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History

This is Mexico : Building a Country : The Architecture of Mexico : Part 4 : Vecindades

This Post is the 4th in a series resulting from a presentation I made at the WA Museum in Perth Western Australia as one of a series of talks presented by the Friends of Mexico (FOMEX) in W.A. My original talk was only a brief one as I was only allotted 60 minutes for my presentation which, once I started researching the subject, I realised … Continue reading This is Mexico : Building a Country : The Architecture of Mexico : Part 4 : Vecindades

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This is Mexico : Building a Country : The Architecture of Mexico : Part 1

This Post was part of a series of seminars delivered at Boola Bardip The West Australian Museum in Perth (Western Australia por supuesto) on Saturday the 10th of August 2024 as part of the Friends of Mexico’s (FOMEX) 2024 series (our 3rd series so far). Previous lectures in this series included…. …….with the final in the series to be delivered by Ernesto Martinez (the maestro … Continue reading This is Mexico : Building a Country : The Architecture of Mexico : Part 1

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Herbs, History, Native Plants, The Kitchen

Prehispanic Drinks – Bate

The beverage, bate, is a traditional beverage of the state of Colima made from toasted and ground chan, beaten with water and sweetened with honey or a kind of molasses prepared from piloncillo, or hard brown sugar. The chan seed is an interesting pseudograin that hails originally from the Mexican state of Colima. Suchitlán is a small town around 20 kilometres outside of the state … Continue reading Prehispanic Drinks – Bate

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History, Native Plants

Xochipilli and the Zapote

I would like to look at some interesting information regarding a little known (to me) statue of Xochipilli that has recently been mentioned by two history related sites (1)(2) The Posts I speak of. via Tetzcoco Prehispánico on Facebook SCULPTURE OF XOCHIPILLI, HUEXOTLA. Image: Wilhelm Bauer 1901 – 1910 This beautiful tezontle (1) stone sculpture, from Huexotla (2), State of Mexico, measures 15.5 x 11 … Continue reading Xochipilli and the Zapote

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Herbs, History, Native Plants, The Kitchen

Ixchel and the Legend of Chepil

I have posted on the herb chipilin previously and noted both its culinary and medicinal uses. Check this out at Quelite : Chipilin : Crotalaria longirostrata I want to expand upon my original Post with some cultural background on the herb and a legend on the creation of the plant. Many plants have creation myths, usually involving death, violence and/or a tragic love story, and … Continue reading Ixchel and the Legend of Chepil

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No tacos para ti : Prehispania Mania

Cover Image : mis disculpas a Vera Cruz (1) A Mesoamerican retrospective delivered in memes (focussing on the Azteca por supuesto). There is some controversy over the term “Aztec”. It has been posited that the word was “invented” by white anthropologists (and sometimes more specifically Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt) (1) to describe the people of the Valley of México because, at this stage, Western … Continue reading No tacos para ti : Prehispania Mania

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History, The Kitchen

Ingredient : Asiento and a Brief History of Tlayudas, Doraditos and Huaraches.

When I was a child a snack that my father would sometimes eat was bread and dripping. Dripping was the fat left in the pan after roasting (usually) either beef or mutton (1). After the roast was removed from the pan the “juices” were allowed to settle and any excess oil rose to the surface. This fat is clear at first but as the contents … Continue reading Ingredient : Asiento and a Brief History of Tlayudas, Doraditos and Huaraches.

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Ciudad de México: Bajo Las Calles

Cover Image : Article from The Observer, Sunday 15th. October 2006 referencing the discovery of the Tlaltecuhtli monolith (more on this later) Under the streets of México City Tenochtitlan lies sleeping. México City was constructed upon the ruins of Tenochtitlan and from the very bones of Tenochtitlan itself. The temples were pulled apart and used to construct the palaces and churches and, in some cases, … Continue reading Ciudad de México: Bajo Las Calles

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Michimole : Mole Salvaje (Wild Mole)

In my Post Esquites, Tequesquite and a Witches Curse. I bring up the figure Tlazocihualpilli. Tlazocihualpilli was a Xochimilca who was the Tlatoani of the altepetl (1) of Xochimilco between the Years 12 Reed and 11 Reed (1335 – 1347). She is a semi-mythical being who, apart from being the ONLY female tlatoani to have ruled Xochimilco, and one of very few women to have … Continue reading Michimole : Mole Salvaje (Wild Mole)

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