| This was essentially the diet of the peasant, with the addition of pulque, the fermented sap of the maguey, at higher altitudes. |
| Tenochtitlán and Tlatelolco comprised more than 70 neighbourhoods, including some dedicated to specific tradespeople, such as goldsmiths or pulque brewers, and others occupied by foreigners. |
| It is also a major producer of rum, pulque and mezcal and even produces red wine. |
| The fibre of the agave is also made into rope and its juice into pulque. |
| Not thinking much of the local cactus brew, Spanish conquistadors in Mexico begin distilling the Aztec's pulque and come up with a mezcal wine. |
| A few moments later an immense dish of frijoles, with pimiento, smoked on the table, with large pots of pulque. |
