El mole verde de mi abuelita. Y de mi madre algo que no es tan elaborado pero tiene sabor de hogar: tacos dorados de frijol acompañados con sopa de fideo.
Hola, ahora ustedes realmente pueden decir, fuimos a México y compartimos la mesa, hicimos artesanías, caminamos por sus pueblos, comimos comida con chile del molcajete y del metate, tortilla hechas a mano y toda la cosa, que tal? 😉 solo unos cuantos tienes esa dicha y privilegio, son bendecidos amigos 👫 como llamaras a tu muñeca?
Melissa Adami Y si Melissa, son privilegiado por querer conocer a personas de otras naciones, ya ni muchos tristes mexicanos que ni siquiera quieren a sus compatriotas, que pena me dan, verdad?
Dámaris L yo no creo que sea porque no quieren conocer, digo, hay de todo, pero cuanta gente tan pobre hay que precisamente por su pobreza nunca sale de su estado, ciudad o comunidad. Y bueno por otro lado Mexico es muy grande y diverso, es imposible conocerlo todo a menos que a eso te dediques y te llevaría muchísimo tiempo.
Fueros felicidades que increíble oportunidad de conocer a toda nuestra gente amable ,hermosa, y hospitalaria,como han crecido y con su sencillez se han ganado nuestro corazón.
Very cool video! I hope the indigenous peoples of Mexico get more positive attention! It´s an unspoken truth that they are not very well treated. But look at how amazing their resilience, culture, and work ethics are! Please do follow up videos with this and other groups! I´d love to do something like this as well! Saludos de Puebla, amigos!
Yes yes yes please! Go back! A collaboration between you both with the indigenous people would be great! It would be a double blessing not just for Kinetic Kennons and Los Perms but also for all the audience. Please do a follow up or go to another group and have a conversation with some of them. There's so much to see and learn from them. I wish I was there. Thanks again.
Anthony Bourdain wrote: "Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales and anything resembling Mexican in enormous quantities. We love Mexican beverages, happily knocking back huge amounts of tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer every year. We love Mexican people-we sure employ a lot of them. Despite our ridiculously hypocritical attitudes towards immigration, we demand that Mexicans cook a large percentage of the food we eat, grow the ingredients we need to make that food, clean our houses, mow our lawns, wash our dishes, and look after our children. As any chef will tell you, our entire service economy-the restaurant business as we know it-in most American cities, would collapse overnight without Mexican workers. Some, of course, like to claim that Mexicans are “stealing American jobs.” But in two decades as a chef and employer, I never had ONE American kid walk in my door and apply for a dishwashing job, a porter’s position-or even a job as a prep cook. Mexicans do much of the work in this country that Americans, probably, simply won’t do. We love Mexican drugs. Maybe not you personally, but “we”, as a nation, certainly consume titanic amounts of them-and go to extraordinary lengths and expense to acquire them. We love Mexican music, Mexican beaches, Mexican architecture, interior design, Mexican films. So, why don’t we love Mexico? We throw up our hands and shrug at what happens and what is happening just across the border. Maybe we are embarrassed. Mexico, after all, has always been there for us, to service our darkest needs and desires. Whether it’s dress up like fools and get passed-out drunk and sunburned on spring break in Cancun, throw pesos at strippers in Tijuana, or get toasted on Mexican drugs, we are seldom on our best behavior in Mexico. They have seen many of us at our worst. They know our darkest desires. In the service of our appetites, we spend billions and billions of dollars each year on Mexican drugs-while at the same time spending billions and billions more trying to prevent those drugs from reaching us. The effect on our society is everywhere to be seen. Whether it’s kids nodding off and overdosing in small town Vermont, gang violence in L.A., burned out neighborhoods in Detroit-it’s there to see. What we don’t see, however, haven’t really noticed, and don’t seem to much care about, is the 80,000 dead in Mexico, just in the past few years-mostly innocent victims. Eighty thousand families who’ve been touched directly by the so-called “War On Drugs”. Mexico. Our brother from another mother. A country, with whom, like it or not, we are inexorably, deeply involved, in a close but often uncomfortable embrace. Look at it. It’s beautiful. It has some of the most ravishingly beautiful beaches on earth. Mountains, desert, jungle. Beautiful colonial architecture, a tragic, elegant, violent, ludicrous, heroic, lamentable, heartbreaking history. Mexican wine country rivals Tuscany for gorgeousness. Its archeological sites-the remnants of great empires, unrivaled anywhere. And as much as we think we know and love it, we have barely scratched the surface of what Mexican food really is. It is NOT melted cheese over tortilla chips. It is not simple, or easy. It is not simply “bro food” at halftime. It is in fact, old-older even than the great cuisines of Europe, and often deeply complex, refined, subtle, and sophisticated. A true mole sauce, for instance, can take DAYS to make, a balance of freshly (always fresh) ingredients painstakingly prepared by hand. It could be, should be, one of the most exciting cuisines on the planet, if we paid attention. The old school cooks of Oaxaca make some of the more difficult and nuanced sauces in gastronomy. And some of the new generation-many of whom have trained in the kitchens of America and Europe-have returned home to take Mexican food to new and thrilling heights. It’s a country I feel particularly attached to and grateful for. In nearly 30 years of cooking professionally, just about every time I walked into a new kitchen, it was a Mexican guy who looked after me, had my back, showed me what was what, and was there-and on the case-when the cooks like me, with backgrounds like mine, ran away to go skiing or surfing or simply flaked. I have been fortunate to track where some of those cooks come from, to go back home with them. To small towns populated mostly by women-where in the evening, families gather at the town’s phone kiosk, waiting for calls from their husbands, sons and brothers who have left to work in our kitchens in the cities of the North. I have been fortunate enough to see where that affinity for cooking comes from, to experience moms and grandmothers preparing many delicious things, with pride and real love, passing that food made by hand from their hands to mine. In years of making television in Mexico, it’s one of the places we, as a crew, are happiest when the day’s work is over. We’ll gather around a street stall and order soft tacos with fresh, bright, delicious salsas, drink cold Mexican beer, sip smoky mezcals, and listen with moist eyes to sentimental songs from street musicians. We will look around and remark, for the hundredth time, what an extraordinary place this is. The received wisdom is that Mexico will never change. That is hopelessly corrupt, from top to bottom. That it is useless to resist-to care, to hope for a happier future. But there are heroes out there who refuse to go along. On this episode of “Parts Unknown,” we meet a few of them. People who are standing up against overwhelming odds, demanding accountability, demanding change-at great, even horrifying personal cost."
rene gutierrez I really appreciate what you wrote thank you for reaching out others with truth facts I know we have always been on USA history for good most of the times but who knows why we do get so much rejection from many I never can understand why hopefully hints will change one day
Living as a Mexican in the U.S. can sometimes be hard, and often times they make me feel ashamed and embarrassed of where my family and i come from. But reading this reminded me of what it truly means to be Mexican. Thank you.
@@90Ackerman As noted above, Anthony Bourdain who created the TV series, Parts Unknown (among others) wrote this Mexico commentary. Anthony Bourdain will be forever missed.
@@LaLaLaLa-fw3yk i am also a Mexican American, 1st generation. My parents constantly remind me I am not Mexican, and the media constantly reminds me I am not American.
This video is very special, something from deep Mexico. To see my own country through your gringo eyes is more than entertaining. You are quite a team. One video is better than the previous one, you are doing a great job. God bless you!
@@Tony-nj9de Ignorance is bliss. Hispanic is anyone who originates from a Spanish speaking country. Latino refers to those who are from LATIN America therefore they are not a race. There is a European Latino country and the only Europeans that are Hispanic are Spaniards
@@kypol12 up north of Mexico is literally all white people Europeans Asians Americans Spanish Italians no natives up there they were all wiped out by European settlers to settle on that land Don't believe me search it up
So nice to see so many people together and not a single person playing on their phone, moments like that are more enjoyable... Nice video, la guera para presidente😊
Amazing people, de berdad nuestros indígenas es jente muy humilde y no me refiero a pobreza me refiero a gente buena trabajadora que conserva sus costumbres de buen corazón ,
Píldora roja , primero yo no despreció el idioma español, Segundo si te refieres a ellos numero uno ellos tienen que escojer entre trabajar para sobrevivir o estudiar un idioma que es extraño para ellos te lo dijo por experiencia propia yo desde temprana edad tube que trabajar para sobrevivir llegando de la escuela tenía que ir al campo asta tardes horas así que no tenía tiempo de acer tarea ya que llegaba casi de noche a casa así todos los días y puedo entender completamente a esta jente. No se tu situación es posible que seas una persona estudiada y no puedas entender lo que es trabajar de sol a sol
México solo para los mexicanos No inventes cosas. En México las tres raíces raciales o étnicas son obviamente la indígena, la europea (principalmente ibérica) y en menor medida la subsahariana, pero aparte de eso los inmigrantes del este y sudeste asiático y de Oriente Medio han aportado a la genética de la población mexicana, por lo que no puedes reducir el mestizaje a solo lo autoctóno y lo europeo. Y al hablar así en contra de la inmigración a México sólo asemejas a los supremacistas nazis a los que seguro has de despreciar. Si algo que aportó en demasía a la cultura del país fue el aceptar refugiados españoles que huían de Franco durante el gobierno de Cardenas, por poner un ejemplo.
I love you guys. You made me cry. I’ve been following you just recently from Miami. As a 62 old Mexican man I believe you’re more Mexican than I. I’m coming back to my beloved Mexico and thanks to you with a big pride and a big smile. Thank you again!
Aww!❤ You guys just melted my heart and filled it up with so much tender fussy feelings with this video, Really!!!... Loved the güerita doll, and Hillary's facial expressions while making it!...
Beautiful!! my Mexican family, my Mexican Traditions,my Mexican way of life, I'm so proud of being Mexican, thank you guys for showing to the world the real Mexico.
This is definitely one of your best videos, It's great you took some time to acknowledge a demographic that gets overlooked in Mexico. You two are just so kind.
Kinetic Kennons my grandma used to make some of the best mole. It's my favorite dish. I had me some for fathers day. I only get it 3 times a yr. Fathers. Birthday and new yrs. Awesome video. Ain't nothing like mole arroz y pollo with burnt tortillas.( not really burnt. But almost. Lol)
U guys r awesome. U r family bc u r not patronizing and understand or r trying to learn and r respectful. No matter where u come from, if u have an open heart and willing to learn and grow. U will have friends all around u willing to show u a new experience that brings them joy to share.
I’ve never been more proud of being a Patron of you guys.💕 It really is sad that the new generations don’t learn their language. I’m descendant of African slaves, Nahuas (related to mexicas/aztec), Spanish and French; I don’t even know what language speaked my African forefathers, my Nahua great grandfathers stopped teaching nahuatl to their children to reduce discrimination against them for not speaking spanish. I have plans for returning to University to become a polyglot and a philologist to preserve dying languages of Mexico. You said that food is culture, so does language, and it’s paramount to preserve both.
aww thank you so much! Wow--thank you for sharing some of your history! You are so right--it is crucial that we help do our best to preserve what is left.
Great video! Perfect example how a lot of people live in the outskirts/rural type environments. Those tortillas are the best! The mais is fresh for that perfect tortilla texture and flavor.
Nicely done guys!!! I'm sure you next tortilla will be better Goyo. La Wera did an incredible job with that super cute doll. My favorite dish is a pre-Hispanic one that is known as PIPIAN. It's a different mole that is made out of pumpkin seeds or peanuts, both variations are fantastic!!! Hope you give it a try guys. Congrats once again 4 this vid, makes me appreciate more handcrafts and homemade dishes. 👍😀 very well deserved laaaiiik!!!! 👍👍👍👍
I bought several mini dolls like those at San Miguel Allende. Wish I would have bought more. They had strings attached to them and I use them on my Christmas tree every year.
Sha Sha and Santos is there anyway I could get in touch with either of you? Im doing a paper for my nursing class about indigenous people and their culture. A interview with the people that is chosen by the student is optional but would be educational and greatly appreciated. Please and thank you.
This is now my favorite video, this time you have really shown what mexico is about, not just the city life (i love the city life here in mexico). i'd like to see more videos like in the future as well as you visting other cities here in mexico
Wow.... Thats real food... I remember to sit at my grandma's table close to the fogon eating hand made fresh food just like that... It was not expensive, but it tasted super good... I miss that so much....I cried watching the video. I was forgetting to thank you for making me cry lol. Loved the video. God bless you two.
Hi guys !! I’m originally from the state of Puebla , and all I have to say is thank you !! Thanks for taking interest time and effort to lear about my country’s culture. It makes me really proud to know that there’s people who see us Mexicans differently .regardless of what some people in the US think and say it’s good to know that you seeing for yourself that we are not all bad guys lol !. Also I really enjoy all of your videos it makes me a little jealous ( in the good way !)enjoy your stay in Mexico !!!.
La Sierra Gorda de Querétaro is a must, next time you guys are there visit Puente de Dios, Cascada El Chuveje, Sotano del Barro. There's a highway called Puerta del Cielo and it literally looks like the entrance to heaven. The Maria dolls are originally from Querétaro, love my beautiful state. Ay mi Querétaro lindo, te llevo en el corazón!
These people are the reason our country has such a beautiful culture, from north to south, they are all very special and they deserve more recognition and support from the government, thanks for being so amazing, güeros! Saludos
This is your best video by far. Best idea ever! Best content not only in your channel, but about Mexico. One of my interests in Mexico is to learn about the indigenous Much respect to them and to you both. My abuelita used to make salsa with a molcajete (min 2:13), we use to drink using jarritos (what Guera is drinking from) and she also use to sew clothes for the only doll that I had when I was little. This video is full of culture, love, tradition, history, harmony, sense of community, family, and nostalgia. My abuelita also had chickens in the back patio that she loved but used to feed her family. This video makes me want to cry. Its an invitation to appreciate everything more and more. Its sad that we are so immerse in work, video games, material stuff and the rat race that we oversee so much beauty in life. Thank you Goyo and Guera for being so genuine and humble and sharing your life experiences. One thing that I would have like is a conversation with one of them. I would have loved to hear their language. I hope you do more videos like this one, it's really the best kind. I hope your channel continues to grow, more and more people need to find you. God bless you both.
Mole you read my mind, you guys are just the sweetest couple ever, I love how much passion you have to learn about my native country thank you for showing us how wonderful and rich our culture is.😁
Beautiful video...our indigenous people great artisans and cooks...you should make a video like this one of the indigenous people of each state you visit....I think it would be awesome
Love watching your videos weros. As a Mexican living in NY all my life I feel jealous how much I have missed out all these years. I cant wait to go back and visit every little town to share with all these beautiful people. You guys rock! Love your humbleness. Happy holidays or is almost Christmas here. 🤗 cheers
Thank you guys! You bring us such an inspiring videos. I am a foreign citizen here since few years now and you make me realize how much I've been taking for granted! From now on , every time I eat mole or see this dolls I promise to remember and appreciate the effort behind them . Keep going with your videos, I love them! Take care! Saludos!
👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👐👐💓💓💓💓💓SIMPLEMENTE FANTÁSTICO. ..PADRISIMA EXPERIENCIA...MI MÉXICO Y ESA GENTE HERMOSA QUÉ SE VISTE DE BONDAD ME HACEN SENTIR ORGULLOSA 🙆🙆🙆🌻🌺🌻🌺🌺🌻
Yo los sigo desde hace muchos meses y da mucha alegría que les guste nuestro país , yo soy de un pueblo al lado de donde visitaron y llena de alegría que gente como a ustedes les guste nuestra tradición un gran abrazo 🙌🏻
Man guys you are so nice couple, down to earth people you surprised me every time more and more, keep the grand job you are doing! pardon me about my English.
Guys... you´re great! I'm speechless. With this video you show us some important things: 1st, You´re very Respectfull persons. The way you're interacting with the pepole speaks very well about you and your families... I'm sure, you come from very well educated families which show you the respect for the others... That´s great! 2nd. You're helping very much to México. Of course not everything is good, but there are a lotof more good people than "bad-hombres", so all this things that you share with the world are helping this country, and we thank you that very much. 3rd. We, mexicans, are learning to see our country with more love through your eyes... We re-apreciate the things that you forget with the time. Thank you very much for being part of this comunity of México!
This video made me so happy. As soon as I saw “Querétaro” I instantly clicked on it ! And as the video was starting I was hoping you guys would say you were in Santiago de Querétaro because that’s were all my family is from!!!!! And it made me so happy seeing the indigenous ladies making the dolls and wearing the traditional suit. My grandma my moms mom used to wear it!. And I can say proudly that all my ancestors were otomi!. This video also made me miss my trip to Santiago de Querétaro barrio 4o And waking up to my aunt making tortillas en las mañas para acompañarnos con las carnitas que comíamos!!! I just wow really loved this video I hope you guys liked Santiago de Querétaro. (I can also say I brought back many many otomi dolls!) Kinetic Kennons
Wow guys you never ceases to amaze me. What a beautiful video guys. Thanks for sharing this with us. Seeing smiling that beautiful niña was priceless. Congratulations guys.
Esa es la mejor oportunidad de conocer a un país amable humilde y lleno de gente que si respeta, el gringo no se imagina ese mundo tan seguro ,la comida fresca mmmm amo a MÉXICO y no lo olvido nunca ❤🤝👉👋
wwwaooo este es uno de los mejores videos que han podido hacer...esa si es la verdadera esencia de México... me llevaron a mi infancia...mi abuela materna es de origen otomi de la cierra de hidalgo!! y asi vivi cob ella...asi comiamos...en fin...asi eran mis fines de semans...esa muñeca vale mucho ahora...felicidades
What an awesome day! This is the coolest thing you've done. The doll was so cute, as was the little girl making the tortilla, and Hill giving her a hug. Don't feel bad, Greg. I still haven't been successful making a tortilla. I have one of those same presses, but they've never come out right. I don't have time these days to work on it. Would love to spend a day like this.
Wow! You guys hit closer to home with each video! My mom is Otomí from the state of Mexico, and my dad is from Mexico City. I'm also visiting for all of July, so I'm loving soaking up all of your videos.
I'm from Queretaro, and living in Dallas,Texas for the past forty three years, I'm a truck driver for thirty nine years, drove about four million miles I had my share, and I can't get enough of your videos, viva Mexico gringos
wow!!! Those dolls/monas are beautiful. Thanks for bringing to light a new appreciation. I'd love to visit there and would hands down get a couple for my toddler :) Thanks for sharing this !!!
Wow, awesome video, thanks! You guys look so happy around these parts... lucky you!!! I'm trying to go back and hopefully end up in a great place like this. Happy travels!
Great video! Mexico has such a rich culture and history, it is one aspect of my travels here that I am really enjoying learning about! I really think it's great how curious and open minded you both are. I find your videos not only entertaining and funny but also informative and educational! Keep up the great work :-)
You had me laughing non stop when your tortilla folded on the Comal. In a good way tho, it's nice to see people from other countries experiencing our culture. The same thing happened to me when I made my first tortilla.
A great trip would be to take the train between Los Mochis to Chihuahua passing through the Copper Canyon (larger than the Grand Canyon) and home to the Rarámuri (the men with winged feet...the men who run far), more commonly known as the Tarahumara.
How nice from you guys to post that you enjoy and have fun in all of these places! Thanks for sharing the beautiful views that many of the actual Mexicans aren’t even aware that exist.
Hi guys, my very first comment in one of your videos tough I subscribed to your channel a while ago and and watch your vlogs regularly. As a Mexican guy not living in my country I felt nostalgic watching this, but happy too, and thankful that people like you guys can appreciate our culture. Love you guys you are awesome, loved the video!♥
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your first comment! We appreciate your support and are happy you choose to come on all these adventures with us!
Me gustan sus videos, y este es uno de los que más he disfrutado. Me recuerda todo el proceso de dos días que mi abuela, mi mamá y mis tías hacían en conjunto para las fiestas familiares
Thank you guys I enjoy looking at your videos I'm a Drimer in USA and unfortunately I have not seen my home country Mexico since I was little so I enjoy watching your videos and learning of my culture though you guys. 😊
Feliz Tuesday! What is your favorite dish/food that your mom, grandma, dad, or any other family member makes?
Kinetic Kennons mixiotes de pollo and i believe it’s a platillo prehispánico. Great video guys! Keep up the good work.
Mole
El mole verde de mi abuelita. Y de mi madre algo que no es tan elaborado pero tiene sabor de hogar: tacos dorados de frijol acompañados con sopa de fideo.
Enchiladas were always my favorite dish :)
Mole
Hola, ahora ustedes realmente pueden decir, fuimos a México y compartimos la mesa, hicimos artesanías, caminamos por sus pueblos, comimos comida con chile del molcajete y del metate, tortilla hechas a mano y toda la cosa, que tal? 😉 solo unos cuantos tienes esa dicha y privilegio, son bendecidos amigos 👫 como llamaras a tu muñeca?
Dámaris L así es, ellos conocen México mejor que la gran mayoría de los mexicanos.
Melissa Adami
Y si Melissa, son privilegiado por querer conocer a personas de otras naciones, ya ni muchos tristes mexicanos que ni siquiera quieren a sus compatriotas, que pena me dan, verdad?
Dámaris L yo no creo que sea porque no quieren conocer, digo, hay de todo, pero cuanta gente tan pobre hay que precisamente por su pobreza nunca sale de su estado, ciudad o comunidad. Y bueno por otro lado Mexico es muy grande y diverso, es imposible conocerlo todo a menos que a eso te dediques y te llevaría muchísimo tiempo.
39LEGOTO
Cual pena?
Fueros felicidades que increíble oportunidad de conocer a toda nuestra gente amable ,hermosa, y hospitalaria,como han crecido y con su sencillez se han ganado nuestro corazón.
Very cool video! I hope the indigenous peoples of Mexico get more positive attention! It´s an unspoken truth that they are not very well treated. But look at how amazing their resilience, culture, and work ethics are! Please do follow up videos with this and other groups! I´d love to do something like this as well! Saludos de Puebla, amigos!
It was a really special day! Maybe we can go together one day?!
Yes yes yes please! Go back! A collaboration between you both with the indigenous people would be great! It would be a double blessing not just for Kinetic Kennons and Los Perms but also for all the audience. Please do a follow up or go to another group and have a conversation with some of them. There's so much to see and learn from them. I wish I was there. Thanks again.
Los Perms Thank you! I'm glad others found positivity in my family's trube.
MESTIZOS/white-hispanics make up nearly 90% of the country and countinue to marginalize native ppl as the Spanish once did
Clau i'd love to see a colaboration with Dan the new travel. He makes very cool videos as well.
That little girl at 12:40 making tortillas stole my heart ❤.
same!
Kinetic Kennons I only have one thing to say to you guys,,.. love, love, love,
What u guys experienced is the real mexican experience my friend.
Alberto Rodriguez Yes they did, the Otomi modern life.
No is not real Mexican thing. Is just a Native Mexican indigenous thing. Mexican culture is quite different.
@@EC-cr8wt Mexicans whole Culture is hugely from The indigenous people, the clothes, designs, instruments, foods, drinks, games.
Cuando compro muñecas para mis hijas y cosas manuales alos indijenas no les pido rebaja xq es un arduo trabajo y apoyemos anuestra cultura indijena
Anthony Bourdain wrote:
"Americans love Mexican food. We consume nachos, tacos, burritos, tortas, enchiladas, tamales and anything resembling Mexican in enormous quantities. We love Mexican beverages, happily knocking back huge amounts of tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer every year. We love Mexican people-we sure employ a lot of them. Despite our ridiculously hypocritical attitudes towards immigration, we demand that Mexicans cook a large percentage of the food we eat, grow the ingredients we need to make that food, clean our houses, mow our lawns, wash our dishes, and look after our children. As any chef will tell you, our entire service economy-the restaurant business as we know it-in most American cities, would collapse overnight without Mexican workers. Some, of course, like to claim that Mexicans are “stealing American jobs.” But in two decades as a chef and employer, I never had ONE American kid walk in my door and apply for a dishwashing job, a porter’s position-or even a job as a prep cook. Mexicans do much of the work in this country that Americans, probably, simply won’t do.
We love Mexican drugs. Maybe not you personally, but “we”, as a nation, certainly consume titanic amounts of them-and go to extraordinary lengths and expense to acquire them. We love Mexican music, Mexican beaches, Mexican architecture, interior design, Mexican films.
So, why don’t we love Mexico?
We throw up our hands and shrug at what happens and what is happening just across the border. Maybe we are embarrassed. Mexico, after all, has always been there for us, to service our darkest needs and desires. Whether it’s dress up like fools and get passed-out drunk and sunburned on spring break in Cancun, throw pesos at strippers in Tijuana, or get toasted on Mexican drugs, we are seldom on our best behavior in Mexico. They have seen many of us at our worst. They know our darkest desires.
In the service of our appetites, we spend billions and billions of dollars each year on Mexican drugs-while at the same time spending billions and billions more trying to prevent those drugs from reaching us. The effect on our society is everywhere to be seen. Whether it’s kids nodding off and overdosing in small town Vermont, gang violence in L.A., burned out neighborhoods in Detroit-it’s there to see. What we don’t see, however, haven’t really noticed, and don’t seem to much care about, is the 80,000 dead in Mexico, just in the past few years-mostly innocent victims. Eighty thousand families who’ve been touched directly by the so-called “War On Drugs”.
Mexico. Our brother from another mother. A country, with whom, like it or not, we are inexorably, deeply involved, in a close but often uncomfortable embrace. Look at it. It’s beautiful. It has some of the most ravishingly beautiful beaches on earth. Mountains, desert, jungle. Beautiful colonial architecture, a tragic, elegant, violent, ludicrous, heroic, lamentable, heartbreaking history. Mexican wine country rivals Tuscany for gorgeousness. Its archeological sites-the remnants of great empires, unrivaled anywhere. And as much as we think we know and love it, we have barely scratched the surface of what Mexican food really is. It is NOT melted cheese over tortilla chips. It is not simple, or easy. It is not simply “bro food” at halftime. It is in fact, old-older even than the great cuisines of Europe, and often deeply complex, refined, subtle, and sophisticated. A true mole sauce, for instance, can take DAYS to make, a balance of freshly (always fresh) ingredients painstakingly prepared by hand. It could be, should be, one of the most exciting cuisines on the planet, if we paid attention. The old school cooks of Oaxaca make some of the more difficult and nuanced sauces in gastronomy. And some of the new generation-many of whom have trained in the kitchens of America and Europe-have returned home to take Mexican food to new and thrilling heights.
It’s a country I feel particularly attached to and grateful for. In nearly 30 years of cooking professionally, just about every time I walked into a new kitchen, it was a Mexican guy who looked after me, had my back, showed me what was what, and was there-and on the case-when the cooks like me, with backgrounds like mine, ran away to go skiing or surfing or simply flaked. I have been fortunate to track where some of those cooks come from, to go back home with them. To small towns populated mostly by women-where in the evening, families gather at the town’s phone kiosk, waiting for calls from their husbands, sons and brothers who have left to work in our kitchens in the cities of the North. I have been fortunate enough to see where that affinity for cooking comes from, to experience moms and grandmothers preparing many delicious things, with pride and real love, passing that food made by hand from their hands to mine.
In years of making television in Mexico, it’s one of the places we, as a crew, are happiest when the day’s work is over. We’ll gather around a street stall and order soft tacos with fresh, bright, delicious salsas, drink cold Mexican beer, sip smoky mezcals, and listen with moist eyes to sentimental songs from street musicians. We will look around and remark, for the hundredth time, what an extraordinary place this is.
The received wisdom is that Mexico will never change. That is hopelessly corrupt, from top to bottom. That it is useless to resist-to care, to hope for a happier future. But there are heroes out there who refuse to go along. On this episode of “Parts Unknown,” we meet a few of them. People who are standing up against overwhelming odds, demanding accountability, demanding change-at great, even horrifying personal cost."
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I really appreciate what you wrote thank you for reaching out others with truth facts I know we have always been on USA history for good most of the times but who knows why we do get so much rejection from many I never can understand why hopefully hints will change one day
Living as a Mexican in the U.S. can sometimes be hard, and often times they make me feel ashamed and embarrassed of where my family and i come from. But reading this reminded me of what it truly means to be Mexican. Thank you.
Loved it!
@@90Ackerman As noted above, Anthony Bourdain who created the TV series, Parts Unknown (among others) wrote this Mexico commentary. Anthony Bourdain will be forever missed.
@@LaLaLaLa-fw3yk i am also a Mexican American, 1st generation. My parents constantly remind me I am not Mexican, and the media constantly reminds me I am not American.
This video is very special, something from deep Mexico. To see my own country through your gringo eyes is more than entertaining. You are quite a team. One video is better than the previous one, you are doing a great job. God bless you!
Thank you so much for your nice words and for your support! This video is really special to us too and a day we will remember forever!
Well said Diana Love you
While most MESTIZOs still discriminate native people in Mexico, both of you have dared to embrace them. Very beautiful.
Those people are the real American native
@Danny Latinos/hispanic are European
@@Tony-nj9de Ignorance is bliss. Hispanic is anyone who originates from a Spanish speaking country. Latino refers to those who are from LATIN America therefore they are not a race. There is a European Latino country and the only Europeans that are Hispanic are Spaniards
@@Tony-nj9de No, most are mestizos or half blood, and some of us are Indigenous, very little part of the population is european
@@Tony-nj9de Mexicans are mixed. Period
@@kypol12 up north of Mexico is literally all white people Europeans Asians Americans Spanish Italians no natives up there they were all wiped out by European settlers to settle on that land Don't believe me search it up
This is the best video on your channel and probably the best vlog about Mexico. Thank you for being so open minded.
Thank you so much!
Pienso lo mismo! 👏🏻
Raúl Portilla Son bien chidos estos güeros
So nice to see so many people together and not a single person playing on their phone, moments like that are more enjoyable... Nice video, la guera para presidente😊
it really was such a special day!
Gracias por querer a México
Tanks guys to show one real good part of my beautiful country Mexico something of the tv news don't talk about it really tanks God bless you....
Amazing people, de berdad nuestros indígenas es jente muy humilde y no me refiero a pobreza me refiero a gente buena trabajadora que conserva sus costumbres de buen corazón ,
Píldora roja , primero yo no despreció el idioma español, Segundo si te refieres a ellos numero uno ellos tienen que escojer entre trabajar para sobrevivir o estudiar un idioma que es extraño para ellos te lo dijo por experiencia propia yo desde temprana edad tube que trabajar para sobrevivir llegando de la escuela tenía que ir al campo asta tardes horas así que no tenía tiempo de acer tarea ya que llegaba casi de noche a casa así todos los días y puedo entender completamente a esta jente. No se tu situación es posible que seas una persona estudiada y no puedas entender lo que es trabajar de sol a sol
México solo para los mexicanos
No inventes cosas. En México las tres raíces raciales o étnicas son obviamente la indígena, la europea (principalmente ibérica) y en menor medida la subsahariana, pero aparte de eso los inmigrantes del este y sudeste asiático y de Oriente Medio han aportado a la genética de la población mexicana, por lo que no puedes reducir el mestizaje a solo lo autoctóno y lo europeo.
Y al hablar así en contra de la inmigración a México sólo asemejas a los supremacistas nazis a los que seguro has de despreciar.
Si algo que aportó en demasía a la cultura del país fue el aceptar refugiados españoles que huían de Franco durante el gobierno de Cardenas, por poner un ejemplo.
I love you guys. You made me cry. I’ve been following you just recently from Miami. As a 62 old Mexican man I believe you’re more Mexican than I. I’m coming back to my beloved Mexico and thanks to you with a big pride and a big smile. Thank you again!
Thank you so much! Thanks for coming along with us!
We are still around, I’m jonaz from sierra gorda , proud to my hna hnu culture, 100 % native , I have bunch of relatives in Estado de México area.....
guera,you are the greatest lady i've ever seen lovin mexican child, thankyou so much, and Goyo too. so long.
This is an amazing experience, the real Mexico.
it really was special!
Aww!❤ You guys just melted my heart and filled it up with so much tender fussy feelings with this video, Really!!!... Loved the güerita doll, and Hillary's facial expressions while making it!...
aww thank you!
México es grande por su gente; cuando gusten venir a la huasteca Potosina serán bienvenidos...
La cultura gastronomía y artesanía 100% original y verdadera gente mexicana,saludos goyo y la guerita
Wow! What an extraordinary video! one of my favorites, greetings from Tabasco, Mexico :)
I think its one of our favorites too :)
Beautiful!! my Mexican family, my Mexican Traditions,my Mexican way of life, I'm so proud of being Mexican, thank you guys for showing to the world the real Mexico.
Thanks to the visit to this wonderful people, indigenous people we are not invisible
You huys brought tears to my eyes with this video , how both of you appreciate and value our culture and people! God bless you and your families !!!😢😢
thank you so much!
This is definitely one of your best videos, It's great you took some time to acknowledge a demographic that gets overlooked in Mexico. You two are just so kind.
John Snow Hi there!. I agree, one of their best videos!
Thank you both so much for your kind words of support!
Those families make the most delicious food in Mexico! Their hands and seasoning are so special. Love this video guys
That mole looks amazing! And Hillary's doll is the cutest little thing!
the mole was amazing!
Kinetic Kennons my grandma used to make some of the best mole. It's my favorite dish. I had me some for fathers day. I only get it 3 times a yr. Fathers. Birthday and new yrs. Awesome video. Ain't nothing like mole arroz y pollo with burnt tortillas.( not really burnt. But almost. Lol)
How commendable for you to get to know the people that make Mexico great. My love and respect. Keep the track, we will follow! 👊🏻👊🏻👍🏼
Thank you so much!
Amazing job you guys!!! Congratulations and THANK YOU for showing the world this beautiful country. I am a huge fan of you two!!!!
Thanks for coming with us!
U guys r awesome. U r family bc u r not patronizing and understand or r trying to learn and r respectful. No matter where u come from, if u have an open heart and willing to learn and grow. U will have friends all around u willing to show u a new experience that brings them joy to share.
Sierra Gorda is amazing!! plan a few days trip to that area in Queretato... thanks for your great job!!
just got back from that area! You are right-it was incredible! Videos coming soon!
I like how you guys blend in with some of the most humble places and people in Mexico.
Love it.
Great video! I, 73 year old retired judge, am truly, truly impressed by your entire project all the way back to your beginning.
Thank you so much Henry!
I’ve never been more proud of being a Patron of you guys.💕
It really is sad that the new generations don’t learn their language. I’m descendant of African slaves, Nahuas (related to mexicas/aztec), Spanish and French; I don’t even know what language speaked my African forefathers, my Nahua great grandfathers stopped teaching nahuatl to their children to reduce discrimination against them for not speaking spanish. I have plans for returning to University to become a polyglot and a philologist to preserve dying languages of Mexico. You said that food is culture, so does language, and it’s paramount to preserve both.
aww thank you so much! Wow--thank you for sharing some of your history! You are so right--it is crucial that we help do our best to preserve what is left.
Great video! Perfect example how a lot of people live in the outskirts/rural type environments. Those tortillas are the best! The mais is fresh for that perfect tortilla texture and flavor.
Nicely done guys!!! I'm sure you next tortilla will be better Goyo. La Wera did an incredible job with that super cute doll. My favorite dish is a pre-Hispanic one that is known as PIPIAN. It's a different mole that is made out of pumpkin seeds or peanuts, both variations are fantastic!!! Hope you give it a try guys.
Congrats once again 4 this vid, makes me appreciate more handcrafts and homemade dishes. 👍😀 very well deserved laaaiiik!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Woooaaaoooo thank you friends
You're really knowing Mexico
Gracias me gusto el video 👏👏👏
I bought several mini dolls like those at San Miguel Allende. Wish I would have bought more. They had strings attached to them and I use them on my Christmas tree every year.
My Family is Otomi!!! 😃😃😃😃 so happy you love our culture and Country 😃 love your Channel
Sha Sha Vicente Olguin yo también ablo otomi
Que parte d México eres?
por Huasteca Veracruz
That is incredible!
Sha Sha and Santos is there anyway I could get in touch with either of you? Im doing a paper for my nursing class about indigenous people and their culture. A interview with the people that is chosen by the student is optional but would be educational and greatly appreciated. Please and thank you.
I love you guys! I'm glad you came to Mexico and show this kind of beautiful things! Thank you.
Welcome this kind of people!!👌👏
This is now my favorite video, this time you have really shown what mexico is about, not just the city life (i love the city life here in mexico). i'd like to see more videos like in the future as well as you visting other cities here in mexico
Thank you so much Joseph!
Wow.... Thats real food... I remember to sit at my grandma's table close to the fogon eating hand made fresh food just like that... It was not expensive, but it tasted super good... I miss that so much....I cried watching the video. I was forgetting to thank you for making me cry lol. Loved the video. God bless you two.
This was a really different video, I enjoyed it. ❤️
Thank you Melissa!
Hi guys !! I’m originally from the state of Puebla , and all I have to say is thank you !! Thanks for taking interest time and effort to lear about my country’s culture. It makes me really proud to know that there’s people who see us Mexicans differently .regardless of what some people in the US think and say it’s good to know that you seeing for yourself that we are not all bad guys lol !. Also I really enjoy all of your videos it makes me a little jealous ( in the good way !)enjoy your stay in Mexico !!!.
Most beautiful video, I love you weros!
La Sierra Gorda de Querétaro is a must, next time you guys are there visit Puente de Dios, Cascada El Chuveje, Sotano del Barro. There's a highway called Puerta del Cielo and it literally looks like the entrance to heaven. The Maria dolls are originally from Querétaro, love my beautiful state. Ay mi Querétaro lindo, te llevo en el corazón!
wait for todays video, amiga!!!!
You never fail to impress me. This is one of my favorite videos!! Well done weros, well done!
This was one of our favorites too actually! Such a special day!
Wow! You guys are super adorable!! Thank you for appreciating Mexico's beauty, loving my country and culture💖. May God bless you both always.
Great jobs on this video guys, I really enjoyed this one. One of your best by far!
Thank you so much John!
These people are the reason our country has such a beautiful culture, from north to south, they are all very special and they deserve more recognition and support from the government, thanks for being so amazing, güeros! Saludos
so kind gringos
This is your best video by far. Best idea ever! Best content not only in your channel, but about Mexico. One of my interests in Mexico is to learn about the indigenous Much respect to them and to you both. My abuelita used to make salsa with a molcajete (min 2:13), we use to drink using jarritos (what Guera is drinking from) and she also use to sew clothes for the only doll that I had when I was little. This video is full of culture, love, tradition, history, harmony, sense of community, family, and nostalgia. My abuelita also had chickens in the back patio that she loved but used to feed her family. This video makes me want to cry. Its an invitation to appreciate everything more and more. Its sad that we are so immerse in work, video games, material stuff and the rat race that we oversee so much beauty in life. Thank you Goyo and Guera for being so genuine and humble and sharing your life experiences. One thing that I would have like is a conversation with one of them. I would have loved to hear their language. I hope you do more videos like this one, it's really the best kind. I hope your channel continues to grow, more and more people need to find you. God bless you both.
Thank you so much! It was truly a special day with a really special family :)
I'm glad this isn't a video of "We went to Cancun/Playa Del Carmen!" You guys are living the real Mexican experience! Love your channel
Thank you amigo! We have been there too, but we enjoy the interior of Mexico!
Really enjoyed this video! Being from Mexico it brought back memories of helping my grandma prepare food. Gracias amigos.
What we were waiting for! That’s good that you guys collided with the indigenous people.
Mole you read my mind, you guys are just the sweetest couple ever, I love how much passion you have to learn about my native country thank you for showing us how wonderful and rich our culture is.😁
Thank hyou so much!
Beautiful video...our indigenous people great artisans and cooks...you should make a video like this one of the indigenous people of each state you visit....I think it would be awesome
Love watching your videos weros. As a Mexican living in NY all my life I feel jealous how much I have missed out all these years. I cant wait to go back and visit every little town to share with all these beautiful people. You guys rock! Love your humbleness. Happy holidays or is almost Christmas here. 🤗 cheers
That little girl is so cute
she really is!
Thank you guys! You bring us such an inspiring videos. I am a foreign citizen here since few years now and you make me realize how much I've been taking for granted! From now on , every time I eat mole or see this dolls I promise to remember and appreciate the effort behind them . Keep going with your videos, I love them! Take care! Saludos!
👏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👐👐💓💓💓💓💓SIMPLEMENTE FANTÁSTICO. ..PADRISIMA EXPERIENCIA...MI MÉXICO Y ESA GENTE HERMOSA QUÉ SE VISTE DE BONDAD ME HACEN SENTIR ORGULLOSA 🙆🙆🙆🌻🌺🌻🌺🌺🌻
yall are awesome .....the learning the experience i TRUELY EVY YOU IN THE good way.....
Me encanto su video. Felicidades!
Yo los sigo desde hace muchos meses y da mucha alegría que les guste nuestro país , yo soy de un pueblo al lado de donde visitaron y llena de alegría que gente como a ustedes les guste nuestra tradición un gran abrazo 🙌🏻
Man guys you are so nice couple, down to earth people you surprised me every time more and more, keep the grand job you are doing! pardon me about my English.
Thank you so much!
Kinetic Kennons you're very welcome!
Guys... you´re great! I'm speechless. With this video you show us some important things: 1st, You´re very Respectfull persons. The way you're interacting with the pepole speaks very well about you and your families... I'm sure, you come from very well educated families which show you the respect for the others... That´s great! 2nd. You're helping very much to México. Of course not everything is good, but there are a lotof more good people than "bad-hombres", so all this things that you share with the world are helping this country, and we thank you that very much. 3rd. We, mexicans, are learning to see our country with more love through your eyes... We re-apreciate the things that you forget with the time. Thank you very much for being part of this comunity of México!
You guys are awesome! Great job on this video this is one of your best!
I normally skip your videos, but this one.... this one is special. Thank you for showing people (including myself) the beauty of Mexico.
Thanks Daniel! It was a really special day.
Thanks for sharing this with the World. Cheers!
This video made me so happy. As soon as I saw “Querétaro” I instantly clicked on it ! And as the video was starting I was hoping you guys would say you were in Santiago de Querétaro because that’s were all my family is from!!!!! And it made me so happy seeing the indigenous ladies making the dolls and wearing the traditional suit. My grandma my moms mom used to wear it!. And I can say proudly that all my ancestors were otomi!. This video also made me miss my trip to Santiago de Querétaro barrio 4o And waking up to my aunt making tortillas en las mañas para acompañarnos con las carnitas que comíamos!!! I just wow really loved this video I hope you guys liked Santiago de Querétaro. (I can also say I brought back many many otomi dolls!) Kinetic Kennons
This is one of my favorite videos. Thank youuuuuuuuu!
by far one of our favorites too!
Wow guys you never ceases to amaze me. What a beautiful video guys. Thanks for sharing this with us. Seeing smiling that beautiful niña was priceless. Congratulations guys.
Aww thank you so much!
Hola chicos, me encantó el vídeo. Gracias por mostrar las tradiciones de estos pueblos. Mi comida favorita son los chiles rellenos. Besos.
Esa es la mejor oportunidad de conocer a un país amable humilde y lleno de gente que si respeta, el gringo no se imagina ese mundo tan seguro ,la comida fresca mmmm amo a MÉXICO y no lo olvido nunca ❤🤝👉👋
¡Charming video, I liked!. More like this,please. ¡Gracias Güeros!.
Thank you so much!
wwwaooo este es uno de los mejores videos que han podido hacer...esa si es la verdadera esencia de México... me llevaron a mi infancia...mi abuela materna es de origen otomi de la cierra de hidalgo!! y asi vivi cob ella...asi comiamos...en fin...asi eran mis fines de semans...esa muñeca vale mucho ahora...felicidades
I absolutely loved this video!!!! How awesome!! Hilary your doll is too cute!!! Thank you for making me hungry now =)
Thank you! Its one of our favorite videos too!
What an awesome day! This is the coolest thing you've done. The doll was so cute, as was the little girl making the tortilla, and Hill giving her a hug. Don't feel bad, Greg. I still haven't been successful making a tortilla. I have one of those same presses, but they've never come out right. I don't have time these days to work on it. Would love to spend a day like this.
It was a really special day!
La Güera haciendo una güerita y Greg destrozando tlayulas. Cada vez se superan a sí mismos. Definitivamente mis güeros favoritos. God blessyou!
Wow! You guys hit closer to home with each video! My mom is Otomí from the state of Mexico, and my dad is from Mexico City. I'm also visiting for all of July, so I'm loving soaking up all of your videos.
I love this video!!!! Thxs for try to learn about us!!!
Thank you amigo!
I'm from Queretaro, and living in Dallas,Texas for the past forty three years, I'm a truck driver for thirty nine years, drove about four million miles I had my share, and I can't get enough of your videos, viva Mexico gringos
My favorite dish... made by my wife... is "cochinita pibil"... so delicious ... nice people I'm so proud.. good work amigos.. happy tuesday ! 😎
wow!!! Those dolls/monas are beautiful. Thanks for bringing to light a new appreciation. I'd love to visit there and would hands down get a couple for my toddler :) Thanks for sharing this !!!
Wow!! That was a Fun Video!! Thanks , Food looked sooo good!!!
Thank you!
Wow, awesome video, thanks! You guys look so happy around these parts... lucky you!!! I'm trying to go back and hopefully end up in a great place like this. Happy travels!
That is so cool guys. Glad you guys are getting to know the real mexican culture.
They are not Mexican
that has to be one of the best days you'll have experienced in mexico,how awesome hanging out with old culture.loved it
I"m speechless!!! Beautiful ls all Í can say.
Great video! Mexico has such a rich culture and history, it is one aspect of my travels here that I am really enjoying learning about! I really think it's great how curious and open minded you both are. I find your videos not only entertaining and funny but also informative and educational! Keep up the great work :-)
Thank you! It was a really special day! Thanks for coming along with us!
You had me laughing non stop when your tortilla folded on the Comal. In a good way tho, it's nice to see people from other countries experiencing our culture. The same thing happened to me when I made my first tortilla.
hahaha, we just need a bit more practice :)
Mrs. and Mr. Kinetic Kennons, this video was GREAT and Beautiful!!! 👍🤗❤️
A great trip would be to take the train between Los Mochis to Chihuahua passing through the Copper Canyon (larger than the Grand Canyon) and home to the Rarámuri (the men with winged feet...the men who run far), more commonly known as the Tarahumara.
Planning that soon :) I just read a book all about the Tarahumara!
How nice from you guys to post that you enjoy and have fun in all of these places! Thanks for sharing the beautiful views that many of the actual Mexicans aren’t even aware that exist.
Que hermoso video, gracias por mostrar esa parte de México. Abrazos Kennons
viviana rangel Si. Muy bello video :)
Hi guys, my very first comment in one of your videos tough I subscribed to your channel a while ago and and watch your vlogs regularly. As a Mexican guy not living in my country I felt nostalgic watching this, but happy too, and thankful that people like you guys can appreciate our culture. Love you guys you are awesome, loved the video!♥
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your first comment! We appreciate your support and are happy you choose to come on all these adventures with us!
What a great expirience guys!
Really interesting your time spent with this Otomí people...
Enjoy much?
See you later!
it was such special day!
I just found your site today. Have watched 4 vlogs. Love you guys!! Keep up the good work. From Ontario Canada.
Me gustan sus videos, y este es uno de los que más he disfrutado.
Me recuerda todo el proceso de dos días que mi abuela, mi mamá y mis tías hacían en conjunto para las fiestas familiares
Thank you guys I enjoy looking at your videos I'm a Drimer in USA and unfortunately I have not seen my home country Mexico since I was little so I enjoy watching your videos and learning of my culture though you guys. 😊