Calaloo
Written on March 2, 2008. Written by Tucker.
You may be familiar with Amaranth. In Creole people call it Calaloo, the English say pig weed. To the ancient Maya and Aztecs, Amaranth was sacred and also a food source. Before the Spanish arrived, the Maya made ceremonial cakes out of roasted amaranth seeds mixed with human blood. The Spanish conquerors considered the custom [...]
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