[Sca-cooks] politely deflecting food you don't want
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
Sat Mar 8 00:11:03 PST 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha
"In some cultures, instead of germinating the maize to release the
starches therein, the maize is ground, moistened in the chicha maker's mouth, and
formed into small balls, which are then flattened and laid out to dry._[6]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicha#cite_note-6) Naturally occurring
_ptyalin_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptyalin) _enzymes_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzymes) in the maker's saliva _catalyses_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis) the breakdown of _starch_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch) in the maize into _maltose_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltose)
. (This process of chewing grains or other starches was used in the
production of alcoholic beverages in pre-modern cultures around the world,
including, for example, _sake_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake) in Japan.)"
By the way, when I was reading up on an ancestor who fought beside
Bolivar, I saw a reference in a French memoir to Ecuadorian bread being finer and
lighter than French bread. This implied some form of yeast to me and I idly
wondered if chicha wasn't somehow used in the absence of European brewers.
And in fact, as it turned out, that was exactly the case - bread for a
while was leavened with the dregs of chicha. But then the country became
somewhat more Europeanized and the bread, basically, went downhill.
Otherwise, while it's nice to know other cultures did this as well, not in
any hurry to try the home-brewed stuff myself.
Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com
The doctor's blancmange: Medieval recipes from medical texts
_http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-doctors-blancmange-medieval-recipe
s.html
In a message dated 3/7/2014 8:01:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com writes:
<<< I'm still wondering what I'll do if I go to Ecuador and someone
offers me
homemade chicha.
Jim Chevallier >>>
Thanks for the link to the article. However, I didn't see Ecuadorian
chicha mentioned there. What is it?
_
(http://leslefts.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-doctors-blancmange-medieval-recipes.htmlIn a message dated 3/7/2014 8:01:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com writes:<<< I'm still wondering what I'll do if I go
to Ecuador and someone offers me homemade chicha.Jim Chevallier
>>>Thanks for the link to the article. However, I didn't see Ecuadorian chicha
mentioned there. What is it?)
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