BRITS REACT | Real Tex Mex with JOLLY | BLIND REACTION 

Chocolate comes from Central America, and has been a part of Mexican cuisine since the beginning. Your confusion comes from the idea that chocolate has to be sweet. In Mexico, this isn't always the case. Chocolate there is often very bitter, and can even be spicy with added peppers. Mole is a very rich, savory sauce that includes cocoa powder, chiles, chicken broth, onion, garlic, raisins, cumin, thyme, allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and salt. It is NOT sweet. It has a complex and rich flavor that doesn't taste like anything else, a true Mexican creation!

America didn't TAKE all the foods, no we just opened our arms wide and said welcome to all of it! You can too, if you really want too.

Just FYI: Nachos is a dish with chips covered in cheese and other ingredients. The chips themselves are just called tortilla chips. Also, store bought tortilla chips in a supposedly Mexican restaurant is a human rights violation.

The reason the US has such good food is because people of the world immigrated here and brought with them family recipes and spices. Over the years we married and eventually all these family recipes and spices came together, creating Heaven on a plate.

In europe chocolate is like 90% sugar and cream. Chocolate is not sweet when you dont add sugar to it. Its actually quite bitter.

Mexico brought chocolate to the world. They domesticated the cacao bean 2,000 years ago and Mole is a spicy chocolate sauce that's really complex and delicious.

Mole is amazing, and with many variations. My mom makes a mean Mole that's just so rich and Smokey.

I live in Tucson, AZ, just 60 miles from the Mexican border. We mostly get Sonoran style Mexican food here. Each state of Mexico has their own dishes/styles. Mexican food is so much more than tacos and nachos.

As a former chef and chef instructor I can tell you that Mexican food and Tex-Mex food are two unique and separate cuisines. Yes they share some ingredients and the lines are sometimes blurred between the two. But similar as they may seem. There is a pretty wide range between the two cuisines. And Mexico itself is so varied in it's own regional Cusines that many people would never consider.

To be fair The US is huge and founded by immigrants so it is bound to be dynamic in food.

There is a old saying: The British empire made sure trade routes were open to most of the lands, but all the spices available to them they used very little for themselves. I agree, fresh baked goods are one of lifes true rewards.

We have a lot of wartime dishes here also. They are really classified as comfort foods. Dishes like ham and beans, chicken and dumplings were likely staples on the frontier, but really came into play during WWII. Sugar was rationed but brown sugar was available. A lot of apple pie dishes today still have brown sugar in the recipe. A lot of things were dusted off from the old pioneer recipes. There was only so much food you could take in a covered wagon. Cobblers if you could get your hands on fruit.

As an American married to a Brit for 40 years I'll happily acknowledge my love of British food classics, some of which I make at home with regularity. Mole is a Mexican savory (savoury) sauce that usually includes dark, unsweetened chocolate as one of its many ingredients. You can detect the chocolate, but it isn't sweet and doesn't dominate.

Hey guys another great video! In most Mexican/ Tex mex restaurants they give you complementary fresh tortilla chips and house salsa

Native Texan here, I could live on Tex Mex!! Tacos are life 😆

There are chips and dips and then there are nachos. Two totally different things

This is one of my favorite Jolly videos because the owners were so involved in what they were eating.

Mole's are a thing....Mexican chocalate, fruits, nuts, chilis......and every one is pretty much a unique experience.

New to Your channel and I'm so grateful that you don't swear. There are too many channels here on RU-vid sites that curse so much that I can't watch. I Thank you two very much. Love the videos from Jolly. My Husband and I watched them all. Love From Michigan and it's a nice Evening.

Cholate in savory dishes like chili and other Mexican dishes is used for depth of flavor and richness.

This is heavenly food. I had Mexican huevos (eggs +)) for breakfast this morning. Feel sorry for anyone who has missed out.

The Mole~ enchilada sauce's main flavor is unsweetened coco. Mixed with several different chilies and peanuts. There are as many versions of Mole~ in Mexico and Texas as there are cooks. But Coco, peppers and peanuts are the basics that usually go into all of them. It's not sweet at all but it's extremely Rich and savory with a flavor that can not be compared to anything else. It's just fantastic!

The Hispanic woman that lived across the street from me when we both were raising our kids (her daughter was in the same class as my son and one of her granddaughters in my daughter's class), told me the difference this way....she said Mexican food from the interior used many spices but isn't spice or pepper hot. TexMex is pepper hot and mostly rooted in beef, Border Mex in New Mexico is beef and pork heavy, Arizona mostly pork based, and California seafood, fish, and then the land animal meats. The closer to the edges of Mexico the more pepper and spice heat. But that TexMex is probably the hottest over all.

You both will just have to come to the U.S. for a food tour.😆🤣

Thank you, GOD, for putting me in Texas. LOVE our food and lucky I can get it anytime !!! 🌼👍

I couldn't live in a world without Mexican Food. Born and raised in Phoenix Arizona.

Enjoyed your video!! This mole sauce at Eldorado Cafe is amazing. Basically a chocolate base with lots of spices, and it's a rich, sweet taste! And the yellow salsa they tried is called the Scorpion. I like spicy food but can only have about 2 or 3 chips with that Scorpion before it becomes overwhelming!! Anyway, Eldorado Cafe is a great restaurant!!

I doubt these chips were home made (it is possible, but not cost effective). They were fresh fried though. When I worked in restaurants that served chips, we had pallets of boxes of pre cut frozen uncooked chips. You had to take them apart and dump them in the frying pot. Fresh made or not, they are loads better than anything that is packaged and full of preservatives. These chips last 3 days (and will likely be stale long before that). They are delicious for 12 hours though, which is all that is necessary at a place like that.

The green enchiladas (my favorite) and green salad is made from a fruit called tomatillos along with jalapeno lime juice and cilantro

I make a mean Nacho Tex Mex lasagna, swap the pasta with tortilla chips and the ragu with Tex Mex chili.

Tex-Mex is the best food ever 🤘

Something no one has ever said: "Let's go to Great Brittan for the Haute' Cuisine".

To get an idea of what a mole is like, you can add a bit of unsweeted cocoa powder to any chili you make. Cocoa powder is actually a secret ingredient in a lot of award-winning American chilis, as it provides this very deep, complex flavor with a hint of bitterness that pairs really nicely with tomato-based sauces.

So many dishes originated as Tex Mex dishes like nachos. Tortilla chips were of course Mexican, but Tex Mex made nachos, the rest is history. Also chimichangas, fajitas, hard shell tacos, etc are all Tex Mex.

Fun reaction, made me laugh. The 3 mules behind you - two look like Josh and Olly and the middle one is the cameraman.

Mole is a savory sauce made with chocolate.

Before Texas was a state, it was first a part of Mexico and then its own country. They have a long history of merging food traditions and creating new ones. Americanized Mexican food for us would be fast food places like Taco Bell.😊

Can you guys please react to street food in Mexico?? 🥺

Chocolate is an ingredient in a mole sauce. Chocolate is a commonly used ingredient in Central American cuisine. It is not only used in desserts but in savory dishes. There are different regions in Southwest USA, Mexico, and Central America that use Chocolate in various ways. A popular dish is Chicken Mole and Oaxacan Pork Mole Negro. There are several individual Oaxacan Indigenous groups, and many more Indigenous groups within Mexico and outside of Mexico.

New subscriber from Wyoming USA. I cannot wait to see both your faces once you go to Terry Blacks, this place and whereever else you decide to explore!! I truly believe you will be blown away by all the different flavors and enjoy every bit of it.

I lived in Phoenix, AZ for awhile and there is a pub there owned by a gentleman from England called The George & Dragon - and I would get Bangers & Mash or Shepherds Pie when we would go there! I liked it!! He served peas - not mashed - he said he did at first but American's didn't care for them mashed....lol.

You both did good on this reaction, it's a lot to take in really, it is mind blowing when you have never had these combinations of flavor before and see Josh and Ollie go to these different places to try food they've never had before! Tex Mex cuisine are dishes designed in Texas with Mexican influence. The following information I looked up for you for examples: Dishes like Chili Con Carne, Steak Fajitas, Queso dip, Nachos, hard shell tacos, Refried Beans, Cheese Enchiladas, Puffy Tacos, Breakfast Tacos etc. Mole sauce on the other hand, the following I looked up for a better explanation: Mole poblano contains about 20 ingredients, including sugar and cocoa, but for practicality and simplicity, Mexican chocolate is also used, which works to counteract the heat of the chili peppers, but its flavor does not dominate, just a hint of flavor. It helps reinforce the sauce's dark color provided by Mulato pepper. Okay, I grew up with the Ibarra Mexican chocolate discs in the early 1970s much like the Abuelita one by Nestle in this video, Nestle came out with their version sometime in the 1990s I have had both versions, and I cannot tell the difference in taste, they are both good though. I enjoyed your video reaction, well done! Peace! ☮

Mole is a savory, slightly smokey sauce comprised primarily of numerous blends of rehydrated sun dried chilies, garlic, cumin and a few other spices and cocoa powder that is blended together. Tasting the cocoa gives it a mellow chocolate flavor… but not sweet

The mole of s not sweet… users unsweetened chocolate… mole usually has nuts and vegetables and seasoning cream poked down for a few hours

I'm so Glad I was born and raised in Texas. I could not live without Tex-Mex. No way. I'll never leave this beautiful state. EVER!. Even vacations. All Texas, always.

You said it earlier in the video...loads of cultural/worldwide influence in all American cuisine. Hope you get to experience some of this for yourself soon!

Tex Mex is my favorite. The mole sauce (pronounced mo lay) is made from Mexican cocoa, which is very different from American cocoa. The sauce made from it is not sweet but has an incredible depth and complexity to it.

The molé sauce is a savory chocolate sauce. It’s amazing.

Most Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants automatically serve chips and a homemade salsa as soon as you sit down. If you want queso (cheese) you would pay extra. Most people are full by the time their dinner is served.

For thousands of years Great Britain had brought back spices from all over the world the only problem is they never used them.

Mole tends to be pretty spicy with the chilies used and the chocolate in the mole sauce just adds a slight bitter aftertaste that really complements the spiciness of the sauce.

17:49 you can tell they've been drinking and having salsa by the sweat mostly by Josh an and his hair lol

Those weren't nachos At the beginning. Those were just chips and dip. Nachos have vegetables, meat and cheese all over them. They can have further added goodies too. It is

Tex-Mex is its very own food group here in the US. Mole is rich and delicious and it is not sweet. Any good Tex-Mex restaurant fries its own chips. The chips and salsa are complentarty. The queso and guacamole are extra.

They sell that chocolate mix in our walmart in the international section

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There have been 6 countries that have owned/ruled Texas through out history. Spain, France, Mexico, Just Texas :), The US and a few years in the Confederate States. (known as the Six Flag Over Texas) But Mexico, I'd say has the strongest influence. Surely because of the border and people.

Ok, just for your information, Texas is not exclusively a Southern state. Texas, like California belongs to more than one US regions...three in fact in the case of Texas. West Texas is part of the Desert Southwest. East Texas (Houston) is definitely part of the South, and the Texas Pan Handle, Northern Texas up by Amarillo, is part of the Prairie.

6:50 There is a Trejo Tacos in London now. Owned by the actor Danny Trejo. They're as close as you're going to get to top tier tacos in the UK.

I love how people from other countries really like (or love) American food. However, we all need to remember that America is a Melting Pot. American foods are from "every culture", including American. Yes there are some dishes that are strictly American. Some foods are a combination of two or more cultures like Tex-Mex. Everyone loves a good Yorkshire Pudding and Fish and Chips. While Yorkshire Pudding is an English dish, Fish and Chips actually originated in 15th Century Portugal. I never thought I would try Blood Pudding but I did and I love it. For each culture I guess it is all about what we are accustomed to. But I love stepping outside the box and trying new things.

Mole is a savory chocolate-based ragu, the Awesome Sauce of North America. I am proud to be a North American, JUST because of the Mole sauce.

Mole is not a dessert, but a main dish. The mole sauce is not sweet because it's made with Mexican chocolate, which is not sweet. Mole can be very spicy depending on who is making it. It is from southern Mexico in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. I lived in Mexico for almost two years and mole is so good. In America, if an American uses the Spanish word salsa (Salsa means sauce in Spanish) that means the sauce is going to be spicy. Not every salsa is really spicy, but some of them are really hot. They come in every color under the sun. Another important Spanish word is Queso. Queso means cheese in Spanish and queso sauce is melted cheese used for dipping chips and everything else. It can be spicy or not, it all depends on the cook. Tacos also are a staple in American food around the US.

Typically, food from cental mexico uses fewer spices. As you approach the border of texas, more spices are used.

Tortilla chips to start are not nachos. LOL!! Mole' could have unsweetened chocolate, or a little peanut butter, or coffee. Any of those would give mole' an 'earthy' taste. I have never done it but some people do. Ingredients 2 to 6 different dried chiles, simmered a long time with lard, broth, cummin seed, allspice, thyme, cloves, and whatever else you want too try. There are Mexican grocers in the UK.

Molly is the mixture of chocolate powder and red chilli powder

Tex Mex developed on its own. It’s not Americanized Mexican food. Nachos as well as fajitas were created in Texas so when you have these dishes your actually having texmex.

What they call text Mex Is all throughout the United States. Also there are original real Mexican restaurants all throughout the US.

This is all MEXICAN food, Maybe Except the Chile beans. Enchilada= Is Mexican! Dates back at least to Aztec / Mayan times. served with Mole since Pre-Hispanic Mexico & served in Aztec rituals. Even the chocolate brand they are using for the Mole is Mexican, founded in 1919 "The La Azteca chocolate factory by the Gonzalez Barragan brothers in Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico. In 1939 The ABUELITA chocolate brand is born and 1995 Nestle acquires La Azteca's chocolate brands, including ABUELITA, but it still produced in Mexico, in the Toluca Factories. Green sauce Enchilada made with green tomatillos, also known as the Mexican husk tomato, is a staple in Mexican cuisine. And the old faithful Red sauce Enchilada, you can't get more Mexican than that. Crispy hard shell tacos= Evolved from "Tacos Dorados", a traditional Northern Mexican food. Fajita tacos= Originated in the ranch lands of Northern Mexico & West Texas. The territory of Texas once being part of Mexico had a large Mexican population, is no surprise they were eating fajitas there too. Guacamole= Avocados found their origin in Southern Mexico, where they naturally grow. Because of this, guacamole was inherently created by the Aztecs who inhabited that region of Mexico. Red Salsa dip= red tomato base, did you know the Tomato is native of the lower Andes & cultivated by the Aztecs in Mexico. The Aztec word "xitomatl" meant "plump fruit" which evolved to "miltomate" and then the Spanish conquistadors took it back to Europe & called it "tomate" Green Salsa dip= green tomatillo base with green chilies, has been made since the times of the Aztecs & Mayans.

I have a question not about food but where did you get the picture of the 3 mules you sit in front of? I LOVE IT!!!!

Austin, if that's where they are at is very foodie centric, which is a good thing the competition between places makes the cooks push to make better food.

good restaurants that make their own tortilla chips will 9 out of 10 times cook them in either lard or beef fat.

When the Aztecs met the Spanish they gave them a drink made of chocolate and chilies. It doesnt have to be sweet.

Having been there a few times yes the chips are really good and the food is really good but we do have great tex-mex here in Austin. If you make it here you'll need to wear stretchy pants because you may gain a couple pounds. 😄

Mole depends how it's made has a small hint of chocolate sweetness and can be spicy

You can get Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine and almost every state and American Chinese. I would recommend Mike Chen channel he is a foodie that reviews food from around the world

Believe it or not...Mexicans don't really understand Tex Mex that much. However, remember Texas was once a part of Mexico and was its own independent country for a while as well. Tex mex is indigenous to Texas, not a spin on Mexican food. A lot of those recipes have been in Texas for hundreds of years.

Funny, i dont see British resturants in the US. Its almost like nobody says hey lets grab some brit for takeout.

Good reaction guys, best of luck to your channel.

Certain cultures, including Aztec culture, used chocolate in savory dishes, not Cadbury chocolate.... by the way..lol

🤤🤤Tex-mex and it’s funny because I just had Tex mex and Mexican food this week. You gotta try some empanadas and Arepas they’re so good little pockets of joy.

Great video reaction guys, keep rockin' !!

Tbf nestle abuelita isn't really nestle. It was bought in 1995 and hasn't changed the recipe

No decent Mexican restaurant serves pre made tortilla chips. They are made on site.

The problem with food like this is that it’s so flavorful you can’t stop eating! Then about 15 minutes in it hits you like a ton of bricks, but you still can’t stop eating! So you eat so much you make yourself sick! Foods, like this are meant to be a marathon, but they taste so good, you can help but sprint!

Tex-Mex is not to be confused with Mexican food. It is different. Yes, you will hear people say "...if want real Mexican food you should....". These are essentially denigrating and disregarding Texas history. Tex-Mex cuisine is a blend of "European American" and Tejano traditions which began to overlap starting in the early 1800´s. Tejanos are descendants of Texas Creoles and Mestizos who settled in Texas before and during the period when it was the Republic of Texas. The term is also sometimes applied to Texans of Mexican descent as well. For Texans it is absolutely second nature to eat Tex-Mex, and each State that borders Mexico have their own history with incorporating Mexican cuisine because the food originates from different States in Mexico. Some differences are subtle, some are very different. Some ingredients in Tex-Mex cuisine are also common in Mexican cuisine, but others, not often used in Mexico, are often added, such as the use of cumin, introduced by Spanish immigrants to Texas from the Canary Islands. Tex-Mex cuisine is characterized by its heavy use of shredded cheese, beans, meat (particularly chicken, beef, and pork), chili peppers, and spices, in addition to flour tortillas. Being from East Texas on the Gulf Coast, we are lucky to enjoy a blend of "European American", Tex-Mex, Cajun/Creole & Soul Food. They all part of our comfort foods.

They make them in Texas

Tortilla Chips are just chips. Dressed chips are nachos.

961st subscriber! (If YT actually keeps it accurate).

As for America having"better" food...well America is full of so many different ethnic groups...just think of all the dishes and recipes that come with each immigrant that comes here 😉

Mole is chocolate.

You should look up why the brits have bland food after trying to conquer places for spices. It's fking ridiculous and makes sense.

Taw-coh not tack-oh

Mole is the best thing you will ever put in your mouth.

I am from Texas, I will not eat sour cream.

2:28 chips and salsa/queso/guac isn't nachos. Nachoes are chips covered in melted cheese and other toppings

Texas WAS Mexico in its history. So Tex-Mex is more Mexican food with an modern American influence.

Mòle is not sweet. The chocolate has been put in t there to intensify all the spices. In a good mòle, you can't identify the chocolate at all. It's like a secret ingredient. My favorite is the green salsa which is made with green tomatìllos, which are not tomatoes.

True fact that Texans do judge a Mexican or Tex-mex by Chips, salsa, guacamole, and queso.

This is not real texmex , for that you need to go to San Antonio the birthplace of all things texmex

New Mexican food is better.