[Aztlan] agave

[Mary Hopkins]

I'm told that the real aficionados think pulque fuerte is the real stuff, 
even up in the Teotihuacan valley where it can be locally made. The new, 
sweet pulque that tastes good to nortenos is small beer, by local 
standards. I guess there are stranger tastes in the world.  MH



On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Nick Hopkins wrote:

> I can support Dick's hypothesis that pulque must be pretty gross a long way 
> from its origin.  I was once in the Sierra de Puebla (Ahuacatlán) at a Todos 
> Santos meal, stuck at the table beside the grandfather, a pulque fan.  Every 
> time he raised his glass and said "salud," I had to do the same.  And this 
> was "curado de Fanta."  When the pulque gets slimy, you cut it with sweet 
> soda... so this was aging pulque cut with sweet orange soda.  Yummy!
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