Instead, the Zapatistas, timidly begged for food and the residents responded generously, serving the sandal-clad peasants a more sophisticated fare. The development of a national transportation and marketing infrastructure also tended to level class differences - at the dining room table, at least. Chilaquiles, for example, a breakfast dish whipped up with day-old corn tortillas, are enjoyed from one end of Mexico to the other. A famous maestro used to say that wine is king on the table. A good mole, as any well-bred Mexican knows, possesses the virtue of transforming something so tasteless as white chicken breast into a real delicacy, worthy enough to be served on the most sophisticated and elegant table.
Salsa is a very significant expression of culture.
In the same way seeked to dignify and elevate things from their rustic and wild status, to the limits set by the imagination and resources. It cannot be denied that a good steak, properly grilled, has its virtues. But a well prepared sauce, with all those ingredients and hidden secrets, patiently and cleverly accumulated through generations, ennobles and redeems meats and fishes that otherwise would be almost completely worthless. Excelling among the magnificent, are the marvelous cuisines from Puebla, Oaxaca and Yucat n. The Mexican salsa finds its support and foundation in the vigorous, spirited, vehement, but at the same time sensual and subtle flavors of the chile.