Savory puddings (or the lack thereof) in 19th century Mexico

To reply to Peter Herzmann’s comment, black pudding (or its Spanish Mexican equivalent) is alive and well in the Diccionario. There are three pages on morcilla and morcon, blood sausage,…

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Pudding and Informal Empire

I thought it might be fun to follow up the fortunes of pudding elsewhere than in Greece about which you can read here and here and here (comments). Here’s the…

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Golden tejocote: Praise to a humble Day of the Dead fruit

A clutch of tejocotes (te-ho-COT-es) with a plum tomato by their side to give you a sense of scale.  They look like minature golden apples, don’t they? Doll’s apples. So…

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