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Chapter 15
List of Mexican Supplies in Mexican Stores
- As safron (Safron), used for flavoring meat and chile dishes.
- Oregano (Mexican sage), used for flavoring all meat and chile dishes.
- Cominos (common seed), used for flavoring all meat and chile dishes.
- Cilantio (Cariandos seed), used for flavoring all meat and chile dishes.
- Frijoles Colorado (pink beans).
- Appelito Marado (a blue Mexican bean).
- Belotas (Mexican acorns).
- Pinones (pine nuts).
- Maize Blanco (white corn), used for Mexican dishes.
- Ojas (corn husk for Tamales).
- Queso de tina (cheese made of cactus sweetened).
- Queso Mexicano (a Mexican cheese).
- Panocha (dark cane sugar in cone shape cakes).
- Piloncillo (light brown cane sugar in cone shape cakes).
- Chile Colorado (red chile), chile sauce.
- Dule tipinos (small round red chile used for pepper sauces).
- Pinole corn or wheat parched ground for Mexican drink, flavored with cinnamon and sweetened with sugar, mixed with milk or water.
- Nixtamal Mexican Corn prepared old time way, ground in mortars.
- Choriso (Mexican sausage).
- Jammiello (Hamirello), candy made of pumpkin.
- Cojeta de membrio, preserves made of quinces and Panocha.
- Cojeta de camote, sweet potatoes and panocha, preserves.
- Tamarindo, a dried fruit to soak in water and sweetened for a drink.
- Tomatillas, a small wild green tomato.