ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PULQUE
From Mexican Spanish, apparently from Nahuatl, from puliuhqui decomposed, since it will only keep for a day.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULQUE»
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pulque in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Essential Codex Mendoza
64 Duran states that "the term pulque is not a Nahuatl word but comes from the
Islands, like maiz, naguas [skirts], and other words brought from Hispaniola."65
Pulque — which the sixteenth-century friars frequently referred to as wine — and
its ...
Frances Berdan, Patricia Rieff Anawalt, 1997
2
Consular Reports: Commerce, Manufactures, Etc
To the sweet pulque is added an equal proportion of milk, and then a slight dose
of infusion of rennet. This is not enough to coagulate it, but sufficient to induce a
slight amount of putrescence, as in cheese. The putrid odor and flavor of pulque ...
United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, 1896
3
Lightning Gods and Feathered Serpents: The Public Sculpture ...
ThePlaceofPulque The central panels' imagery of creation and accession is
located in an environment defined largely by Flowering Mountain and its large
maguey plants. Given the importance of these plants to the setting, several earlier
...
4
Codex Vaticanus No. 3773 (Codex Vaticanus B): An Old Mexican ...
Hence the Harvest God, the Pulque God, must have everywhere been
worshipped after this fashion. But a whole series of these deities were
distinguished and were generally named from the locality where they were held
in honour.
5
Industrialization of Indigenous Fermented Foods, Revised and ...
For example, by eliminating L. mesenteroides from the inoculum, a less viscous
pulque is obtained. Reportedly, lower viscosity implies better acceptance in
export- markets and among young Mexicans consumers (18,19). Poor stability
was a ...
6
Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin
Returning to the El Tajín scenes with maguey in the central panels of the
ballcourt, then, the central liquid-filled structure identified as a pulque vat could
now be seen as a part of a fundamental religious cult through the region. The
pulque ...
7
Handbook of Indigenous Fermented Foods, Second Edition, ...
It is likely that Z. mobilis does play a key role in the fermentation of Agave juice to
pulque. Along with S. cerevisiae, it is responsible for the ethanol and carbon
dioxide production. Herrera and Ulloa (1975) reported the presence of Kloeckera
...
8
Drinking, Homicide, and Rebellion in Colonial Mexican Villages
Pulque Revenue by Month for 38 Districts, 1706 SOURCE: Monthly records in
ACN Pulques 1-12. and the holy seasons of Christmas and Easter. The lowest
sales months occur during the rainy season from June to September, which is
also a ...
9
Imagining Identity in New Spain: Race, Lineage, and the ...
ONE OF THE MOST well known paintings of nineteenth-century Mexico is José
Obregón's Discovery of Pulque (figure 5.1). The 1860s image recounts the
legend of the discovery of the fermented maguey drink, pulque, by a young
Indian ...
10
Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice
Hernandez states that pulque was said to be the cause among drinkers of
degeneration and stupidity, and was considered unhygienic. Beer was being
publicised as a family drink, very hygienic and modern. He continues by
commenting that ...
Jeremy M. MacClancy, C. J. K. Henry, Jeya Henry, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULQUE»
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pulque is used in the context of the following news items.
Eating and Drinking in Mexico City: A Diary
I knew what pulque was, the fermented sap of the agave plant, a drink the Aztecs deemed the “drink of the gods.” But knowing something on paper is not the ... «Washingtonian.com, Jun 15»
It's Not the Real Thing
At around 7 pm on Friday, it's still happy hour at Pulqueria, a speakeasy-style Mexican bar in Manhattan's Chinatown. Pulque Clasico, described on the cocktail ... «Roads and Kingdoms, Jun 15»
This Woman Is Brewing Some of Mexico's Freshest Illegal Pulque
“Should I go first or should you?” asks a well-built 80-year-old man holding a ceramic jar filled with over half a liter of pulque, of his neighbor, a lady around ten ... «Munchies_ Food by VICE, Apr 15»
El pulque se niega a morir en México
En la comunidad rural del Sauz de Armenta la producción de pulque -una popular bebida alcohólica- se niega a morir. Federico Díaz Rangel, de 67 años de ... «elEconomista.es, Apr 15»
Feria del Pulque en Puebla busca rescatar variedades de maguey
Puebla.- Con la cuarta edición de la Feria del Pulque, pobladores de la comunidad de San Mateo Ozolco, perteneciente al municipio de San Andrés Calpan, ... «La Prensa, Mar 15»
This ancient Aztec aphrodisiac brings cantinas back to life in Mexico
Pulque, an unassumingly lacteous and disarmingly frothy beverage, is the stuff that Aztec emperors drank to get hammered. And it undoubtedly led to more than ... «Fusion, Mar 15»
El pulque, la bebida mexicana que tumba gringos
Todas las personas que conocen el pulque te dirán que no te embriagará. Pero, ¡cuidado!: el trago más antiguo de México actúa de manera misteriosa. «lanacion.com, Jan 15»
Capacidad probiótica del pulque estimula el sistema inmunológico
Académicos de la UNAM aislaron un microorganismo presente en el pulque con capacidad probiótica, que puede evitar el desarrollo de bacterias dañinas en ... «Excélsior, Nov 14»
Mexico's ancient drink makes a comeback
“You can sit there and drink pulque for hours and you just don't get drunk,” said my friend Donnie Masterson, an expert in Mexico's epicurean delights. “Then you ... «BBC News, Nov 14»
Pulque, Porn, and David [P]incher: Links You Need to See
Sarah Baird traveled to Mexico City for Punch to investigate an ancient liquor called pulque, which Baird describes, if you're lucky, as having “the consistency of ... «Flavorwire, Oct 14»
