- Panocha
Panocha in
New Mexico and southernColorado means a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and "piloncillo ". It is traditionally eaten duringLent . The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha" as well.In other regions, "panocha" can mean
penuche orpanuche . In thePhilippines it means a kind ofcane sugar produced by a crude milling process, likepanela .In New Mexico and southern Colorado Spanish slang, it is a taboo word for the
vulva , a fact that has led to many deliberate and accidentalpun s.In some regions of Spain (e.g. Aragon) "Una panocha de maiz" is an ear of corn.
References
*cite book | last = Cobos | first = Rubén | title = A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish | publisher = Museum of New Mexico Press | pages = 126 | isbn = 0-89013-142-2
*cite book | last = Curtis | first = Susan | year = 1998 | title = The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: Spirited Southwestern | publisher = Gibbs Smith | pages = 99 | isbn = 0-87905-619-3 | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=RsmLW89zp9wC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=panocha+Lent&source=web&ots=2LQgqUq0Wf&sig=Oi8RKUI9nWY5HAat-mkql6ngKwo&hl=en | accessdate = 2008-03-29 Includes directions for making panocha flour.
*cite web | title = Sugarcane: Products | publisher = Philippines Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. 5 | url = http://bicol.da.gov.ph/Opportunities/sugarcane%20profile/topic11.html | accessdate = 2008-05-15
External links
[http://www.vivanewmexico.com/nm/food.recipes.cocinas.postres.html#panocha Recipe from "Cocinas de New Mexico"]
[http://www.recipecottage.com/desserts-pudding/panocha.html Recipe from Recipecottage.com]
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