[Aztlan] Chewing and spitting

[Mario Cabrejos]

From: "John F. Schwaller" <schwallr at potsdam.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 

> Chicha of various sorts can be found throughout the Americas.  It is
> also very popular in the Andes.  In Inca times women would chew corn
> sprouts, and spit the mixture into bowls for fermentation.  The
> salivary enzymes created a product not unlike "Light" beer.

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Hola John

First time I read that corn chicha was (is) made by spitting... 

What is still on use in the amazon rainforest is to chew and spit 
the washed casava  (Manihot esculenta) root paste in order to prepare
casava "beer".

Regards

Mario