#nixtamal

[noosphe-re]

Nixtamalization is the process of adding an alkali solution to dried corn kernels in order to transform them into nixtamal, a product that is more workable, tasty, and nutritious than it would be otherwise. Nixtamalization is native to Mexico, where corn is one of the staple foods. The exact history of nixtamalization is unknown, but it has been used by native Mesoamericans for millennia. In fact, nixtamal is derived from two words in the indigenous Mexican language, Náhuatl: nextli, meaning ashes, and tamale, meaning corn dough.

Mackenzie Stratton, What is Nixtamalization

[fieriframes]

[AND ALSO OVER 6,000 POUNDS OF MASA, USED TO MAKE TORTILLAS AND TAMALES, SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T FIND AROUND HERE UNTIL THIS PLACE OPENED UP. THIS IS TORTILLERIA NIXTAMAL. TAMALE MOLE. I CAN'T HAVE A TAMALE ANYWHERE ELSE NOW.]

[migajadepam]

[slutwalkdc]

Tortilleria Nixtamal

[cooking-from-the-food-bank]

[youaretheairinmyalveoli]

Tortilleria Nixtamal

[clove-pinks]

That time when the Petersburg Volunteers were trying to bake dough in rough field conditions during the War of 1812, only to be tragically separated from their meals:

Our culinary utensils were left behind, and we had not as yet been let into the Indian mode of twisting the dough around a stake, and setting it up before the fire to roast. After a brief consultation, we settled on the African method, and concluded that we could get our cakes through in the ash-pone style.

So covering them cleverly with ashes and embers, we were about to broil our pittance of meat, when the drum suddenly beat to arms. We buckled on our armor, hoping it was some new-fashioned morning drill, or that some general order was about to be promulged. It was in vain for the subalterns to pass down the line and say, "Dress — dress — dress by the right!" for we could not keep our eyes from glancing askance toward our smoking cakes, which we were fearful were dressing too fast for the occasion. But what was our extreme disappointment when the luckless word came, and from high authority, "Right face! forward march!" Our legs, being as practiced as stage-horses', began to beat time; but our eyes, although carried away, still had independence enough to cast many a longing, lingering look behind.

As "gentleman volunteers" who were from a higher socioeconomic status than the average soldier, the Petersburg Volunteers were at a disadvantage cooking, since so few of them had experience preparing food. Not long after the lost cakes, they attempted to make hominy from looted foraged corn with equally disastrous results.

[soup-mother]

ppst hey mutuals i have a secret, soak and boil your corn in an alkaline solution to make it easier to grind into flour, to increase nutrition and to help prevent pellegra. but it's our little secret ok?

[nickysfacts]

After around 12000’s years, tortillas still remains a delicious stable of Central American cuisine!🫓

🌮🇲🇽🌯

[chamerionwrites]

Made biscuits with masa and still haven’t decided how I feel about them. On the one hand they taste like tortillas and they are very soft. On the other hand they are (unsurprisingly) so soft as to be kinda structureless and they don’t brown as nicely as ones made entirely with wheat flour.

I think they’d be good in dessert. Strawberry shortcake etc

[renefitzgeraldgreen]

tortilla chips, but not corn chips

[fieriframes]

[So, the tortilla -- you can taste that nixtamal. You can taste how fresh it is. There's fantastic texture in it.]

[jojojooo33]

Whether it's a holdover from the old world or something that was reinvented after the war, I think Mexican food/similar should be a Thing in Fallout New Vegas

[theknittinggoblin]

I'm gonna have to order masa harina from fucking Midrand if I want tamales aren't I

[a-queer-little-wombat]

Disagree. There's been a millenia-plus project to make teosinte into a nutritious food plant. The project to make lousy, not-very-nutritious food out of maize has really only been going on for a century or so.

The purpose of America is to produce maximal quantitties of an animal called "corn" which is delicious yellow seeds that hurt you to eat them. On sometimes the seeds was other colors and have nutrience inside (good) but there's been a whole 500-year project to make it bad instead.

[oni28]

August 2024 Recipe_Mexican Recipe 01

[Recipe Information]

※ Need Recipe Pack Mod Latest Version (24.08.08 version) ※

Elote

1, 4, 8 serve

Category : Meals

Cooking Level_04

Vegetarian-Safe, Lactose Free. Mexican street grilled corn.

Required Ingredients for 1 serve : Corn(1)

Required Ingredients for 4 serve : Corn(2), Mayonnaise(1), Chili Powder(1)

Required Ingredients for 8 serve : Corn(3), Mayonnaise(2), Chili Powder(2)

Lots challenge 'Simple Living' Compatible

Group Cooking Compatible

Corn Salsa

1, 4, 8 serve

Category : Meals

Cooking Level_06

Vegetarian-Safe, Lactose Free. It is a good summer salsa recipe with grilled corn, avocado, tomato, onion, basil, dressing sauce. and eat with nachos.

Required Ingredients for 1 serve : Corn(1)

Required Ingredients for 4 serve : Corn(1), Tomato(1)

Required Ingredients for 8 serve : Corn(2), Tomato(2), Onion(1)

Lots challenge 'Simple Living' Compatible

Group Cooking Compatible

Tamale

1, 4, 8 serve

Category : Meals

Cooking Level_04

Lactose Free. A tamale is a traditional Mexico dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate. Tamales can be filled with meats, cheeses, fruits, vegetables, herbs, chilies, or any preparation according to taste, and both the filling and the cooking liquid may be seasoned.Vegetarian-Safe, Lactose Free. Mexican street grilled corn.

Required Ingredients for 1 serve : Any Meat(1)

Required Ingredients for 4 serve : Any Meat(2), Any Vegetable(2)

Required Ingredients for 8 serve : Any Meat(3), Any Vegetable(3)

Lots challenge 'Simple Living' Compatible

Group Cooking Compatible

All ingredients are optional

Corn(creator : Icemunmun) can be download Here.

[Language]

Korean (by_oni)

English (by_oni)

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👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Public Released on August 28th, 2024 (KST)

Elote_DL

Corn Salsa_DL

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