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. The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha" as well.
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.
In New Mexico and southern Colorado Spanish slang, it is a taboo word for the vulva, a fact that has led to many deliberate and accidental puns.
[edit] References
- Cobos, Rubén. A Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish. Museum of New Mexico Press, 126. ISBN 0-89013-142-2.
- Curtis, Susan (1998). The Santa Fe School of Cooking Cookbook: Spirited Southwestern. Gibbs Smith, 99. ISBN 0-87905-619-3. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. Includes directions for making panocha flour.
- Sugarcane: Products. Philippines Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. 5. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
