Nuevo leon

NUEVO LEON

The free and sovereign state of Nuevo Leon is one of 31 states that together make up the Federal District of Mexico's 32 states.

To the north borders the U.S. state of Texas, also limits the east Tamaulipas, with which it shares all the boundary on the east side, on the western Coahuila and San Luis Potosi, the latter alsobordered to the south . Nuevo León has a northern border that extends 15 kilometers to the state of Texas. [3] The state capital is the city of Monterrey.

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The metropolitan city of Nuestra Señora de Monterrey was founded on September 20, 1596 by Don Diego de Montemayor. It was renamed in honor of Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo Count of Monterrey and viceroy of New Spain. Montemayor was appointed governor on February 11, 1599. In the new city is settled first 34 people, and since its founding, the capital of Nuevo Reino de León. The first activities were farming, animal husbandry and mining, which were intended for domestic consumption. Today the city is part of a large urban area, comprising the municipalities of Santa Catarina, San Pedro Garza Garcia, San Nicolas de los Garza, Guadalupe, General Escobedo and Apodaca, on the growth of the urban area and population been required to build and expand overpasses and peripheral rings, avenues and streets, as well as the construction of water supply system, refurbishing the downtown to make the Great Plaza, establish centers of popular consumption, legalize the possession of land and build schools, health and cultural. Monterrey is located in a soil lacking in natural resources and with an extreme climate, even with the adversity has become the industrial heart of Nuevo Leon, with schools in the highest category, academics and technicians, besides being an important administrative center , finance and business. It is the industrial capital of Mexico. Regional music includes sets of drums and clarinet (drummers), his style is representative of a primitive origin, in the city are very few sets of this kind, which they interpret the rhythms of polka, Huapango, chotíz, redoba and Jack. The ensemble of accordion, bass bajosexto and, of more recent origin, took root in Monterrey and throughout the state of Nuevo León. Among the regional dishes are: roast goat shepherd and salsa, flour tortilla, fried goat, lump of beef and a variety of grilled meats, dried beef Cienega de Flores and General Bravo, Villa Turks Santiago, orange preserves and traditional Montemorelos glories and burnt milk candy Linares.
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FOOD

Dishes

Crushed dried meat
The dried meat of this region is first cooked, marinated and shredded before putting it to dry. Tlaxcala immigrants used this technique to store food in a very fertile land.

Usually the meat is mixed with egg, minced or crushed to make with eggs. It can also be eaten alone or with lemon.

cabrito
There are many ways to prepare cabrito. The most popular are roasted with mesquite wood and cook in your blood. The viscera are also eaten, bound in the gut as zarajo Spanish, and are called machos.

As the calf, the cabrito should be a very young animal (up to 40 days) fed only breast milk.


Roast
The weekend afternoon starts to smell of roasting meat. One of the cuts is the skirt, particularly in the state. They are typically men who groom. The needles on the grill, roast pork with red chile stew and other dishes are common.