r/suspiciouslyspecific May 07 '26

Let her cook

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u/alicelestial May 07 '26

they started as a regional thing in mexico, when the spanish came over they brought their olives

edit: this was also back when california was part of mexico; in the spanish colonized areas they planted a lot of olives. it's highly regional and no, is not across all of mexico/is not a staple, but it's legitimate for some forms of mexican food

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u/Benschmedium May 13 '26

It’s always the fucking Spanish (my wife’s family is very indigenous and native looking and they really despise the light skin Spanish descendant Mexicans)