In the Borderland, even the way you eat your menudo says something about where you come from.
A recent piece by Borderzine digs into a debate that feels small on the surface but runs deep in the culture: do you eat your menudo with tortillas, or with a bolillo? The story reminds us that along the U.S.-Mexico border, menudo isn’t just a red-chile tripe stew. It’s Sunday morning. It’s family. It’s tradition simmering in a giant pot.
Across much of Mexico, menudo is served with warm corn tortillas. But here in El Paso and throughout the border region, the bolillo holds its own place at the table. That crusty roll, with roots tracing back to the French intervention in Mexico under Emperor Maximilian, found new life in the Borderland as the perfect tool for soaking up broth…