This is the plant which produces the pulque, which we have before described. |
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. |
The native Mexicans did, however, consume a mildly alcoholic beverage called pulque. |
For example, many cultures pride themselves on their foul-tasting local drinks, such as white lightning, pulque, chong, retsina, and so on. |
This was essentially the diet of the peasant, with the addition of pulque, the fermented sap of the maguey, at higher altitudes. |