What Aztecs Were Eating Before European Contact

[@raffaojeda]

Mexican cuisine still one of the best in the world, thank you ancesters

[@creatifetudes8553]

Wrong. Is 1#

[@sussy_bedstain9770]

It's pretty good I prefer Italian tho

[@_freedomordeath_]

Mexican culture is not just mayan or aztec, It's mostly hispanic Most mexicans are not native american

[@YUH559.]

@@_freedomordeath_ wrong lol

[@ghernandez559]

@@sussy_bedstain9770 nah problem Is 90% if is fake unless you're in Mexico or Los Angeles

[@HughGort]

That green slime was "rediscovered" as spirulina, which turns out is an extreme superfood with most if not all the minerals and vitamins you need to survive as a human adult

[@notavailable.000]

great insight

[@userillusion86]

If you tried to live on spirulina alone you would die. The ultimate actual superfood with every vitamin and mineral in bio-available form is liver.

[@HughGort]

@@userillusion86 Liver can only sustain you if you follow it up with fava beans and a nice chianti, otherwise it's nothing.

[@userillusion86]

@@HughGort 😂😂

[@youtubemoderationtaskforce5583]

This comment section is funny. Hey, you know what they didn’t have? Diabeetus and heart disease. You know why? No bullshit wheat, sugar cane, and industrial seed oils. Also, if you’ve ever eaten a whole 75% or higher cacao chocolate bar, it does make your head spin a little, it’s about the same amount of caffeine as decent cup of coffee but it’s a little different high.

[@grontelp77]

AMazing the Aztecs accomplished this massive urban society with no wheels, no screws, no metal working, and no large animals like horses or oxen. All of that was built with physical human labor.

[@special_summon]

I love how they still used engineering for things like agriculture, and instead of using steel for weapons and tools, they used obsidian, as the shattered edges could be sharper than scalpels

[@PapiGi0]

They had the wheel they just didn’t wanna use it cause of the ecosystem they lived around

[@peyote2thumbs]

Their children's toys used wheels.

[@grontelp77]

@@PapiGi0 I believe we are both partially correct about this issue. I looked it up and it appears that while the aztecs where aware of the wheel, the most famous evidence being children's toys with wheels, there is no evidence it was used for other purposes, likely because of the lack of draft animals, like I mentioned earlier.

[@MK_ULTRA420]

‘Well, how did they build those pyramids?’ ‘Well, they just threw human death and suffering at them till they were finished.’” ~ Louis C.K.

[@TheThesalsalady173]

The spirit of the Mexican cuisine is alive in each one of the traditional Mexican cooks. I live in California USA and the number of authentic restaurants of Mexican food are growing like wildfire 😁

[@itsame1477]

Indigenous🪶🤍please. Traditional "Mexican" is really indigenous. We would rather not be homogenized 👍

[@junior1497]

@@MZ95 yes Baja California and Baja California Sur dummy

[@MeneTekelUpharsin]

If the restaurants were authentic there wouldn't be so many Mexicans dropping like wildfire with cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

[@germansherman7707]

well california is still part of mexico so no surprise haha

[@obiwankenobi5769]

​@German Sherman no it's not

[@bob8819]

Lol what a mad man. The Aztec saw the fungus on his corn and was like “fuck it, I’m eating it anyway”.

[@nanncyponce960]

Yo should try them, they are good..."quesadillas de huitlacoche" , tastes just like mushroom...

[@alicethemalice1897]

Then again, the Aztecs ate just about anything as the video implied. But hey, food is important.

[@siaf2398]

and the Aztecs had soup, perfume AND toothpaste waaay before Europeans

[@osmango19]

@@nanncyponce960 they forgot. Flores de calabaza 😍😍

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

Toothpaste 🤣 like Colgate with extra bicarb , they also invented the first PlayStation

[@stephaniewhite5644]

I still eat tamales, tortillas, nopales, avocado and chili peppers, grew up on this wonderful food and chocolate, I am so happy to watch this video. Thanks so much!

[@pacoramirez7363]

Fungus: *kills the Aztecs’ corn Aztecs: “Joke’s on you, we’re into that shit”

[@kimrosas3135]

@Marlon Salgado same bit we often make them into empanadas

[@brandonchavez9924]

I was gonna say, huitlacoche is the shit. Makes dynamite quesadillas.

[@derrickstableford8152]

Nice, it’s good

[@HL-ll4zz]

Yeah its really good stuff!!! Huitlacoche

[@ericramirez5181]

cheers brother

[@kristannestone1748]

I've read articles on this topic, and the Aztecs enjoyed dishes that were as complex and multidimensional as French cuisine. They used more vegetation than meat, and layered many flavors into carefully crafted, hand-pounded sauces. They thought western cooking was too oily and lacked flavor, apparently. This is so fascinating, and although this video is quite simplistic, it does give a little window into the unique and well-developed aspect of Aztec life that has been much forgotten.

[@Travelsandmore333]

There’s nothing complex about French cuisine. Europeans have forced us to believe everything they did was better while always diminishing the great discoveries and advancements of indigenous people. Also when it comes to world rankings Mexican cuisine is above French and many other Europeans countries. Also forgotten to who? Aztec culture is definitely alive and well preserved in Mexico.

[@wednesdayschild3627]

My son's girlfriend is Mexican and thinks my traditional Italian food is bland. She hates my 90 percent chocolate. I tried to explain the subtle tastes. It takes a while to understand it. You don't have to hit people over the head with it. Eat slow and really taste tge food. I like tamale. I appreciate the variety. I like avocado.

[@contactgeneralemailforpubl3478]

What is it always have to be a competition? They have some interesting things and other people had interesting things and I can appreciate them all.

[@bellamaster6876]

I love how, throughout all of time, and throughout all cultures, everyone had found fun in getting super drunk.

[@Jamessmith-xk3fh]

Well in Europe water was usually polluted and nasty

[@b33lze6u6]

Spicy water make feel good

[@kimarm2608]

We are a simple species it seems lol

[@extraextraxtraterrestialah8794]

Not in Islamic cultures

[@myfirstoocwarning8483]

@@extraextraxtraterrestialah8794 you wouldn't know someone is getting drunk unless they told you.

[@joecastillo1983]

I am proud to say I am Mexicano and hundreds of years later We still enjoy all these delicious meals and drinks!!

[@rafangille]

the food is pretty unrecognizable though, like it’s pretty much not the same dishes anymore

[@artemisapaez]

He’s not, we still eat Pinole and it’s really good. Dry but good

[@jasonito23]

@@rafangille Nothing we eat now is the same as what people ate hundreds of years ago and health stats prove that. The top 5 causes of death in the US and Mexico are results from the food we eat today.

[@sandratamayo6372]

As a mexican myself, I can totally agree with you

[@snappinturla420]

Love our culture so much ! Proud to be Mexican 🇲🇽 🦅 ❤

[@scottnotpilgrim]

In terms of food, seems we have the Aztecs to thank for a lot of what we consume today

[@sheepboy2560]

"we" ? never encountered those before.

[@SUP-BITCHES]

@@sheepboy2560 I feel bad for you

[@cassandra-]

@@sheepboy2560 you've never had chocolate, avocado/guacamole or tortillas? damn

[@sheepboy2560]

@@SUP-BITCHES chocolate is universal obviously. the rest are weird.

[@sheepboy2560]

@@cassandra- how does axolotl taste like?

[@mariadegan1029]

Actually pinoli are pine cone nuts! Amazing that the “poor” ate them😮 today they are very pricey and used sparingly in various recipes like pesto and desserts 😋

[@elguerokabron]

No the rich powerful people would also eat the same kinds of plant foods like tortillas and pinoli but would be able to more meats then the poor who would mainly only eat a plant diet

[@xScooterAZx]

When I lived in Washington State,I used to go pine cone hunting for the seeds. I would shuck them and put them away in bags. It was a hobby of mine. During the winter when it was cold,I'd shuck and roast some of them for dinner. Have a cup of them with rice,veggies and some type of meat. Yummm!

[@getin3949]

That's what I thought but he made it sound like it was corn. I think he got that one wrong.

[@adamdoezema1318]

Thank you! Think he would have noticed the pine nuts depicted in the video... also, pine nuts were consumed throughout north america, and have a protein content higher than that of red meat.

[@oi-nf9uz]

@@getin3949 he said corn but he showed pictures of pine nuts

[@ushiorocksable]

There’s a really neat restaurant near the Teotihuacán pyramids called La Gruta, that serves very traditional Aztec dishes, including ones with caterpillars and ant larvae. Definitely check it out if you’re near the ancient city, it’s just a short walk away and absolutely worth the visit.

[@ericksantos9140]

The only thing i love about old foods is chapulinea and wormwood ngl its tasty

[@kimrosas3135]

The ant larvae are called escamoles they so good. My family most of time have to dig them up themselves

[@thrattjaouhard3372]

No thanks

[@sergpie]

That place is oooooooverpriced.

[@SspaceB]

Gross

[@funkmonster]

I imagined Bubba from Forrest Gump in the Tortilla list part. “Tortillas go wit everythang, you can boil em, baste em, sauté em. There’s corn tortillas, flour tortillas, cactus tuna tortillas, fat tortillas, old tortillas, cube tortillas, lemon pepper tortillas...”

[@AndAllTheWhileAnimalsSuffer]

Hahaha, you killed me with that, thanks 😂😂😂

[@mixtlillness9825]

I was looking for this comment!

[@captainroger]

Hahahahahha

[@captainroger]

Love the everythang bit....RIP Bubba

[@StrangeNewsFromAnotherStar]

This is why I love tortillas so much, I can cook a lot of things with them from breakfast to dinner and even to snack on.

[@malaiselindenfeld1112]

I don't think it was "tuna cactus" tortilla but rather prickly pear tortilla. In Spanish "tuna" is the name for the fruit of the cactus while the tuna fish is "atún"

[@miriamcastillo1268]

I suppose is nopal tortilla (cactus as well) which we eat until now

[@fabianheilbron9988]

Can the fish not be called both correctly? I’m pretty sure “Atún” and “Tuna” are interchangeable words for the fish in Spanish.

[@uvasz]

@@fabianheilbron9988 No they're not, it's like that comment above. Atún means tuna, and tuna is the fruit. Saludos desde Tacolandia.

[@fabianheilbron9988]

@@uvasz It must also depend on the region. Por ejemplo, yo visite la isla de Puerto Rico hace como seis años. Al pasar el tiempo, los nativos de la isla, llamaban a el pescado “Tuna” y no “Atún”. En otro ejemplo, voy a citar a mi madre, que nació y se crió en Colombia. Ella a mi me mandaba a salir a hacer unos cuantos mandados, y al pedir el pescado, me mandaba a llamarlo “Tuna” y no “Atún. She did teach me that both words were correct for the most part. Considering many things perhaps that’s just the influence English has had on other countries in the Caribbean. Which, in turn. has added more words to those in Spanish that still mean the same thing. I can’t really say. Seeing as how I was never born in Colombia. But for the most part I’ve gone with what my parents have taught me, and not once have the other Latinos in the area corrected me for calling the fish “Tuna” and calling the fruit a “nopal”. But I digress. After all, Spanish is just my second language.

[@uvasz]

@@fabianheilbron9988 Oh yeah, it may depend on the region, same happens in Argentina and Chile if I remember correctly, they don't call the fruit "tuna", they use "cactus" (referring to the whole nopal) instead. Also in the RAE I didn't find "tuna" as fish or the fruit it has another meaning.

[@domizzi626]

I’m Mexican descent and I didn’t know Aztecs had all these varieties of tortillas. When I was a kid I visited Mexico, and one of my favorite moments was when my aunt Paz sent me to the tortilla joint and I bought a kilo of freshly made, warm tortillas. I would grab one or two tortillas before going home. It was a cool experience and I would recommend anyone go get fresh tortillas 🤤

[@elysium76]

Fresh corn tortillas are so delicious

[@Fadedevryday5476]

Some very rural indigenous villages in Southern Mexico make tortillas using grounded amaranth seeds. Amaranth seeds also pop like miniature popcorn and we Mexicans make skulls using popped amaranth during Day of the Dead.

[@SieMiezekatze]

Para que comprar si se hace en casa

[@amyrussell860]

Nothing like 'em. Easy to make, too.

[@iixakoatl]

It’s noteworthy to know that the ‘Aztecs’ and Nahuas also had these few foods to their diets: *Salsa:* “Chilmolli,” literally meaning “Chile sauce.” This was used just as much as a condiment as people do today. It is also thought the word “salsa” was coined by the Franciscan ethnographer and friar, Alfonso de Molina. *Popcorn:* Known as “izquitl” (eez-kee-k). Spanish people described it as “a kind of corn which bursts when parched and discloses its contents and makes itself look like a very white flower." This word turned into the modern Mexican corn dish, esquite. *Pozole:* This was a stew often called “pozolli” and was made from a hominy corn known as cacahuazintle, and back then as “cacahuacintli” meaning “cacao bean-like corn,” being a vegetarian dish. Many people get confused with another very similar soup that is infamous for its ingredients. Though, I’ll leave those details for those who are interested. *Chilaquiles:* Being wrapped in tortillas and is derived from “chilaquilli” meaning “something stuffed with chile and plants.” These plants are known as “quelite” in Mexico and are identified as edible parts of plants. *Fruits:* Along with the famous avocado being consumed, many other tropical fruits were as well. Pineapples (matzatli), dragonfruit/pitaya (tzaponochtli), sapote (tzapotl), cactus pear (nochtli), papaya (ochonetli), and guava (xalxacotl).

[@Agapy8888]

My favourite is cactus pears. I can eat 3 a day. So delicious and anti diabetic. They come from Mexico in the late summer and fall.

[@STEPH-kk8gi]

@@Agapy8888 yep! We would eat a lot when they r in season whenever me and my family go visit our families in Mexico, I prefer the red ones while my parents enjoy the yellow ones. Absolutely delicious n sweet 😋😋

[@Agapy8888]

@@STEPH-kk8gi also you feel better eating in season. Have fun in Mexico.

[@brucehur2051]

and sushi and kimchi

[@Fatalesubs]

This dishes still being super common nowdays in mexico, they r delicious u should try them

[@CmdrTomalak]

Little known fact: While feasting on chocolate, the Aztecs would often sit and ponder when the 90's Timeline Series would start.

[@ThunderSims]

Haha

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

lol

[@paulshaffer2106]

Best comment ever, and I concur!

[@brodown64]

Lmao

[@ericlikeshalo]

I’ve been asking this since timeline 2020

[@BeingRising]

Imagine what the night sky would of looked like without light pollution.

[@DBT1007]

Go to the most remoted small village in your country. Ah. And the village also not yet have the electricity access

[@notavailable.000]

o aaaawesome. some low fire lumens humming and great food great people

[@justayoutuber1906]

And Mexico City without air pollution in the day

[@tekatetikitiki]

Specially in Mexico City.

[@HarshDude126]

lol you're acting like that's a thing of the past when you can just go out into the countryside and see that whenever you want

[@fernandofernandez8067]

You forgot two very important ingredient for the Mexican cuisine then and now; Tomato (tomatl) and chili Pepper (chili). There are plenty varieties of peppers in around Mexico.

[@benjaminrodriguez7356]

Tomato???(tomatl)!!! Are you sure you are writing that word correctly?

[@jibaritomx]

@@benjaminrodriguez7356 red tomatoes are xitomatl, green tomatillos are tomatl..... ther are some xaltomatl...

[@benjaminrodriguez7356]

@@jibaritomx Thanks!

[@FarelLaban]

@@jibaritomx I believe the green ones are miltomatl.

[@jibaritomx]

@@FarelLaban could be, mil in nahuatl a farming reference of corn, beans and pumpkin together, I believe miltomatl is not a specific for the green tomato, could be the redones on a milpa planting...

[@sterlingnilssen5812]

Can you do a weird history on the domestication of animals?? I find it so fascinating!

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

How is it werid man. They were great factor in development of civilization

[@toastedt140]

@@ShubhamMishrabro I think he's more speaking about how peoples who had no idea how selective breeding or evolution work creating new species of animals that are more docile and useful than their wild counterparts. Pretty weird

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@toastedt140 ohh😂

[@Catti003]

I know that farms keep certain cows with calf to keep there milk flowing even if they ate the calf.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@Catti003 are you talking about machinery cattle farm of current world. I think he is referring to past

[@ivano2863]

If you're ever in Mexico you have to try the quesadillas de huitlacoche, they are delicious!

[@NelsonPerez-yo6lm]

Yes they are, pinole, dulce de amaranto and pulque are pretty dope too.

[@carolinaerickson4903]

What is huitlacoche Ivan? I was in beloved Mexico several years ago and tried as many new dishes as possible but never heard of these quesadillas...

[@organicmagic8822]

@@carolinaerickson4903 Huitlacoche is a fungus that grows on corn and is considered a delicacy

[@carolinaerickson4903]

@@organicmagic8822 oooh...gracias Ivan next trip then!

[@ivano2863]

@@carolinaerickson4903 yes they are very good especially with the blue corn tortillas

[@TahtahmesDiary]

It shows the importance of their culture that literally all these preparations are popular to this day. 🤗💚

[@lilydimas6793]

It’s nice to see that my family still eat a lot of these dishes in some sort of way ☺️ I don’t know much about my ancestors, but knowing this makes me feel wholesome.

[@alancito.13]

Also, for those interested, this is how you pronounce Nahuatl words ending in -TL like Quetzalcoatl and Xocolatl : The L is silent, but you still position your mouth as if you were going to pronounce it, but only let the air out, no sound.

[@gram.]

Nice factoid, thanks for posting 👍

[@hashtag415]

Like an S.B.D?

[@edgarbanuelos6472]

I do it with the T nearly being silent and the L only being briefly pronounced just because I find it amusing.

[@walnutcove8583]

Yes and not with a “tul” sound like even many Mexicans incorrectly say it. It’s more like you push a little pocket of air behind your L positioned tongue. It annoys me so much when I hear such mispronunciations as popocatepeTUL. Lol

[@jiminirvana8065]

Xitomal =tomato

[@BigAl4244]

As a Mexican, this all sounds delicious.

[@katherinek3314]

Axotyl thooo idk man

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

Thats cuz Mexican food came from them

[@piedrablanca1942]

si, suena delicioso

[@marymendoza3592]

@@Bryan-bd5kc well Mexicans ares Aztec lol

[@Bryan-bd5kc]

@@marymendoza3592 yeah i know we are the native descents of Mexico since colonization fucked up our dna

[@weirdreportt]

Chocolatl is a badass and original way to say chocolate.

[@denniserandolph6244]

Yeah! Now substitute “ch” with an x and it sounds the same but looks cooler 😎 xocolatl 🍫

[@sergeyrafirudov]

the x is actually pronounced "sh" and it ticks me whenever he pronounces it as ch, but well, at least I can overlook it when someone's not an expert in Nahuatl and still manage to make such an informative video.

[@mixtlillness9825]

I’m going to ignore the fact that the narrator butchered almost every single Nahuatl word because at least he tried. To be fair, it’s not easy to pronounce them if you’re not familiar with the language, but damn, he sounded pretty funny. 😁

[@AaronAC91]

Not an expert but probably you should pronunciate it something like "Shokolatl"

[@mythicalkhan7465]

@@sergeyrafirudov some dialects of Nahuatl actually say chikolotl instead of xocolotl

[@maribelvega8008]

It's great that unlike the Victorian era the Aztecs knew how to keep clean, not afraid of water in any sort of way, everything having it's proper place with waste disposal.

[@Mels925]

"So what do you think?" I always love when he says that at the end.

[@luciamota1249]

Not even 15 secs. into the video and you already showed the teotihuacan pyramid calling it "aztec". They were not the same! Teotihuacans and their civilization had already vanished from the territory when aztecs came down from the north (Aztlan). So, yeah, foreign people, the pyramids you want to come and climb are not aztecs. *sigh*

[@Thisismyhandle329]

yt people literally colonize everything they see 😞 and then spread this misinformation. im purepecha and this whole video was hard to watch

[@malinmurmeltier6433]

@@Thisismyhandle329 really? Is the biggest part wrong?

[@justayoutuber1906]

Seems this video has tons of errors and omissions. Thanks

[@SuperMisteryMan01]

@@Thisismyhandle329 I don’t think it’s colonizing and idk how that word would get used on a video trying to show history of food in one beautiful and rich culture It just seems more of lack of studying in regards to the many different types of civilizations in Mexico. I’m just glad to see people on these comments at least say something for the other

[@MsBizzyGurl]

I swear, it's like 'they all look alike'! Latin cultures are diverse.

[@TangomanX2008]

Correction: Maiz is not "now known as corn." Corn is what you call it in English, but Maiz lives on as the Spanish word for corn. And same thing with avocado. This video is informative but it needs to be a better job with explaining the history of words. If you go by this video, you dont learn that corn and avocado are the English for these words and that maiz and aguacate are modern spanish words.

[@KarlaSmilee]

I thought the exact same thing

[@star1light100]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one thinking this

[@rebeccalane8002]

i think that in english, maiz is the older version of what we now know as corn.

[@reilancadubla9195]

It's pronounced as Mah iz

[@Dwaarfius]

We use it in Swedish and Finnish too: majs and maissi

[@AmarieRegin]

This is so cool! Would love to watch one about what ancient Filipinos were eating before the Spaniards and Chinese came. Since most of our food is either Chinese, Spanish, or US-influenced.

[@brucehur2051]

Filipinos only ate kimchi and rice

[@AmarieRegin]

@@brucehur2051 ....we don't really eat kimchi here in the Philippines. I think it only got popular when the Hallyu (Korean) wave started. But yeah we eat a lot of rice :)

[@TuWear]

More Mexican than Spanish, since it was New Spain (Mexico) was placed in charge to take care of the Filipines, nahuatl for mom is Nonantli and dad was Notantli and in the Philippines Nana and Tata are borrowed from Nahuatl.

[@Snow-ej5fm]

they don’t have as much information about the philippines before colonization as the central and southern americans have :,)

[@kanduyog1182]

Uh, false. Filipinos back then ate tinola, nilaga, sinigang, kinilaw, kilawin, adobong puti, litson, grilled fish, ginataan, etc. Saying that Filipino cuisine is merely Spanish, Chinese or American is extremely ignorant.

[@TheRoss1956]

Other Mesoamerican topics I'd like to hear about. How the Mesoamericans developed corn/maize from a wild plant to a cultivated crop and how far it spread in the Americas.

[@diegolopez000]

Everyone will tell you their own opinions (or research) but they did spread corn trough New York and Argentina or Chile (the southern parts of south america) 👍

[@rodrigopalacio2524]

Fun fact. They called themselves "mexicas" not "aztecs". And their language was called "Náhuatl".

[@thecoolbrick9518]

Pronounced .... (meshika)

[@stormyrios6640]

Thank you

[@HL-ll4zz]

Yep im descendant of them. My grandma would say a lot of words in Nahuatl.

[@HL-ll4zz]

@Galleta de Soda youre wrong -_- a vast majority of the mexicas left to rural areas in the mountains pinche galleta mamona

[@HL-ll4zz]

@Galleta de Soda im not lying because ive done my DNA and im related to the NAHUA tribe and if u didnt know the last Aztec emperor cuauhtemocs mother was from a town called ixcateopan in Guerrero state and guess what? Im from another near town in Guerrero where to this exact day the people still speak Nahuatl!

[@milktea4270]

I love learning about ancient cuisine, and it seems like a lot of Aztec food and its flavors have stood the test of time!

[@marianabarbara2685]

Nowadays, we eat a variation of the tamale here in Brazil. It's called "pamonha" and it is made out of corn, sugar, milk and cheese cubes. We grate the corn to extract the "juice" from it, then mix with the other ingredients, and pour it into a little sachet made with the leaves that involve the corn cob. We cook it in boiling water and then eat it when it's warm. It's delicious!

[@jhboomstudioz7201]

@animationeer nope! You can sometimes find tortillas in the supermarket but it’s rare. Beans and rice are our food staples- every single day!

[@jhboomstudioz7201]

@animationeer not as a staple. Sometimes we’ll have sweet milk bread for dessert or side or when some of my American friends would visit we’d buy French bread and make sandwiches. But 90% of the time it’s bean and rice with chicken, eggs or stroganoff or lasagna. All of which are different from the Italian-American versions. Oh, I guess we do enjoy pizza which has bread, but only like once a week cause eating out is expensive (Edit: I should add that I’m from São Paulo, and that’s what I know as well as my friends from Minas and the northeast. Maybe in other parts of Brazil that I’m less familiar with might have bread like Porto Alegre or central to the north)

[@ericktellez7632]

No such thing as a “tamale”, a singular tamal is “tamal”, several is “tamales”, i dont know where people got the “tamale” thing from but its not used neither in Mexico nor in central america.

[@buttman2093]

@@ericktellez7632 I think people got the tamale word from the fact that in English words plural carries an "s" and singular doesn't.. at least that's what I think lol

[@pamelamays4186]

My favorites? Chocolate and guacamole! And, turkey! Suggestions: The mesoamerican class system. What was mesoamerican family life like? Mesoamerican dating, courtship and marriage. Was marriage between different social classes restricted or out right illegal?

[@peterl6095]

Yep.

[@bcaye]

Pretty much illegal. If a higher class man wanted a pretty peasant he could have her for sex, ruining her life, but marriage was not a possibility. Lots of religious rules. Lots of superstition. People like to imagine they were more civilized than Europeans if the era, but except for standards of cleanliness they were about the same. It's easier to stay clean in a warm climate.

[@beenice4126]

@@bcaye they were a lot cleaner. They would shower 2-3 times a day. They also used herbs for oral hygen. Since they dint have sugar they had really nice teeth. The emperor moctezuma would never wear the same clothes twice. Just curious why do you say they had the same cleanliness? Where did you read that?

[@robertoaudiffred7936]

That would be a great episode.

[@diegolopez000]

You know mexico is the size of all Europe, and Canada, Brazil and eeuu are bigger than Europe and Africa together right. Mesoamérica didn’t exist, there were many civilizations and all of them were different

[@youtubecensors5419]

How about a video about the Purepecha tribe? They lived on the west coast of Mexico at the same time as the Aztecs. They developed some metallurgy and used to pwn the Aztecs. They traded together sometimes, but although they warred often, the Aztecs never beat them. Their main god was a hummingbird and their capital was Tzintzuntzan.

[@tlaloc27]

They weren't a tribe they where a kingdom

[@tlaloc27]

@L H tribes dont control other kingdoms and people groups that's call a Empire in fact. they also had cities and a government

[@blackcowboy2957]

@@tlaloc27 Tribe- A social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religion or blood ties with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader. So yeah actually they would fall into the tribe category.

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

That was a very interesting civilization,never defeated by the Aztecs they were mostly warriors,with its own gastronomy and culture.

[@center8922]

So? They were probably closely related by DNA.

[@ryanrodriguez7911]

Best fun Fact about the Aztec language is that the word origin for "Avocado" referred to "Testicals".

[@curlyhairdudeify]

Because they looked like them.

[@cornstar1253]

Original avocados were 90% seed. Almost no edible flesh.

[@Gsalinas4869]

@@cornstar1253 all you people in comments love to bitch and moan any every single thing that revolves around Aztecs

[@rickhernandez667]

Great video. I love how well you pronounce the Spanish and even Aztec words. It's odd, but even today people in Mexico pronounce aguacate the way the Aztecs pronounced it, despite the Spanish spelling. It's how we pronounced it as kids. In fact it wasn't till I was 9-10 years old that I realized it was called an avocado. Also, I believe one of the foods you mention at the end, atole, was in fact a quick meal. But instead of a TV dinner, I would compare it to a protein shake similar to what people drink on the go when they want a quick "meal". My great aunt made awesome atoles. My favorite was the chocolate flavored one known as champurrado. She would make a huge pot of it. And when she and her husband were the first on the block to get a color TV (I know I'm dating myself here), we would all gather around the television with a warm mug of homemade champurrado and watch "The FBI, in color" (a TV show that was on in the 1970s). There are so so many great tasting Mexican foods/dishes you just don't see or hear about anymore. Thanks for the memories.

[@noelg.3632]

Maaan you forgot to mention POZOLE! That is of the most popular Mexican dishes that we continue to eat today! 😂

[@MsUndead96]

@alex' so whats the issue?? Would u rather it still be the original recipe? Gtfo

[@rakelaa7234]

And there’s a very interesting story about how they started making people pozole. Pozole de gente ewww

[@hugolopez6644]

@alex' start with yourself as an example

[@debdebcast]

Just had menudo yesterday.. 🤤

[@MK_ULTRA420]

Literally every known civilization has at least these two recipes: soup, and cooked meat on a stick. 😂😂😂

[@mcr5truther]

These are way more interesting then the 20 classes I’ve had on the Revolutionary War.

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

I know what you mean

[@hashtag415]

Perhaps you should change your major.

[@AFuckingIdiot]

I mean its really how good the teacher taught the class that determined how good the class was

[@1967sfoman]

👍💯

[@moritamikamikara3879]

mfw in Britbongland we just learn about the Tudors a bunch of fucking times.

[@ricmars8980]

This is why Mexican Food is considered top gastronomy in the world! Thank you MesoAmerica! 👏👏👏 because of you I consume Tortillas, amaranto, chocolate, Pulque, pinole, pozole, Mole and atole everyday! But the Aztecs came much later than the great MesoAmerican civilizations! Like the Olmecs, Maya, Toltecs , Teotichucans and Zapotecs

[@colinchampollion4420]

But remembered Pozole was made out of human meat👌😁!

[@colinchampollion4420]

No it wasn't ○ they pulled out human living hearts for GOD-sakes. That is Why came to Conquered them & Christianized them Cannibals😏😉!

[@CarlosLopez-qn6it]

​@@colinchampollion4420así es ...así de chingones eran nuestros ancentros

[@LyknDelToro1]

The video is about aztecs from Mexico. Not all those other things you named trying to be inclusive of central Americans only aztecs from Mexico

[@LyknDelToro1]

​@@CarlosLopez-qn6itno todos somos de la misma tribu. El video es sobre aztecas de Mexico.

[@Tearyatobitz]

I feel like this could’ve been like three times as long. Very much enjoyed ✌🏾

[@Torpito0]

Spaniards: what's this delicious green fruit? Aztecs: *laughs* it's called ahuacatl 🤣 🥑 Spaniards: Yummm... I love aguacate 🥑💕 Aztecs: *laughs harder* They have no idea we called it testicles 🤣😂

[@jibaritomx]

Come its ahuacatl..

[@SspaceB]

Gross

[@ashenone3050]

I mean is the same with the word pendejo that a lot of people use without know it was used to describe male or female that still didn’t have pubic hair

[@Agapy8888]

Certainly shaped like them. So eat an avo a day keeps your heart and family jewels healthy into a ripe old age.

[@Torpito0]

The guacamole is the cum from the inside of the Avocado

[@DetectiveElitePrime]

love the content mate, recon you could do more about eating episodes !

[@ceqski5]

pizza

[@panchowallace6401]

Damn u from Australia or texas?? 🤔 lol

[@cyb3rd1v4]

@@panchowallace6401 LMFAOOO I WAS HOPING THIS REPLY WAS HERE

[@vladtheg4m3r70]

After eating episodes do asmr

[@ForgottenGames]

Food is life

[@sirhandsome1349]

The "Aztec" actually referred to themselves as Mexica (meh-SHEE-cah). Seems as though anyone reporting history would avoid such colonial disrespect

[@jakevendrotti1496]

Ooh, thanks for the pronunciation. Yeah, no reason to say it like disease bringer colonialists said it.

[@chadp363]

I wish this narrator, narrated my life as it plays.

[@bigal1024]

Hahahahaha for real. He’s awesome

[@kimberlypatton9634]

Great idea!

[@jthompson2379]

He sits there watching video after video, the procrastination gnawing at the back of his isolation-addled mind, only to be soothed by an endless stream of pointless but deeply fascinating information. He wants to stay here in the cozy warmth, but alas, snacks are calling again...

[@chadp363]

@@jthompson2379 to accurate dude, it hurts to read🤣

[@muktamalakar5771]

@@jthompson2379 I feel exposed😭😭😭

[@californio7625]

Pepían is registered as a Mexican 🇲🇽 🙏🙏🌮🌯 indigenous traditional dish by UNESCO and it's origin is from Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla. It's a non spicy chilli type seed/sauce used as s mole variation. The Olmecs from Mexico were the people's that invented before the Maya's of Guatemala.

[@flaviosaucedo4553]

People from northern Mexico prepared it as well

[@lel3450]

Nah Guatemala did it first cope Mexican.

[@CoryJayJay]

@@MZ95 bro you negatively replied to like 10 comments on this video. How miserable is your life?

[@rodolfolopez2652]

As a Mexican growing up my mom would beat my ass if I didn’t eat tortillas

[@salina8653]

The deadly chanclá!

[@flowertrue]

And rightly so!

[@livenandlove1980]

My brother used to hide the food he didn't want to eat under a tortilla.

[@jaquin103]

My mama beat the shit out of me when I came home one night high af off weed

[@foosdontcry]

My pops would whoop me for not eatin my frijoles

[@qtasabutton21]

So basically still many of the same foods we eat today!!! I love my Mexican culture and love how our foods are so delicious! Although will say I would never eat an axelotel nowadays 🥲

[@theconqueringram5295]

The Aztecs were overthrown by the Spanish, but their cultural legacy lives on especially in their cuisine.

[@jessegonzalez5150]

Twas actually disease that killed them off, the entire population fell by 80% because they'd never been exposed to what Europeans carried

[@JM-fo1te]

Not really in the north

[@jessegonzalez5150]

But yes, it's cool to think that the food that is served nowadays is still similar to what they ate back then

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

@@jessegonzalez5150 and most of the Spanish army was natives that figured that anybody was better than the Aztecs

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

It’s not just them In the US native quinine is still considered to be regional specialties of where those tribes lived, particularly the Cherokee A lot of southern food originated with the natives

[@jonathanprime1507]

Idk why as a Hispanic this makes me proud how these foods are so widely eaten around the world now.

[@steverinehart4637]

It wasnt good tell after the Spaniards made it better

[@jonathanprime1507]

@@steverinehart4637 oh yeah until they made them 3rd class citizens in there own country lol my bad

[@Stalkergames916]

@@jonathanprime1507 it’s quite amazing really I’m Italian and Maltese and other family heritage it’s very cool

[@jaehaspels9607]

I think it's funny how people are still eating those foods today and in fancy restaurants too.

[@harpsitardo]

I love those little Aztec-themed joints that serve human flesh wrapped in a crunchy tortilla shell. Reasonably priced, but I cant afford their specialty menu: Breakfast Baby Burritos are too rich for my blood! And Im not a huge fan of eating infants when I first wake up, anyways.

[@Bigstarrocker9]

This narrator makes learning history fun

[@Kuroiiyami]

True but the Mayans and Olmec did most of these foods or traditions first

[@NAConen]

I wish s/he were Hispanic

[@Missmalefique]

It was believed that the chocolate was a gift from the god Quetzalcóatl. Btw, chocolate and chili powder combination is actually pretty good.

[@AaronAC91]

Mole?

[@TheCatWitch63]

If you like that, you must certainly like mole. If you haven’t tried it yet, I strongly recommend you do.

[@chinito.lechero]

so mole basically?

[@mixtlillness9825]

I like to make hot chocolate with a few dashes of hot sauce in it. I tell people they should try it, but they look at me like I’m insane.

[@mr.oscarpadilla]

True to that!

[@jonnda]

To be clear, an axolotl is a neotenic salamander, in this case meaning they retain juvenile features into adulthood, and for the rest of their life. It’s not just a young salamander, it’s a species that takes Peter Pan quite seriously.

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

And they regenerate parts of their bodies ,very beautiful animals,they look like Pokémons,it’s a shame they’re almost extinct.

[@asm2614]

@Neny Yes, axolotls are more than likely already extinct or very close to it. They do exist in labs and the pet trade. We have a pet axolotl.

[@jonnda]

@@asm2614 It's likely to go the way of the Ginko tree and other functionally extinct species; alive in captivity or domestication, but no longer seen in it's natural habitat.

[@asm2614]

@jonnda True. It makes me sad, but I’m glad our little guy is with us. It makes me feel as if we’re back in ancient times.

[@orlando7436]

@@asm2614 Pues al tener un ajolote de mascota, probablemente aportaste a su desaparición, no presumas eso...

[@sacred-chan157]

They had more types of tortillas than royal names. Edit: 333 likes.... What kind of demon are ya trying to summon? Tortillasor?

[@lillianmurphy1973]

i-😂😂

[@Pandaswag-ox5ez]

Tortilla for life

[@Abalone.Baloney]

Wish America adopted more of these foods cause they look amazing :( instead we get the Americanized version which kinda sucks. Not too mention flour tortillas 🤮

[@lade7880]

@@Abalone.Baloney flour tortillas made at home are so good. Northern Mexicans eat more flour tortillas than the south and obviously there’s different types, explore bc tortillas fit with everything lol

[@StrangeNewsFromAnotherStar]

@@Abalone.Baloney one thing I cannot get used to eating here in the USA is the tortillas from the store, they're just so stale and have no flavor. Out there in Mexico we get to go to a tortilla store and buy them barely made. I miss the warmth and flavor of them 😔

[@abrahampop387]

I find amazing that a lot of those food from centuries ago are still ate today! That's badass!

[@adamjenks9613]

Videos like this make me want to cook, and then indulge myself.

[@freddiemercury5987]

I have an online Aztecs test tomorrow so this video is perfect timing thank you

[@freddiemercury5987]

@@craigcurtis9781 good luck

[@Manupaya24]

There you are Lenny!

[@freddiemercury5987]

@@Manupaya24 Lenny my boah

[@flowertrue]

Hopefully the test will heavy in the origins of guacamole and corn tortillas.

[@th3khiid947]

Thank México for your favorite foods 👌🏼🙌🏼

[@karlad4082]

What a fascinating and informative short. I found their cuisine sooo delicious! 😋

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

If Weird History wants to further explore pre-Contact Americas and Indigenous life before the Europeans came, you have all of me at attention.

[@Wraith_of_Storm]

Most Honored and revered Ancestors, thank you for showing us your ways, and may you rest in peace. Amen. Loving the soundtrack in the background, my dude! It's so soothing.

[@Esme8ap]

I love learning about Aztecs!😁

[@grilledcheeseorpbandj]

Don't learn it here. This guy is inaccurate

[@NelsonPerez-yo6lm]

@@grilledcheeseorpbandj they did a pretty good job imo, it's up to the individual to learn more on their own.

[@botmexicanpatriot]

@@grilledcheeseorpbandj I'm mexican, pretty much correct too

[@sergpie]

@Johnnie Boi That’d be a problem, supposing you’d be incapable of straightening the truth out; assuming, of course, there is any bent truth, at all.

[@grilledcheeseorpbandj]

@@NelsonPerez-yo6lm I can learn more on my own but whoever im getting it from has to be accurate 100%

[@waltissussybakka]

this narrator makes everything sound interesting!

[@sheepboy2560]

he sounds like an american though

[@daphne4983]

Dan Ackroyd like voice

[@user-pc8dl4cy3i]

I think your pronunciation of intricate antique languages is quite impressive; my bet is that you’re a highly educated, accomplished iconoclast with a sardonic sense of humor and you could make the back of a shampoo bottle interesting! Thank you so much for sharing your incredible talents with us all. Happy New Year! 🎆

[@robertvasilyev962]

He's actually putting the accent on the wrong part of the word.

[@joelvazquez7998]

I can still hear “ por eso no te llenas por que no comes tortillas 🤬” lol 😂

[@jessicaaguirre1229]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@tasosdiaforetico7377]

What's the translation mi amigo?

[@joelvazquez7998]

@@tasosdiaforetico7377 “that’s why you don’t get full because you don’t eat your tortillas “ screaming at you out the top of her lungs lol

[@lenbuckholtz2740]

my nana !!!!

[@sandyavalos3305]

That’s what my mom would kinda say to me 😂

[@BeerMe831]

I think a whole video about the nixtamalization process for corn would be really interesting. I've heard about how the discovery of this process was the reason for the rise in corn as a commodity in the new world.

[@noneban]

Mexican here, the word “ahuacate” didn’t evolve to avocado, that’s just the way it was translated, ahuacate is still ahuacate or aguacate.

[@drapala97]

In portuguese is abacate 🥑

[@iluvmybangs]

I said that out loud when he said that. 😂🙄

[@ricnyc2759]

The word "ahuacate" evolved to "aguacate" (in Spanish), avocado (English) and abacate (in Portuguese).

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

He knows a lot to be white ,he made some mistakes but it’s ok,not offense saying because he’s white.

[@19ars92]

@@drapala97 Como se dice tomate Chocolate Maiz Guajolote 🦃 Pápalo quelite en portugués?

[@armosthelivingsekizou]

The stinking tortillas are actually a name for yucca/cassava/Manioc Tortillas

[@kelseywhitaker6565]

And the "tuna cactus tortillas" should have been translated as prickly pear/cactus fruit tortillas

[@IndigenousExotical]

And to this day we still eat many of these foods 😋

[@pinchespanochas277]

*Yes We Do, N We Have A Very Simular History Regarding Our Oppressors N Civil Activist Team Ups, My Brown Peoples N Your Black Peoples*

[@ashenone3050]

@@pinchespanochas277 when u don’t know what are u talking about , there are Latinos that are brown black native and white

[@pinchespanochas277]

@@ashenone3050 that LOOK predominantly those ethnicities but also have a little bit of everything but a predominantly higher percentage of one then the other dumb ass

[@ashenone3050]

@@pinchespanochas277 dumb ass? not every country in latam is exactly the same , u cant compare mexico with argentina or chile , still u were talking about my brown peoples , and i corrected u saying we are not just one race

[@bigchungusdriplord2301]

*"Person comes into bar to get drunk"* The person: Could I get a cup of cacao please?

[@JM-fo1te]

¿Que que?"

[@didiermartinezzz4204]

@@JM-fo1te jaja ;-;

[@gprz843]

You need to try a hot chocolate with tequila, you’ll know what he meant. Delicious

[@lacucurrucucu9245]

But it was fermented.

[@Khether0001]

Avocado is absolutely delicious blended with sugar and milk! Actually corn too, but I don't know the recipe for "corn juice", the avocado one is easy: just blend it with sugar and milk until it tastes good to you and looks like a smooth cream, then eat it with a spoon! :) It's a fantastic dessert!

[@itsnotamistake]

Mix it with mayonnaise

[@laurasampton3747]

I'm so trying this out thanks 😋

[@jon7684]

Look up “Atole”

[@UncleAnaesthesia]

ya sold me.

[@damnmuggle]

Yes I’ve had it as a boba drink

[@franciscovelasco4630]

Todavia seguimos comiendo todo sin muchos cambios!, te felicito un video muy educativo!

[@jackiechandler6590]

Was anyone else too mesmerized by those transitions to pay attention to this video?

[@Furnitureisfree34]

With all of the sweet things that can be found from farming and being a decent gatherer, it's amazing that without a single reference shown, that you determined their chocolate not to be sweet. So for anyone interested, the Aztecs did have sweet chocolate, and it was done through honey, papaya, other fruits they infused in the chocolate, they put peppers in chocolate, they put psychedelics in chocolate. This is all really easy to find, simply locate ANY University with a Latin American Studies department, and I am sure with the right credentials and communication, any of the experts in these fields can discuss real Meso American history, instead of the nonsense you spin into history as "Your fact."

[@alfonsoamador958]

You right but harsh. Hahaha

[@happyinparadise7812]

Idea!! Naked your own video. Post it. See if you are factual. OR NOT

[@colinchampollion4420]

Very well said & true

[@EdRo1900]

As far as I know the modern version of “pipián” is a variation of a dish called “mole” which is a sauce made with various ingredients including pumpkin seeds, peanuts, bread, spices, etc.

[@hectorescobar8555]

In Guatemala we have a dish that is called that which is made very similarly. We dont call it mole though we still call it pipian

[@marymendoza3592]

No pipian is different than mole. Mexicans still make pipian like they’re ancestors. Mole is made different and it started in Oaxaca and to be honest it’s the most amazing dish it has to be Oaxacan mole though 😩😍

[@EdRo1900]

@@marymendoza3592 Where I’m from it is a variation of mole. I was speaking from experience.

[@charrocharrito694]

Nope !!.. they're different in so many ways

[@newmind4850]

Mole is molli. And pipian is pepian

[@DanTheArtisan91]

Ive had an Mexican girlfriend for 3 years and im so happy that i met her i learned a lot about mayans and aztecs and modern mexico its roots and foods history and more she was from a big city Puebla i visited Puebla as well as Veracruz it will forever be in my heart mexico mexican people and culture despite we separated what can i say...viva mexico cabrones ! xD

[@FinkipGirl]

Take a shot every time “tortillas” is said.

[@reheyesd8666]

*kidney failure*

[@Shivilalifestyle]

@animationeer that's too much tortilla

[@cammyseitz3062]

Oh you want us dead dead

[@alejandra_ma]

And this is why Mexican food is so incredibly delicious. It's basically a combination of European and Indigenous cuisine. If someone ever tells you that all Mexican eat is Tortillas and Beans, they don't know that even those two foods can be prepared in so many different ways, can be incredibly delicious and nutritious!

[@alejandra_ma]

@L H You’d be surprise. Just go and ask a Peruvian 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@rafangille]

yeah our cuisine is so rich. i’m from the north so learning about other regions dishes is fun

[@teresafernandez9849]

I disagree with the combination of Spanish and Native! I've been to Spain, we still eat exactly like our ancestors! Tortilla, beans, fresh veggies and in México, there are fresh fruit and veggies on every corner!! Different meats, we know how to prepare and eat all cactus prickly pear, garden flowers for neutrition. It's nothing like food in Europe. The few Mexican restaurants in Spain, r always crowded with lines. So proud of my roots!

[@teresafernandez9849]

@@alejandra_ma one of my best friends is Peruvian, I'm Mexican , she took me to a Peruvian restaurant. Had fish and potatoes! It was delicious! The sauce on fish and potatoes were amazing!! Took mom and sisters to enjoy the food!!

[@dupin2010]

So true, just at the top of my mind, with corn and beans you can make tacos, gorditas, tlacoyos, tamales, enfrijioladas, huaraches, sopes, fried beans with totopos, or just a regular bowl of hot beans with cheese and aguacate, with a rolled tortilla in your hand, damn, I think i gotta go the kitchen now.

[@Bigcheeseburrito]

YES, i love videos about cultural diet

[@ultimatebishoujo29]

Me too!!!

[@thewanderingmind3327]

The food episodes are the BEST. Please keep them coming!!

[@yurisenglishdiary]

아즈텍인의 음식에 대한 역사 재밌습니다. 감사합니다. The Aztec food history is interesting. Thank you.

[@ashleyherrera7578]

Ever since I was a little kid I have always loved Pinole in atole or just the dust. It is the most delicious thing ever and to be honest nothing has ever compared to the the tast. I recomend getting it in mexico and not so much in stores in other countries. Love the content by the way!

[@MarcosElMalo2]

OK, this was pretty great. A few notes: I’m disappointed you didn’t mention the Mexican name for turkey, *GUAJALOTE* , which sounds a bit like the noise a turkey makes. Atole is still used to make thick sweet drinks, served hot, that often accompany tamales. At Christmas time, there is a frothier chocolate version called champurrado. Insects: grasshoppers (chapulín) is to this day a source of protein (and a snack food) out in the countryside. But all in all, great video! The best I have seen of its type!

[@rjprivate]

Thanks youtube for making this a 'special' experience with a 20 sec ad with clumps of earwax, really improves the hard work of Weird History

[@RudyGold]

This one for me was really cool. Thanks for posting.

[@arlettemartinez9999]

Cool vid. However a few things: Pipián Is still very much used in Mexico. Many other cultures and peoples lives in Mexico (and still do) besides the Aztecs, but the Aztecs were the dominant culture (extended as an empire). What made people intoxicated was fermentation (most widely accepted theory). Saludos!

[@RodrigoVargas72]

Eveybody should try a huitlacoche quesadilla at least once in life. A taste of heaven.

[@samd1405]

also a squash blossom quesadilla

[@brucehur2051]

aztecs only ate kimchi and rice !

[@thisone3519]

@Michelle no its true i was there

[@renegalvan6417]

Some of the images used in this film were Mayan, which are quite different in style to Aztec iconography.

[@brucehur2051]

aztecs only ate kimchi and rice !

[@jennyaxalco3649]

Alguien aqui es Mexicano/a.. Any other Mexicans here? Thanks for the video!

[@NelsonPerez-yo6lm]

Yeah, lots of these foods are still traditional, pulque, pinole, huitlacoche, chocolate, dulce de amaranto, pretty much everything in the vid. Your last name is Nahuatl btw.

[@inactive6833]

No

[@youngsol309]

Great content! Love learning about my beautiful ancestors ❤ so smart so pure and clean and very innovative.

[@dupin2010]

Great video, you got yourself a suscriber.Just to add to the fun, tortillas were know by the mexicas (the name of the aztecs once they founded Tenochtitlan) as tlaxcalli. A dish from that time that also needs to be presented is mole, or mulli, well Pipian is actually a kind of mole, but this mix of spices was eaten by all the mesoamerican societies, and each region gave it their special taste. And you could do a whole video about pulque, which is still popular today, with the adding of many flavors, wich are called "curados". Also also, and even it's originally from Perú, the aztecs were very fond of peanuts, which they eated alone or as an ingredient (of many more) of mole.

[@anazamora9]

I grew up eating many of these Foods. Fascinating!

[@imperious8516]

Another great video to start my day

[@Technoxity]

The aztecs were known for foraging magic mushrooms which they called "genius shrooms", if they added chili and other spices, its likely this might be added as well

[@TheIronMax]

Lets not forget the tomatoe, pumpkings, beans, maize, chili, sunflower seeds, vanilla, hundreds of diferent fruits like dragonfruit or passionfruit etc, several cactus species and their fruits, ducks and fish from the lake. They had a very complete diet, and the land was very rich. Legend says that the emperor had a feast of 300 diferent dishes everyday.

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. Montezuma was said to have drink chocolate to keep himself up. Their cuisine was different and complex from the Egyptians, Romans, and Ottomans. They were the ones that domesticated turkeys before anyone. We owe Thanksgiving to them. Even though the Pilgrims started the tradition of giving thanks. Boy, this was something.

[@jameswright6886]

I doubt very much that the aztecs domesticated turkey,those were probably domesticated by the civilization they conquered and destroyed.

[@BlueTearDconnor]

@@jameswright6886 i know right, they domesticated other tribes instead... lol

[@denniserandolph6244]

@@jameswright6886 sad but true... Aztecs as such pre-dated the Conquista only 300 years, while they took and adapted the traditions of the small villages they pillaged in the process of becoming an empire.

[@specter1549]

@@BlueTearDconnor bruh that's just part of any civilization the U.S. has done the same in the process of it becoming an Empire the trail of tears? The killing of the Indians? The killing of the Spanish Mexicans at the border? Invading New Spain? The middle East?

[@BlueTearDconnor]

@@specter1549 nobody is arguing otherwise bro. Literally, nobody...

[@valenciacarlin2357]

My grandma made every food from scratch. It was a lot of work that took all day. Surprisingly the stew mentioned in this video is delicious, but my grandma added apples to her stew. My parents are first generation american but grandparents were 4th to 5th generation mexican originally from Ireland.

[@pronounshismajesty3542]

You have no connection to Ireland

[@valenciacarlin2357]

@@pronounshismajesty3542 yes they are my 5th generation great grand father came directly from Ireland and traveled through the US and made his way to Zacatecas Mexico where he and many other irish fought in a war that was not theirs to fight in but did it anyways. It was in Mexico that the Carlin name finally settles down. However the we do have relatives in many other US states that settled there as well. In a way my family lost connection to the direct main line of Carlin yes but there are so many of us that honestly I lost count. I'm sorry that you don't believe me that's OK. At least I know where my family is from and I'm glad that I'm a mutt mix.