||Isn't there a lot of sensationalism in all of this? (I won't dispute
||that they had human sacrifices, but did they dine on them?)
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|Unfortunately no there isn't, the Aztecs did feast on sacrificial victims
|and , as an example, would taunt the Spanish by saying they were going to
|be satiated for a long time after their battle was over, because they would sacrifice the warriors that were captured in battle and have a huge feast to celebrate. I don't think they ate the hearts though, I think they were reserved for the actual sacrifice to the gods and put in a special altar.
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|Tracy
|University of Kentucky
|uk01719@mik.uky.edu
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In article 28318@castle.ed.ac.uk, wex@castle.ed.ac.uk (John Wexler) writes:
|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.
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| John Wexler
| Edinburgh
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