Panocha
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Panocha, in New Mexico and southern Colorado, means a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo. It is traditionally eaten during Lent.[1] The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha" as well.[2]
In other regions, "panocha" can mean penuche or panuche. In the Philippines it means a kind of cane sugar produced by a crude milling process, like panela.[3][4] In Spanish slang, it is a taboo word for the vulva, a fact that has led to many deliberate and accidental puns.[5]
In some regions of Spain (e.g. Aragón) "una panocha de maiz" is an ear of corn.
[edit] References
- ^ Cobos, Rubén. A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish. Santa Fe NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. pp. 126. ISBN 0-89013-142-2.
- ^ Curtis, Susan (1998). The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: spirited Southwestern. Gibbs Smith. pp. 99. ISBN 0-87905-619-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=RsmLW89zp9wC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=panocha+Lent&source=web&ots=2LQgqUq0Wf&sig=Oi8RKUI9nWY5HAat-mkql6ngKwo&hl=en. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Includes directions for making panocha flour.
- ^ "Sugarcane: products". Philippines Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. 5. http://bicol.da.gov.ph/Opportunities/sugarcane%20profile/topic11.html. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Lacquian, Eleanor &Sobreviñas, Irene (1977) Filipino Cooking Here & Abroad
- ^ "Panocha". UrbanDictionary. UrbanDictionary. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=panocha. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
