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Written by Source: SEP, Department of Education, Enciclopedia de México (Encyclopedia of Mexico), Mexico, 1987
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Tuesday, 15 May 2007 |
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Gendarmes
(policemen), llaves (keys), cuernitos (horns), alamares (frogs),
palomas (doves), besos (kisses), moños (bows), corbatas (ties),
banderillas, campechanas, magdalenas, orejas (ears), garibaldis,
conchas (shells), calzones (underwear), cocoles and pelonas
(bald ladies).
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Do
you know what we are talking about? Of course, these are all
names of different kinds of Mexican
sweet bread.
Mexicans
traditionally consume all types of bread; some of these
varieties are only made on special occasions, like the bread
made for the Day
of the Dead
at the beginning of November.
You
know that bread is made from wheat.
This cereal was brought to Mexico by the Spaniards. The
evangelizing friars who arrived with the Conquistadors
cultivated this crop throughout the entire country. By 1525,
wheat was abundant in Mexico City and the first license was
issued to build a wheat mill in Tacubaya;
a second mill was later built at Tlatelolco.
Wheat
is certainly here to stay; we even make tortillas from it! Link
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