Panocha
Panocha, in New Mexico and southern Colorado, means a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and piloncillo. Ironically, it is traditionally eaten during Lent by adult males as a symbol for masculinity.[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.
References
- ^ Cobos, Rubén. A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish. Santa Fe NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-89013-142-2.
- ^ Curtis, Susan (1998). The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: spirited Southwestern. Gibbs Smith. p. 99. ISBN 0-87905-619-3. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Includes directions for making panocha flour.
- ^ "Sugarcane: products". Philippines Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. 5. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
- ^ Lacquian, Eleanor &Sobreviñas, Irene (1977) Filipino Cooking Here & Abroad
- ^ "Panocha". UrbanDictionary. UrbanDictionary. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
