Panocha
| Panocha | |
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Small serving of panocha from Chimayó, New Mexico | |
| Type | Pudding |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | New Mexico southern Colorado |
| Main ingredients | Ground sprouted wheat flour, piloncillo |
 Cookbook:Panocha  Panocha | |
Panocha, in New Mexico and southern Colorado, is 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] It can also mean a coward.
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.
Good Friday, Santuario de Chimayó, 2008