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Guacamole (Spanish: [ɡwakaˈmole] ⓘ; informally shortened to guac in the United States [1] since the 1980s) [2] is an avocado-based dip, spread, or salad first developed in Mexico. [3] In addition to its use in modern Mexican cuisine , it has become part of international cuisine as a dip, condiment , and salad ingredient.
The genus Persea to which the avocado belongs is considered to have a North American origin, with Persea suggested to have diversified in Central America during the Pleistocene epoch. [28] The modern avocado is thought to have speciated from other Persea during the Pleistocene, estimated at around either 1.3 million or 430,000 years ago. [29]
The Neolithic founder crops (or primary domesticates) are the eight plant species that were domesticated by early Holocene (Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) farming communities in the Fertile Crescent region of southwest Asia, and which formed the basis of systematic agriculture in the Middle East, North Africa, India ...
3. Stroopwafel McFlurry. The Netherlands Forget the vanilla soft serve. For dessert, Netherlanders (and briefly Americans) could try McFlurries flavored like strawberry cheesecake or stroopwafels ...
Along with a chile called simojovel, used nowhere else in the country, the cuisine is also distinguished by the use of herbs, such as chipilín and hierba santa. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Like in Oaxaca, tamales are usually wrapped in banana leaves (or sometimes with the leaves of hoja santa ), but often chipilín is incorporated into the dough.
Large-scale foreign aid during and after the war brought American standards to Europe. [62] From 1912 to the end of the 1930s researchers discovered and popularized the role of various vitamins and minerals in human health. Starting with iodized salt in 1924, commercially distributed food began to be fortified with vitamins and minerals.
Molcajete used to grind spices Molcajete as a food container. Molcajetes are used to crush and grind spices, and to prepare salsas and guacamole.The rough surface of the basalt stone creates a superb grinding surface that maintains itself over time as tiny bubbles in the basalt are ground down, replenishing the textured surface.
Adams' short life took him from the plains of Texas to the home in Bisbee, where he attended high school, and throughout the Pacific, then to Europe. Mystery WWII pilot’s past found: Story of ...