American Southwest Food. Search. Click to view full Infographic. Southwestern cuisine was created at the confluence of Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultures, which took place especially in the region of New Mexico, but also in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and California.he natives cultivated chiles, corn, tomatoes, beans, avocados, and squash, which have been incorporated into the cuisine of the American Southwest. The Spanish brought ingredients from their homeland, including cheese, lard, and rice.
tarpon. n, pl-pons or-pon. 1. (Animals) a large silvery clupeoid game fish, Tarpon atlanticus, of warm Atlantic waters, having a compressed body covered with large scales: family Elopidae. 2. (Animals) Austral another name for ox-eye herring. 3. (Animals) any similar related fish.
The tarpon has a superior mouth with the lower jaw extending far beyond the gape. The fins contain no spines, but are all composed of soft rays. The tail fin is deeply forked, and the lobes appear equal in length. Size ~ Angler caught Tarpon are in the 40 to 100 pound range with fish over 150 pounds being rare.