chorizo and adobo

In California, and the other southwest states, chorizo is pretty well known. One of the local pizza places here in SoCal offers it as a topping. I haven't heard of adobo, however.

I love chorizo sausage, especially in my scrambled eggs. My brother makes a mean chicken adobo. The latter may be more common on the west coast because of the large Filipino population.

I am familiar with both, but I lived in South America for a few years. However, I would venture a guess that at least 95% of all native English speakers are not familiar with either chorizo or adobo. The United States has a very large Mexican population in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, however there are fifty states, so the average American has never heard of these wo

VorparIn California, and the other southwest states, chorizo is pretty well known. One of the local pizza places here in SoCal offers it as a topping. I haven't heard of adobo, however.

The same can be said for the UK, too.

We have lots of TV cookery programmes and chorizo is used all the time. It's available in every British supermarket.

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In the US, I believe chorizo is universally known (but maybe more so in the states west of the Mississippi) and that you can find the sausage being sold in stores in any state, although you might has to seach some in states east of the Mississippi. Adobo, I believe, has two senses, a Filipino dish and a Spanish sauce. I don't believe it is well-known in the US except among the following groups:

Thank you for the replies. The adobo I'm referring to is the Filipino dish made with pork and/or chicken and cooked in soy sauce and vinegar with garlic, peppercorns, and bay leaves. Chorizo, as many have mentioned, is a type of sausage that originated in Spain and is also found in Philippine and South American cuisine.

It's just that chorizo is on Merriam-Webster Online, and I wondered