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
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
Battle of the Gods in Yucatan
Progreso is a port city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, located on the Gulf of Mexico in the north-west of the state some 30 minutes north of state capital Mérida (the biggest city on the Yucatán Peninsula) In May of 2024 a three-meter tall sculpture of the Greek God Poseidon, made of fiberglass, created by the sculptor Chapa Balam Díaz ,was erected approximately five … Continue reading Battle of the Gods in Yucatan
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
Prominent Mexican Women
On Saturday the 8th of June the friends of México presented the second of their talks for 2024 at The W.A. Museum in Perth, Western Australia as part of the Boola bardip or “many stories” program. The talk was presented by Eugenia a prominent member of the Perth chapter of FOMEX. Boola bardip is an indigenous term from the whadjuk (1) noongar (2) people whose … Continue reading Prominent Mexican Women
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
Quelite : Mafafa : Eating the Taro stem
I have briefly written of this plant (or one of its ilk). See my previous Post Quelite : Mafafa. It is important you check the WARNINGS in this Post as all varieties of this plant contain highly irritant calcium oxalate crystals which need to be removed (by cooking) before the plant can be safely consumed. A couple of months ago I noted an African person … Continue reading Quelite : Mafafa : Eating the Taro stem
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.
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
Whitexicanismo in Australia.
Cover Image via Martínez Hernández, Gabriel (2023) ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Just kidding. I am going to try and work through something though and I invite you to spend some time in my head. Cultural appropriation is a bit of a bugbear of mine. I have briefly investigated the phenomena in previous Posts. As an Australian of Irish heritage that was raised primarily around Aboriginal communities (until … Continue reading Whitexicanismo in Australia.
Masa Americana 