culinary miscellaneous The Aztec commoners did not live on corn and beans alone. Tomatoes, avocados, and various varieties of squash presented more options in a meal. Chili peppers were used to flavor foods and were so vital to Aztec food that fasting often meant leaving chili peppers alone. Ants, grasshoppers, maguey worms, and jumil bugs, all available in large numbers, […]
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