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- From: wex@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Wexler)
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- Subject: Re: Aztec Thanksgiving meal
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 09:37:34 GMT
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- What may be the earliest recorded recipe for chile con carne in European
- literature appears in Bernal Diaz's "Conquest of New Spain".
- Unfortunately it is not practical to recreate this version today, but
- it might enhance the effect of your meal if you could at least describe
- the dish to your guests. As I recall (I don't have the reference with
- me) the invading Spaniards were held up in a long and messy siege, and
- numbers of them were frequently captured, sacrificed and eaten. The
- defenders of the city would taunt them by calling out tempting
- descriptions of the chillis and tomatoes boiling in cauldrons waiting
- for the addition of meat. Look it up for more details.
-
- John Wexler
- Edinburgh
-