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 canal and its water-control structure were completed in 1971 to help regulate flooding around Lake Tarpon and the lower sections of Brooker Creek. The structure prevents salt water from entering Lake Tarpon during high tides and protects the lakeâs freshwater ecology. Access north of water-control structure in the freshwater portion of canal is via Lake Tarpon. 2  Public boat ramps located at Anderson and John Chesnut Sr. county parks. 3  Access south of water-control structure in saltwater portion of canal is from Safety Harbor.