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Gastronomad #9 May-June 2012

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BØN·APPETIT<br />

Due to the diversity of soil and crop types, there are<br />

currently more than 300 varieties of corn in the world.<br />

Its golden grains represent more than simply food.<br />

They are the fervent and silent witness of the evolution<br />

of Mexican culture during the last centuries, and<br />

are an important element of pre-Columbian mythology,<br />

as described by the Popol Vuh, the sacred book<br />

of the <strong>May</strong>an culture: “… of yellow corn and white<br />

corn was made his flesh, from corn dough were<br />

made the arms and legs of men. Only corn dough<br />

went into the flesh of our fathers, the four men who<br />

were created.<br />

It is no wonder then to believe that corns’ role in<br />

Mexican culture crosses the culinary arts. Corn has<br />

cultural and religious denotations that nowadays are<br />

still of great importance in smaller communities.<br />

6 Gas�tron�ø�mad<br />

Gracias a la diversidad de suelos y tipos de cosecha,<br />

actualmente existen más de 300 variedades de<br />

maíz en el mundo.<br />

Sus dorados granos representan más que un alimento,<br />

son el ferviente testigo silencioso de la evolución<br />

de la cultura mexicana durante los últimos siglos,<br />

al igual que un elemento importante de la mitología<br />

prehispánica, tal y como lo describe el Popol Vuh,<br />

libro sagrado de los mayas: “…de maíz amarillo y<br />

de maíz blanco se hizo su carne; de masa de maíz<br />

se hicieron los brazos y piernas del hombre. Únicamente<br />

masa de maíz entró en la carne de nuestros<br />

padres, los cuatro hombres que fueron creados”.<br />

No es extraño entonces pensar que su papel en la<br />

cultura mexicana traspasa el arte culinario, sino tiene<br />

denotaciones culturales y religiosas que hoy en<br />

día siguen siendo de gran relevancia en las pequeñas<br />

comunidades.

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