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A pumpkin seed, also known as a pepita (from the Mexican Spanish: pepita de calabaza, 'little seed of squash'), is the edible seed of a pumpkin or certain other cultivars of squash. The seeds are typically flat and oval with one axis of symmetry, have a white outer husk , and are light green after the husk is removed.
Homemade alguashte served on unripe mango. Alguashte is a seasoning typical of Salvadoran cuisine made from ground pepitas (pumpkin seeds), and is used on both sweet or savoury meals.
Diana Kennedy says it derives from a phrase meaning "food of the lords" because this dish was reportedly fed to the Spaniards. [1] Variations of this etymology appear elsewhere. [ 2 ] The second theory posits that it derives from Mayan papakʼ , to anoint or smear, and sul , to soak or drench, making the meaning something along the lines of ...
Pepita, or pumpkin seed, is the edible seed of pumpkins or related squashes. Pepita may also refer to: Pepita glass engraving; The Pepita, later the Maria Asumpta, a brig that sailed from 1858 to 1995; In people. Pepita de Oliva (1830–1871), Spanish dancer; Pepita Pardell (1928-2019), Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator, painter
Pepita Jiménez is a lyric comedy or comic opera with music written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz.The original opera was written in one act and used an English libretto by Albéniz's patron and collaborator, the Englishman Francis Money-Coutts, which is based on the novel of the same name by Juan Valera.
The origins of the "uvas de la suerte" tradition are hard to trace. The idea might have begun with grape farmers in Alicante, Spain, to unload a surplus in the early 1900s, reported Atlas Obscura.
The Sleeping Voice (Spanish: La voz dormida) is a 2011 Spanish drama film directed by Benito Zambrano based on the novel of the same name by Dulce Chacón. It stars Inma Cuesta , María León , Marc Clotet and Daniel Holguín.
She performed in numerous works by Pepita. [24] In spite of the chief machinist shouting orders to his crew that could be heard by the audience, Giselle was a great success. Grisi was a sensation. Ballet-goers regarded her as another Marie Taglioni, the greatest ballerina of the period. [25]