Tag: Pouteria sapota

Native Plants, The Kitchen

Pixtle. The Mamey Seed.

also called : pixtli, piztli. I have also seen it written as piscle, pixcle, pixle, pixte. Todays ingredient is a seed. The seed of the fruit called a mamey sapote. Borne of a tree called Pouteria sapota. Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn. Synonyms Achras mammosa Bonpl. ex Miq. nom. illeg., Bassia jussaei Griseb., Calocarpum huastecanum Gilly, Calocarpum mammosum var. bonplandii (Kunth) Pierre, Calocarpum … Continue reading Pixtle. The Mamey Seed.

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Herbs, Native Plants, The Kitchen

31 Alimentos que México dio al mundo : 31 foods that Mexico gave to the World

Mexico (and the Americas in general) has given much to the worlds food larder. We are familiar with many of these foods even though we might not know where exactly the came from (1). We can thank the Americas for staple foods such as corn, potatoes, tomatoes, beans (2), squashes, chiles, avocados, the turkey, vanilla and cacao (3) as well as the highly nutritious seeds … Continue reading 31 Alimentos que México dio al mundo : 31 foods that Mexico gave to the World

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