Talk:Gofio

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There are several problems with the description given for gofio. First, corn is a new world grain -- it did not exist in the Canary Islands until the Spaniards came back to these islands from the Americas; by then the Guanches were gone. As for barley, wheat and oats, they are not tropical grains and would also not have existed during the time of the Guanches. Once the Spaniards brought corn to the Canary Islands, the islanders used it to create gofio. When the islanders settled the new world, they brought this back with them. For the record, in the Canary Islands, gofio is only made from corn. Mixed with sugar, gofio is a popular treat. It is also used to thicken soups and stews, or mixed with milk or other beverages. We stand to be corrected.68.81.142.139 01:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)Magec

Point by point:

1. True, can be useful to say wich was the grain at the time of the guanches, only barley and bot fern, and after the conquest (wheat and corn but never oat)

2. Canary islands haven't a pure tropical climate and the guanches had several types of grain included the barley.

3. There is at least 5 types of gofio in Canaries according with the matter used, not only corn: Corn, wheat, barley, wheat and barley mixed and in times of hungry, bot fern.

-Fco