Tag: Mexican cuisine

  • Pulque … a Gringo favorite …

    Caballero Cuisine

    Cantina Caballero
    Brando – Cantina Caballero

    In The Appaloosa Brando ingests a little Pulque (a repulsive sounding brew) in a small Mexican cantina – obviously frequented by Mexican banditos
    (aren’t they all).
    But he smarts his way out of a potential fracus with some nice double talk
    … then rides on.

    MFW: Pulque – in it’s several variations is actually said to have some medicinal qualities – with or without flies.

    Excert from “Tequila’s mystical ancestor, pulque, produced since Aztec times”: 

    http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/pulque.htm

    “Pulque is like beer – it has a low alcohol content, about 4-8%, but also contains vegetable proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins, so it also acts as a nutritional supplement in many communities.
    Tequila’s predecessor, pulque, was made from as many as six types of agave grown in the Mexican highlands … Pulque is one of about 30 different alcoholic beverages made from agave in Mexico – many of which are still made regionally, although seldom available commercially. Pulque has remained essential to diet in the central highlands of Mexico since pre-Aztec times.”

    PulqeaholicsShameless Pulquaholics carousing in a Mexican street
    (Possible Bandito on the right)

2 responses to “Pulque … a Gringo favorite …”

  1. Teepee12 Avatar

    Reblogged this on Serendipity and commented:
    Gotta try the Pulque.

    1. jcalberta Avatar

      your right! im going back to Mexico in a few months to get my teeth finished. maybe a few mugs of pulque before i set in the chair will ease me along …

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