Re: Pinole

["Victor Villarreal" <vela_este@...>]

I agree, John, everyone should give pinole a try!

Tarahumaras fame as runners is well known, but I've always heard that 
they frequently use peyote, their sacred cactus, to increase their 
stamina in long distance running across the desert.  Maybe they carry 
two little pouches: one filled with pinole and one filled with peyote?

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "lrapido" <1gnzlz@v...> wrote:
> Talking about food...
> I wonder how many of our members have heard of "Pinole" ? Pinole is 
> a high energy food made from dry roasted corn ground-up and mixed 
> with brown sugar (Piloncillo, o panocha) and cinnamon and sometimes 
> either lemon or orange peel for flavoring. The Tarahumara indians 
of 
> Chihuahua use it as a staple food. Tarahumaras are basically 
> vegetarians, with meat accounting for about less than 10% of their 
> diet. They eat Pinole it or drink it ( can be mixed with water 
> or ? ) before they run the ultra marathons.  Pinole is a very 
> convinient high energy food because in its powder form can keep  
> for months. It is carried in a pouch during long trips and is 
> used to sometimes replace whole meals. The Tarahumaras are 
> universally known as runners. Tarahumaras have run the 100 mile 
> marathon from Nevada to California.  They think nothing of running 
> 50 miles or more to go visit friends or relatives in a distant 
> village.  When was the last time you did that!
> They hunt by running animals until the animal gets tired and gives 
> up. That includes deer, rabbits and whatever animal they choose to 
> chase.
>  Pinole is very sweet and very tasty. Try it, next time you go to 
> Mexico, or better yet, make your own! In Mexico it is sold at just 
> about any grocery store, kids love it, just make sure you plan a 
> high energy activity for them. If you are runner or into high 
energy 
> sports, you should give it a try. 
> 
> John Gonzalez