SC - period bread comments

[Decker, Terry D.]

> Same holds true for amaranth (if you haven't tried bread made from this
> grain,
> you should.  It's yummy!), although this one only has historicity for
> Aztec
> personae, AFAIK.
> 
> Walk in peace,
> Wolfmother
> 
The Amaranthaceae (pigweeds) are found in the warm regions of both the New
and Old Worlds.  Several species are used as grain.  Since the Old World
species originate in Africa, they probably were not used in Europe.

The first reported European encounter was during Pedro de Alvarado's
expedition into Guatemala, where he found amaranth paste being worked into
tamales used in the worship of Huitzilipochtli.  The Spanish outlawed the
cultivation of the plant to suppress the religion and its human sacrifices.

Bear
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