be explained by the diversity of cultural expressions that each country has: “When there is a dominant culture, food is one, but Mexico is a cultural mosaic, we are talking about many cultures and many regions with diverse flora and fauna. That's why our food is succulent, varied,” he said.

Despite being for López Obrador “one of the best in the world”, he regretted that this fan was not known in depth, as well as that attention was paid only to Oaxacan, Yucatecan, Puebla cuisine and within them, only a few famous dishes such as the mole of Puebla, when there are actually many other “succulent” foods.

He spoke of typical dishes such as the hip mole of Tehuacán, and recalled others from his home state, Tabasco, such as the chelonians that “can no longer be eaten because you have to take care of nature”: pochitoque, hicotea, guao and chiquiguao, as well as the freshwater turtle were some of them mentioned.

Regarding the state of Morelos, the traditional cecina stood out, which, he announced at the end, he hoped to have breakfast this day.

He went on to tell the story of the Anenecuilco landowners movement for the defense of their lands, in which the story of the revolutionary Emiliano Zapata emerged and said that he told it “because there are still many porphyrists, conservatives, foolish people, who still maintain that we were very good with Porfirio Díaz, who was a good government”.

“Morelos is a great state and a great leader Zapata [...] Viva Zapata”, were the words with which the morning conference ended.

For several weeks now, the president has expressed his opinion on the importance of talking about food as something fundamental in Mexican identity, this after the controversial comments about the doraditas seller in the inauguration of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), which López Obrador called classist and racist.

He has also expressed his disdain for the “fifi” people by not wanting to sell these foods that, in addition to being “delicious”, they consider healthy, in the new air terminal, because, they argue, it can be frowned upon by visitors. “It's the most nutritious there can be, it's carbohydrates, it's protein and vitamins, and nutritionists know about this. It is the combination [...] No, the fifis really...”

For this reason, he suggested that in the AIFA there should be businesses where they sell tlacoyos and tlayudas and predicted that these establishments will be full by domestic and foreign travelers.

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