Posted in A Long Drive, Mexico, North America on Mar 15th, 2008
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Churches in Mexico – Paganism in Catholicism?.
The floor is carpeted with fresh pine needles. The smell of candles, incense and pine is the first sensory stimulation. You become aware of chanting. Your eyes focus on groups of people huddled around rows of candles burning on the floor. A healing ceremony is going on. Eggs, live chickens, bottles of Fanta, Coca-cola and other mysterious liquids serve as offerings to the saints.
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Posted in A Long Drive, Mexico, North America on Mar 15th, 2008
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Christ
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Churches in Mexico – Paganism in Catholicism?.
The floor is carpeted with fresh pine needles. The smell of candles, incense and pine is the first sensory stimulation. You become aware of chanting. Your eyes focus on groups of people huddled around rows of candles burning on the floor. A healing ceremony is going on. Eggs, live chickens, bottles of Fanta, Coca-cola and other mysterious liquids serve as offerings to the saints.
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Making Chocolate
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A discussion about luxury foods, using chocolate as an example. A recipe for a mighty nice cup of chocolate.
The earliest known consumption of chocolate is from a site close to Puerto Escondido, in the state of Oaxaca, so it is not a matter of surprise that it is in Oaxaca that it reaches lofty heights not found elsewhere. The variety of uses and types available are simply staggering. In this post I submit that it is Oaxaca and not Belgium that makes the finest chocolate and I will elaborate a recipe for the best cup of hot chocolate you have had in your life.
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Making Chocolate
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A discussion about luxury foods, using chocolate as an example. A recipe for a mighty nice cup of chocolate.
The earliest known consumption of chocolate is from a site close to Puerto Escondido, in the state of Oaxaca, so it is not a matter of surprise that it is in Oaxaca that it reaches lofty heights not found elsewhere. The variety of uses and types available are simply staggering. In this post I submit that it is Oaxaca and not Belgium that makes the finest chocolate and I will elaborate a recipe for the best cup of hot chocolate you have had in your life.
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“Me encanta Oaxaca” – Spanish voices it so much more beautifully than “We loved Oaxaca”. The overused word “love” sounds cheap in English. Oaxaca was so rich – with culture, art, artisans, people, food and drink. As Fred remarked, its a “real” city. (Map this!)
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