Aztecs... Catholics... Chinese

Hello!


Good whatever to all of you except that person that sent me a nasty e-mail yesterday regarding the double beef burrito from Taco Bell. Let it be known that my mother had nothing to do with it. So my blog is about to start and it's going to show that person that there are different theories regarding the origins of Mole.

So yesterday I got a nasty e-mail telling me that I should read about the subject before writing on it. This person was dissatisfied with the description I gave about the Mexican dish mole. I was chastised and given a historical lesson on that savory dish. Apparently mole's origins were Catholic. I'm writing this blog to inform that person that there are two theories when it comes to this dish.


First theory

The e-mail writer is correct. Hundreds of years ago there was a convent in Puebla that was going to get a visit from an archbishop. The nuns were freaking out because they had not prepared food for his visit. A nun created a concoction that included chocolate, different peppers, bread and other condiments and gave it to the archbishop with turkey. The archbishop was pleased and the nun had created the first mole dish ever.


Up to now I cannot dispute that the origins of mole came from Catholicism. Good old nuns, they were good for everything: teaching, nursing, cooking... Jack of all trades! But now comes my second theory.


Second theory

Apparently (I use this word a lot), when Cortez came to Mexico Moctezuma prepared an Aztec dish for the European crowd thinking they were gods. This dish was called “milli”,Nahuatl for sauce, mixture or concoction. Plus they knew about chocolate, so chances are that they used it on their food.

So what if the theory is that a nun came into contact with mole and made it famous by serving it to the archbishop.


So as you can see my little fat friend, I don't make these things up. I know about them, I married a Mexican Aztec. But it doesn't matter, for all I know this is probably a Chinese dish! Yeah! What if Marco Polo when bringing home pasta from China also noticed an obscure dish called 痣 that the Chinese brought over to Mexico thousands of years ago when supposedly used to rule the seas. The Aztecs looked at it and called it “milli” because there was no other name for such a dish. Came the Spaniards nuns and serve the dish to the archbishop making it famous in the old continent.


So friend, don't get your feathers all ruffled up for nothing. You probably didn't know about the second theory or the third. I hold no grudges against anybody and I hope you don't either.


Have a great day people