Category: History

Corn chips stem from old ways of cooking, deep in Mexico and Texas. With corn as the core, cooks made dough, fried flat to crisp, cut for ease. This gave life to chips we see now, though past ones were thick, full of crunch. there are good wikipedia articles on the history of tortilla chips… …

Metates originated within Mesoamerica’s ancient cultures, primarily throughout indigenous Mexican regions, holding symbolic heritage value. Derived from “metlatl,” a Nahuatl term, this grinding device evolved millennia ago, integral within agricultural communities. The Smithsonian has a good history of metates which provides a good reference. Traditional metates featured volcanic surfaces. Each includes a concave stone slab… …