Why We Eat: Pozole

Claudette Zepeda, chef and amateur Mexican food anthropologist, breaks down pozole, an ancient Mexican hominy soup that dates back to before the colonization of the Aztecs by the Spanish Conquistadors.
Claudette takes the recipe step-by-step, building the traditional dish from nixtamalized maize, chilies, and pig’s feet, while sharing her own family’s pozole recipe traditions. Claudette explains how pozole is a communal and celebratory food with religious ties, as it was originally made with the human flesh of the Aztec’s prisoners, and later replaced with pork when the post-conquest Catholics banned cannibalism. With its roots in the ancient Aztec era and its transformations throughout past centuries, Claudette celebrates this classic Mexican dish that continues to be enjoyed today.
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[@OmarHernandez-hv6qk]

If ur pozole doesn’t contain the hearts of my enemies I don’t want it

[@ossisramos77]

Dam lol

[@didtheyexpectustotreatthem574]

according to the testimony of people who have actually eaten other people, the taste of human meat does not reflect its beef-like appearance. Both serial killers and Polynesian cannibals have described human as being most akin to pork. But not all cannibals agree with this description.

[@shanhussain6114]

How am I supposed to know who your enemy is? It contains the heart of my enemies!

[@OmarHernandez-hv6qk]

brien steve i said what I said 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Dragnesi]

The hearts were were reserved for Gods consumption only. The rest of the population may have had access to the limbs, at best :D

[@sfdko3291]

Pozole aka What Mexicans eat from Christmas Eve to January 2nd because theres soo much of it.

[@Griffinex]

Why 🤐🤐 u got no filter

[@trashcantacos]

Sadly, not me this year :'(

[@BladeKi11a]

No it’s what Mexicans have from thanksgiving to January 6th lol

[@FuerzaImperialOficial]

Nel también tamales

[@bluesraincancun9217]

Lol so true!

[@johnnylion5535]

Pozole is made with love, that why the Aztecaz added heart.

[@j0hnyb0y909]

Lmfao hell yeah

[@tavoncharles416]

Oh u made my night with this comment 😆

[@johnnylion5535]

Un lobo domesticado!!!!!

[@DominiqueKaraya]

😂😂

[@duranconstruction1086]

😂😂

[@chrisfenrir]

The pozole with human flesh was only consumed by the priests during ceremonies in small quantities because the dish was intended to be offered to the gods. Common people did eat pozole but without meat until the Spanish introduced pork.

[@jp081298]

Porkería

[@KINGKVNE]

"Every Mom is Right...this is just how I do it" I like that. Respeto.

[@user-kw1uz3mf1j]

MrRichyko pozole isnt made of cow meat its pork or if u dont eat pork usually chicken

[@danielmariscal7599]

Yall chicanos & pozole for Real Méxicanos

[@ikyuso]

Odessa Kane respeto foo puro takuache cuhh

[@KINGKVNE]

Jxvi no manches cuhhh

[@ikyuso]

Odessa Kane y la mamalona

[@josy11396]

In my 23 years eating pozole i have never seen anyone use iceberg lettuce. Traditionally it cabbage

[@hectorortiz1852]

Sometimes it’s preferred but I prefer cabbage as well

[@danielletrigueros1489]

I didn't even know people used iceberg...lol. I've always had it with cabbage.

[@hectorortiz1852]

Danielle Trigueros they do but imagine the texture go away quickly with a warm pozole

[@danielletrigueros1489]

@@hectorortiz1852 - That what I was thinking. I made some pozole last week using a new recipe, and it had iceberg lettuce as an ingredient for the toppings... I thought it was a mistake. Lol

[@hectorortiz1852]

Danielle Trigueros some restaurants will serve lettuce because they are not familiar with cabbage or too lazy to chop it up

[@MrMexicansteve]

Rachel ray is gonna add human flesh to hers, to be more authentic than her last attempt

[@AZsportshut]

Bro she used beans!!! Lol

[@jadenyuki3138]

She's una pendkejshsha

[@esperanzaarce9563]

And don't forget the Fritos and crema she added 🤢

[@M.A.C.01]

@@esperanzaarce9563 plus the honey and beer 🤮

[@esperanzaarce9563]

@@M.A.C.01 I think I just threw up in my mouth a little 🤢🤮

[@lindaa1238]

I appreciate that you said that every mom was right. People get so tribal with Mexican food when every region makes food different.

[@indy6686]

@melt138 sometimes as a historian I have to hold back from spewing an entire chapter of information to comments such as yours, although you bring up some points, most of your input is ignorant, I don't mean that as an insult, I mean that in lack of knowledge, you have absolutely no idea the pockets, influences, villages and traditions that come from other countries to our Mexico, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's still our own. I hope that you look into the many different mixtures of different civilizations and events that helped create the Mexico we love today.

[@ElTigreDelNorte_]

@@indy6686 take Al Pastor as an example. Wouldn’t be surprised if this person and others think it’s an original Mexican cooking method when we got it from Lebanese migrants. Adding ingredients brought to us by migrants doesn’t diminish anything from our traditions it only opens up our possibilities. The originals will always be there.

[@joselegaspi2549]

You can have some minor variations with regards to Mexican cuisine, unlike Rachel Ray's abomination where she adds beans, cream and jalapeño to it.

[@Sofiaode18]

Yeah cooking videos can get really toxic for no reason. Dishes evolve and with multicultural influence being so common in today's food, it's just the natural course of a dish evolving over time.

[@ThePoqe]

I bet every mexican watching this is like “My abuela makes it better” 💁🏻‍♀️😆

[@rnungaray1990]

Fact.

[@ebecky4275]

I’m saying mi tia makes it better.

[@Pr.2104]

Fr 😂👍🏽

[@TheFederalBerau]

Fr

[@Phatal001]

MrRichyko just because you don’t understand it doesn’t mean it’s wrong

[@michaelreza1490]

I love how you said “every mom is right”. Cuz that’s truw

[@Jay-br6nc]

For real 😂

[@lylyluvda916]

Yup, yup.

[@isabellag5632]

that really is truw

[@festy111]

I love how you used a "w" instead of an "e"

[@Mr.Argonaut1]

For sure bro 👌🏼👌🏼

[@pangyre]

Today I learned: the comfort food I grew up with is originally a cannibal dish. o_0

[@MaritheCreator2001]

It's not it's just shit Spaniards made up to demonize the Nahuas. It was just red broth soup with hominy

[@kageoashj2912]

If y’all didn’t hear... pozole started off as human corn water. She developed her recipe to what she likes to taste best and other recipes have evolved through regions from taste and necessity. So those who keep saying this ain’t pozole. *you better be making only corn water with your enemies heart or I don’t want to hear it*

[@whoahorseywhoa4685]

Pretty sure she is not aware of all that went into the pot inthe original ...

[@kageoashj2912]

@@whoahorseywhoa4685...oh I see...so ya'll didn't hear

[@angelmidknight3119]

I'm a Mexican and THIS is pozole, people are flipping out cause their homes or states make it different

[@angelicakzapata]

Well in that case... pigs are my enemies.

[@kageoashj2912]

@Phillip Castro come again?

[@MrRaw4life]

I’ll have the “heart of my enemies” pozole, please.

[@Strydex]

Hmm.. I'll have what they are having

[@apachetribeswearealive2313]

Its cat rat and dog

[@iloveporkandchicken4718]

I'll have two for me and my son please

[@maxkat9694]

@@thegreatecb lol u next on the menu lil chicken nugget

[@t.g.5797]

😆 😆

[@rickatick6737]

"Every mom is right." That is the disclaimer you have to put before cooking a Mexican dish.

[@masterlogray]

Especially with seaweed and Japanese flakes 😂😂

[@taureanbabe8415]

Honestly cuz everyone will attack u if u don’t

[@iChillypepper]

Or you get the chancla 🤣😂

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@iChillypepper Beware of the Chancla. It doesn't discriminate. You can be a friend of the family and you will always respect the owner of the Chancla.

[@epopddot]

Hello, I'm a white boy from San Antonio Texas, I fell in love with Pozole about eight years ago. I went from restaurant to restaurant to see where the best Pozole was I finally found my favorite and I eat it as much as possible. My family went on vacation to Cabo Sanlucas three years ago and couldnt help asking the front door guy if he new where I could get Pozole, he was so surprised that I knew what it was, he called a taxi right away and told him where I needed to go. The cab driver took me to a neighborhood market and told me I was here......... not seeing a taxi for more than twenty minutes I asked him if he was going to pick me back up and he said yes, in about an hour? I said yes. I went into an open covered area with eight food vendors, I turned to one and just said Pozole, that lady looked at me like WTF, sat me down on the picnic table and served me some Awesome Pozole. After that I waited for what seemed to be an eternity waiting for the cab, finally almost a block away I see this guy in a BMW waving at me..... I I look at him like ME? And he nodded really big, so I walked over to him and he said taxi? Totally different guy in an unmarked car. I asked him, Cabo Azul? And he said yes 🤣😂🤣 I reluctantly got in his car and h e took me back to the hotel 🤣😂🤣 it was Awesome! My friend just sent me your video and until now I just thought it was soup I like it even more. Thanks for the video and now I would love to taste your recipe.

[@momovaryacting8798]

I’m in San Antonio Tx, that’s the only reason why I read your entire pozole story 😏

[@SquidProQuo80]

I'm also from San Antonio which is one of the Mexican food capitals... we make our pozole without pretention and without having to force "fusion" with other cuisines that don't match. Skip the kombu, bonito flakes, vinegar (substitute lime juice, please) and even those avocado leaves can go away and we're back in business.

[@epopddot]

@@SquidProQuo80 are you saying I need to try some of your Pozole? And if so I'm in, let me know!

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Bro, there are white mexicans too. Book a trip to Los Altos de Jalisco in México and prepare to be amazed by all the white mexicans running around. About 10% of all mexicans are white people.

[@user-od3yz8vw9w]

This was a very wholesome story I enjoyed

[@christiancamarena5969]

Mexican recipe video: *exists* Latino Commenters: "SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN RIDICULE"

[@FemmeBleu]

Well, she did put dry fish shavings and sea weed in pozole...

[@Forgenshoot]

@@FemmeBleu Yeah but if that's what was used where she was from then is it wrong?

[@Ace.D.Portogas]

@@Forgenshoot that's most definitely not used anywhere in mexico. She only used kombu and bonito flakes because that's her own take on it, which I don't agree with.

[@Forgenshoot]

@@Ace.D.Portogas I mean isn't this how fusion food begins? Like I don't disagree that is different, but my question was is it wrong to do so.

[@Xavier-ty4jw]

@@Forgenshoot yes is wrong if you're talking about pure traditional food and all that why would you even use kombu🙄, if you're doing your own bidding who cares

[@abebalderas]

Mom almost threw me out of the house when I showed her this 😂😂😂

[@prettybrowneyez3338]

😆 That's a Mexican mom for ya! 🤣🤣

[@patgarcam4995]

I want to throw myself out of my own house for watching this!!!!

[@elvaordonez8311]

I can honestly say it is better than Rachel Ray's "pozole." Now that is a bunch of 💩. And once you watch that one...you appreciate this one.

[@aliaguilar5977]

I’m fine with her recipe but why she gotta cut the lemons like that

[@Nada-by3zz]

I found it weird as well, but apparently you get all the juice out!

[@Mr.Argonaut1]

Frfr cause I be cutting them in half 😂

[@Nada-by3zz]

@@Mr.Argonaut1 i always cut them in half but juice them against a knife, that way you get all the juice out

[@luisrosas1779]

That way you skip the part of fishing out the lemon seeds

[@jdmcars2099]

*limes

[@noosurprises]

I only eat pozole with lettuce when we forget the cabbage

[@momovaryacting8798]

I noticed that...so far no comment about that till I saw yours of course. My family has always done cabbage as well. I’ve never seen anyone use lettuce. & of course the radishes, onion, diced jalapeño/Serrano if you want spice & last but not least the tostadas or tortilla chips 😋

[@tiggert4002]

My neighbors who sell pozole also use chicharron and chiles rellenos. I always eat it with everything you guys mentioned plus avocados and limes.

[@ateiluj08]

Lettuce loses flavor in the hot pozole. I tasted it with lettuce at a party I was invited to once, and is definitely better with cabbage. The cabbage has a little crunch when you bite it, and it goes so well with pozole. I like my pozole with cabbage, lemon, and a chopped onions.

[@monicaant.1422]

I actually use lettuce 😳

[@noelrdhawaii]

@@monicaant.1422 Damn why though 🤣 that’s just wrong typical gringo influence stuff.

[@weworks7811]

Who’s here after watching Rachel’s Rays “Pozole”.🤦

[@lucianoocampo96]

Lmao, I was gonna say, this is hipster pozole, but it still comes closer than whatever Rachel Ray's mess was.

[@davefarnsworth3020]

That just wasn't pozole.

[@lorenalagunas4668]

Me!

[@crabbypinchy]

Hahaaa me

[@myrnajay2785]

lol yes!

[@Redbird1504]

She seems upset that she can't eat people now.

[@lorenzoj1923]

X1nightstorm9 you won’t do shit

[@yoinkerz2219]

X1nightstorm9 I-

[@drewlbers]

X1nightstorm9 I’d like to see you try

[@rickyricardo5423]

At least your name starts with red

[@Redbird1504]

@@msptcb2089 what kinda drugs did you take?

[@rou8390]

When I die, I wanna be cooked into a soup, and then be eaten by my family. Make sure to write that in my will

[@aida7212]

Okay ling ling 👌

[@MrWeliz]

That's called incest.

[@egypzia]

Leave also a warning to your fam: "This meat can cause you Kuru"

[@Randizzl3]

I’m just waiting for the hipster Miso Soup Video with Hominy instead of Tofu.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

This chick already started… putting seaweed in posole… wtf

[@brandonanaya8865]

“In between TJ and Guadalajara” dog that’s a lot of space homie lol

[@luciusfluff]

"in between" can also imply switching between the two

[@olg06]

@@luciusfluff nah she could have just say that. I also took it how the original poster implied

[@ElMagnificoRe]

Makes a video about Pozole Mexican community: We about to end this girls career.

[@Calferr]

Hell yeah. 😆

[@asies660]

2The1Magnificent For real! Like, que fregados es eso?

[@1erzeugirdoR]

Pinche vieja hippie marijuana que hiciste

[@zuriel714]

So you have chosen death

[@sergeigen1]

Hey mexicans dont like it when hipsters hijack our culture

[@lewisstrongofficial]

Gonna pretend I didn’t read “Why We Eat People”

[@Leo-zk9rd]

I mean... Traditional pozole IS people

[@jayuz4544]

That was the first thing I read lol

[@victoriadeleon5872]

I mean....

[@brandonconsalvo6154]

Terror Zone I did as well 😂😂

[@chaeemwilliams8795]

Yeah me too... lmao

[@josemaravilla6955]

I feel like I'd enjoy eating this one more than rachel ray's. This one has an obvious understanding of whats happening. Instead of just making a chili. Although there are some non traditional ingredients, but hey. Let me taste it first before i say it's bad ha

[@mrosck1]

Awesome video!! It really gave me pride and good memories of my mom. Pozole happens to be my favorite food! Love it! Wish I could try her recipe. Beautifully done video.

[@pacomoreno106]

“Pozole has to come from a place of love” so kill your enemy, rip off his heart and make some soup, but with love ok?

[@Hotpink51]

surprise, you don't make it with your own love. the love comes from your enemy's heart.

[@pacomoreno106]

Hotpink51 of course, my enemies must love the fact that I just ripped off their hearts cus I felt like having soup...

[@Hotpink51]

@@pacomoreno106 to be fair, they're dead so they probably don't feel any particular way about being soup 😂

[@pacomoreno106]

Hotpink51 true, once you are soup, well... you are love lol

[@Hotpink51]

@@pacomoreno106 see, now you understand!

[@thatsmeok4017]

She only said “every mom is right” so she didn’t get so much backlash on this weird version of posole

[@asies660]

That's me Ok I guess she is the only one who isn’t right. She’s just a narcissist.

[@milliondollargoldrose]

I was like oregano? Girrrrl CILANTRO OKURT?? lol

[@javierlopez5301]

@@milliondollargoldrose we use oregano tho

[@robertphillips7487]

Lmao

[@guitaroach]

@@milliondollargoldrose So many places top their pozole with oregano what you mean

[@Hungryboichef]

Really beautiful and informative video. The best present I think I’ve ever gotten was my suegras recipe. I’m really getting emotional thinking about how blessed I am to be included in this narrative with this amazing dish

[@migybarran1423]

Give her probs for putting herself out there and putting her version out, probs for that but traditional pozole is the one your grandma makes in December 🤗

[@WestCoastWave1]

Everyone makes there pozole diffrent chill out everyone

[@renesrelics]

Yaas

[@alexsmith1207]

@Miguel Ornelas ewww WTF

[@alexsmith1207]

@Miguel Ornelas Do you have rabies yet?

[@michelle-ow3sk]

Some people make it without sazon. And some make it really flavorful

[@TheGregatron3000]

Yep that's true. My mom's side of the family argues which pozole is better. Out of 4 different batches, everyone agrees my mom's the best. It has flavor they said.

[@fernandoencisoestrada1013]

I’m a Tapatio and her saying that we have pozole with lettuce in Jalisco is a lie we eat it with cabbage. Also seaweed wtf?

[@Sevenf1604]

Fernando Estrada true I come Jalisco as well I can confirm this

[@yesiiii2389]

Fernando Estrada she did her own little thing . Everything different, no cabbage,the Pozole doesn’t look red it looks too dark , no salsa on the side , no tostadas she didn’t add laurel which makes pozole taste like pozole ! , my mom sure doesn’t make it like that

[@elizabethmartinez9652]

She literally said Pozole was made differently in every state from south to North. And my family is Jaliciense aswell and we've have it with lettuce.

[@Wolfighter1]

@@elizabethmartinez9652 yup

[@jdizzzle2]

Yes cabbage

[@GTS.Adrian]

I don’t know why there’s so much hate in the comments for. Every Mexican family makes pozole different and claims that their way is the authentic way. I love the pozole my family makes, but I also like how this one looks. I love seeing how everyone makes it their own. Stop being so closed.

[@margaritalopez8456]

Mexicans are only good at one thing and that’s criticizing other Mexicans

[@GTS.Adrian]

@@margaritalopez8456 why is this so true lol. I swear I hate it.

[@margaritalopez8456]

@@GTS.Adrian years of contempt being held across generations 😂

[@lasagnasux4934]

"And we used to eat people, back in the day. And that's why its near and dear to my heart" - this chick

[@JoSe-jb5lp]

Exactly 🤣

[@parisz]

I had re-listen that part three times

[@IslenoGutierrez]

Had it been spaniards, you would of heard about how evil they were because of it… but it’s aztecas so a cannibal soup is near and dear to her heart…

[@horns6619]

@@IslenoGutierrez shut up and take a joke

[@IslenoGutierrez]

@@horns6619 But what I said is true… double sided bs

[@ra1dernationcoachella314]

Cabbage (repollo) instead of iceberg lettuce 👍🏽

[@juanpalomo5532]

the real pro tip. Stays crunchy longer!

[@Lizabeth90]

I found out people do iceberg because you don’t get that bloat feeling you get with cabbage. To each their own though

[@eddiegaytan236]

I agree.

[@jorgefelix4263]

@@Lizabeth90 gtfo...

[@petersalazar3534]

They're both good 👍

[@ivetter.2443]

Dominican here giving Mexico the title as the country with the most delicious gastronomy ever (for me). 👏🏽❤

[@vliciouss]

Omg giving love to you right back 💕💕💕

[@KD-jb9pq]

Gracias hermosa 😘

[@ABlindRabbit]

Omg thanx!! I don't think I've been able to taste dominican food specifically but I think caribbean food is really damn friggin good too!

[@FranciscoFragateiro]

Love Mexican food! But you surely never been to Portugal...😎

[@miguelaperezjrrr]

I haven’t tried Caribbean food yet but i bet that shit tastes good Af

[@ViEatsCookies]

I use shredded cabbage, cilantro, lime and radishes to garnish my pozole, never seen lettuce on it before 😮

[@melibb3992]

Actually here in Mexico we use lettuce ♥️

[@GwizardOnly]

Some use it to substitute the cabbbage cause alot of people dont like that. Or repollo

[@ViEatsCookies]

@@melibb3992 I had no idea lol my dad is from in Mexico City and said they always used cabbage growing up, guess it's just preference!

[@melibb3992]

@@ViEatsCookies I'm in Mexico City too, yee I guess it's just preference ♥️

[@Morgorath30]

@@melibb3992 youre from all of Mexico? ;)

[@sigimorales4846]

I just loved you as soon as you started talking and cooking!! Thank you for that video!!

[@aNG_HAM]

This hits on New Year’s Eve and the day after 🥴

[@2high4this412]

More like every weekend

[@opapergunner]

thegreatecb stay out of Mexico then.

[@benn255b3]

@@thegreatecb have fun taking hundreds of pill just to get the nutrients that one piece of meat would give you.

[@kliftonsantiago999]

the first time i had hangover i was 22, the only remedy i knew about was menudo. grabbed my pyrex and hit up the spot, it worked but to this day i haven't ever used it again to cure my hangover. i got older and just did what everyone else does; massive amounts of blow. gotta grow up sometime i guess.

[@lordkek5817]

@@benn255b3 lol or 20 pounds or different shit vegs for the dietary amount of two ounces of meat.

[@Th3Gr3mlinz]

She seems happier and healthier than when she was on Top Chef

[@Th3Gr3mlinz]

Diego lopez I didn’t know about that.. that’s a bummer. Hopefully she is doing well now

[@soullessSiIence]

She has a deep dark side anyone can tell. Probably family/childhood issues like 99% of Mexicans. We're very traditionally fucked up.

[@Fallibleandflawed]

@@soullessSiIence thats everyone dude.

[@RubyJamez]

Really everyone is better off without top chef, still don't know how people can watch that misery show, no better than all other reality shows.

[@rzy1010]

probably bc she can be high now since she’s working for vice munchies lol

[@drk321]

"It's quite precious" I love that. I also love the history lesson, WOW, blew my mind. The trotters are new to me and I love how they were added to the final garnish. I am sure the konbu and bonito flakes really added umami to the finished product and most likely elevated it but it seems to go counter to your theme of authenticity. Don't get me wrong, I really think this will make a superior pozle and I will remember these influences when I make it next, and USE them. My biggest complaint is that I cannot find a KZbin channel by Claudia to subscribe to. I will subscribe to "Munchies" hoping to see her content more.

[@doubtazul]

Same. Curious to try with the Japanese touches. And just cuz I'm here, I'll have to add that I prefer cabbage for garnish rather than lettuce. I feel there's more of a crunch factor that pairs well with the onions and radish additions.

[@lizvergara69]

I don’t get how she says everything but her last name with an accent

[@dichotomystudios]

Fr, that threw me so hard right away. Why is she trying to make her name sound anglo when she's preaching this subject.

[@lozoft9]

Probably comes from having to anglicize her name so much for gringos. I say my first name without a diphthong so much that I don't code switch in other contexts.

[@msabccbscnnoanfoxnews]

Because it's fake

[@lillygoq2112]

@@lozoft9 this!

[@wuzittooya]

who cares...it's still a spanish colonial name.

[@taehyungstan5938]

ah yes, the time my grandma cooked her landlord 😌❤️👌🏻

[@mr.mrs.happycustomer9862]

taehyung stan Are you kidding cus it don’t seem like it 🤨

[@dboydboy1000]

👆🏾🤣

[@Lex-pw9yx]

Says shes "Puritan" with pozole pero le pone seaweed and Avocado leaves? No MMS

[@KazukiNishino]

Avocado leaves is fine though, seen it used in a lot of different varieties

[@Lex-pw9yx]

@@KazukiNishino not in posole though. Or the seaweed. My comment was that she mentioned that she is a puritan when it comes to making pozole, and well it's just not traditionally made with either if those ingredients. I would like to try her twist on pozole but just know it's a trust on the traditional dish

[@KazukiNishino]

@@Lex-pw9yx I agree with you on the konbu and bonito flakes, but I've seen avocado leaves used in pozole when I was in Mexico. Might be a regional thing

[@omaramador6133]

😂

[@SleepyGuzman]

She trying to hard to prove something

[@martinmorineau2181]

I liked how you threw a bit of history into the recipe 👍🏽 I been to Guadalajara and had the best pozole of my life. Yours looked delicious 😋

[@alittlebrownsmurph]

Love all the stuff I learned from her and the pozole looks darn good.

[@MarcSapien]

"de mi rancho a tu cocina" is far more authentic. Avocado leaves. Hipster ingredient. So sad they make others believe that's how pozole is made (e.g. iceberg lettuce).

[@MrRobVision]

Un poquito sal

[@AbeCastDrums]

No mms wey, tas pendejo, avocado leaves are used in so many Oaxacan dishes

[@dattepo7534]

Bruh avocado anything isn’t hipster the hipsters are trying to take over our culture

[@Jonathan-im8kb]

Isn't that from michaocan?

[@whathell6t]

Jonathan Riveroy Nope! Michoacán is more akin to Purepecha cuisine than Aztec/Nahua/Mexica cuisine. After all, Purepecha were the only indigenous state to defeat the Aztec Empire and was crazy to fight both the Aztecs and Spanish on two fronts with little resources. Surprisingly, it took the Spanish and their Catholic missionaries 200 years to completely conquer the Purepecha and their ally, the Ramaruri; despite the close proximity to Mexico City.

[@phise1]

Hipster pozole from vice?... go figure

[@Nose-nm4kl]

Mipster

[@guapodel]

A P there’s mad mipsters here in chicago.

[@alexlachiva]

Fml you beat me to it

[@kingocelotl637]

Bro, homegirl doesn't seem like a hipster nor a chipster.

[@alexlachiva]

KingOcelotl false, “bro” her hair and tats say ima chicana wana be Mexican, can’t even say she’s an Aztec, her last name is Zepeda which is a Spanish last name,😿😹

[@bellezaivy]

Great video. Love it !!

[@4supernatural]

Gracias, for the historical background and your twist on pozole looks delicious. Blessings ✨👏🥳

[@osamabindiesel3389]

Either this is some new age 3 Michelin star pozole, or my dad makes it how it’s been done since the 15th century.

[@games4tito878]

Osama bin Diesel your dad still uses human hearts?

[@805hambone]

Wack ass pozole is white people video

[@newthrash1221]

805hambone You’re an idiot.

[@805hambone]

newthrash1221 so open opinions hurt people damn didn’t know that

[@franciscoduron2708]

I love the fact she can pronounce the Aztec words but can’t pronounce her last name zeepeida lol

[@eduardoguerrero4621]

a bunch of pochos are like that they cant speak spanish but know all the aztec culture lol

[@kingocelotl637]

It's important to know our nahuatl. Spanish not so much

[@gleamingtv3946]

Maybe she's saying it that way to sound English for English speakers.

[@escapedcops08]

Spanish isn't the original language, I applaud her devotion to the TRUE languages.

[@kingocelotl637]

@@eduardoguerrero4621 what's wrong with that? Socalled pochos live in a country that hates them, explaining the reason why the Spanish language isn't used as much. Remember, the US is still debating whether bilingual education should be implemented. Don't be so quick to judge pochos.

[@DrTHC]

I totally have that bowl, and the matching little bowl that goes with it. And OMG I love pozole. I'll be sooo glad to get back to Nayarit. ♥️

[@ahson6249]

One of my favorite dishes, especially in the winter! I like to use chipotles with my red chiles for the smoked flavor they add.

[@edgaroso1403]

“ Pozole will make someone love you if you make it right or hate you if you make it wrong” this right here made me smile lol

[@lookitskazzy]

>seaweed >bonito flakes >lettuce and not cabbage OK

[@Allahakbah]

lookitskazzy LMAAAOO

[@ProfX501]

Did you not listen to anything that was being said?

[@coolminer1231]

lookitskazzy just because it’s not traditional doesn’t mean it’s not good, we have access to ingredients from around the world now so why not use them

[@EsmeDeLeon100]

I lived in Mexico and traditionally lettuce is used instead of cabbage. Now I prefer the cabbage bc it’s crunchier

[@robertoleeva985]

This is a lovely video. Thank you for posting

[@whlewis9164]

Pozole is my go to winter comfort dish. from a non-mexican to all the abuelas who have passed this dish down - gracias!

[@Annah7373]

Damn Spanish if it wasn’t for them we could still be eating people that’s the vibe I got in the beginning.

[@bluzombiemedic7407]

Lonelyshinobi I thought that was native Indian does that

[@cptromero5595]

@@bluzombiemedic7407 same thing

[@isbellegodoy4694]

Bluzombie Medic I-

[@bluzombiemedic7407]

@@isbellegodoy4694 O-O))

[@deangelothompson67]

@@cptromero5595 you are right but instead we was right bu tortured and forced to work until we die for free stop racist bitch Christopher Columbus and his crew where the undesirables and the Queen Cinema on that Conquest cuz she thought it was too stupid to find a way back

[@Schabiq]

>i fancy myself a mexican cultural anthropologist i audibly cringed at that one

[@monzon529]

Angel Schultz hahahhaha yea now i know she is half wrong on the way she did it.

[@8bitDude0]

@@g7924 maybe a groan?

[@mzelaya1]

yup

[@samifulwiler7560]

You are so beautiful inside and out! I’d love to find your exact recipe, I recently discovered pozole and I am so in love and love learning about the history and cultural significance of food!! Thank you!!

[@Yikes516]

Love this so much made my day

[@rai.17]

Love the different approach to it. It's making what you know from your roots, and adding your own touches that both maintain the integrity of the dish *and* bring something new to the table. Bravo

[@Hboss909]

Using lettuce instead of cabbage is like choosing flour tortillas over corn 😂

[@rosejames1093]

Heartless909 best comparison!! Lol

[@lisbetdelgado5970]

But both are equal depending on the types of meals and moods

[@ericguerrero3656]

🤔flour is better than corn. If they are both homemade

[@daviddelgado7160]

Heartless909 facts

[@taylorwilliamson9265]

FUCK corn tortillas. Dry, chalky and takes away too much flavor from the actual filling.

[@geofuego1]

Every Mexican aunt is the best posole maker 🇲🇽

[@msandoval8027]

I love posole all year long, but here in NM we use pig feet and its a seasonal dish originally only made around Christmas time! With New Mexico red chile!!

[@carlyst2922]

I naively thought she was saying “cumin” and not “human” for a bit...

[@sandiali4740]

LMAO! That’s great!

[@mollietenpenny4093]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@annaleevalfig1119]

I loved this video the history lesson is awesome I always wondered why. She has her own version because of how she grew up, deff not how my mother taught me. But its still good 🥰 All love here!

[@angiebega2444]

Looks super good gotta try making this sometime👍

[@justinberling4946]

Something stirred inside me when she said "cacahuacintle"

[@irakest]

@@evanw2195 you say that's living like demons, but I say that's living like a god.

[@Huitzilfant]

@@evanw2195 Because saying that you're descended from demons is metal asf.

[@MoooseBlood]

Tiefling 4 life

[@jamescharros1299]

There is no way I'm going to put bonito flakes in my pozole. Sorry girl you lost me with the bonito.

[@jap0nes]

It's this f'ing obsession with umami

[@Mrmudbone_gaming]

It’s pozole

[@yomuthabyotch]

pozole needs umami. i salt the shit out of it and it's never enough. but as soon as i put a tiny pinch of MSG... oh man... with that said however... katsuobushi is more than just umami; it is fishy. dunno how that'd complement pozole.

[@jonathanappleseed69]

Robert Reyna there’s a reason why she gave a disclaimer in the very beginning, buddy !

[@satan4518]

john son Everyones version of “Puritan” in terms of cooking dishes is different you absolute buffoon.

[@omarmedrano915]

I remember seeing you on top chef ! Glad you’re doing well & great recipe , kombu will give it that over all umami

[@WilliamAshleyOnline]

Wow I did a search for hominy while I was eating a corn dish I made.. and it is pozole after I started watching this video trying to find out the history of hominy... but much more basic - maize with chicken/pork and sriachi and franks with pepper and curry powder... I was eating avacados from guadalajara today and yesterday..... its so addictive. Its crazy how little dried corn kernals you need to make a lot of volume of food. I nixtamalize with baking soda, boil and drain and air fry and boil then hotpot it with the meat... so tender.

[@joshuasilva8073]

This is not how my mom makes it she's uses her coworkers hearts

[@jay7568]

Shit now thats a way to save money my mom buys a couple of baby hearts from my neighbor

[@axelmorales1144]

Ok yeah everyone has there way of cooking pozole but really mixing Japanese ingredients no mames

[@MCarm69]

Gamer God *chinese, but yes I agree.

[@amys495]

She explained why she did

[@esetek]

Gamer God and lechuga

[@user-kj2rd7bk9y]

@@amys495 but we don't wanna end up like China wit that virus shit

[@heejinsmonstercan9735]

Pappy world PBG wow when it’s others being racist about us Hispanics/Mexicans you have a problem but noooo when it’s xenophobic comments about Asians you really have no remorse

[@doraima29]

Awesome video. I just wish Claudette Zepeda should write a book about recipes of the Mexican food culture, anthropology and social history of foods the people ate from the past until now.

[@julioruiz9647]

Great job . I bet your Pozole is delicious. Its wonderful to have people like yourself positive loving and knowledgeable. I like it. I see youre from Guadalajara .i'm from Mexico City (Tepito).. Mucho gusto. Keep doing what you do best . Ok

[@jessehernandez9508]

Lmao ur tia and mom where just trying to be nice.

[@oscargomez4970]

Hahahahhaha... They were busy swallowing their dissapointment

[@eloydangel]

Yea I’ll have a large Pozole with heart and a pata of my enemy 😂 No mames! 😭

[@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711]

Ikr coman verga

[@BleedForTheWorld]

@@theplayerformerlyknownasmo3711 mamalo!

[@belindafuentes760]

Lmao 😂

[@Rgroxc]

Coman verga 🤣🤣🤣

[@megadezziescat1124]

@@Rgroxc lol😂😂

[@blackdog850]

Great video! Growing up on the border, I was never a big fan of the tripe in menudo. Ok, but not my thing...although there was plenty of other stuff I was okay with. (Think steamed cows head/Cabeza de vaca). I didn't hear much about pozole in our family for some reason...then when I wanted to make a menudo type dish as an adult...but using pork...someone said...yeah, pozole! I'M LIKE, WAIT WHAT?!? Life was good once again having some of my childhood dishes! Thanks for sharing Claudette!

[@thecampverdekid806]

Hawaiians consider taro our older brother, so I can identify with the Aztec corn myth.

[@fattyginsberg4977]

Whatever 😂.

[@darrenc.3302]

Love how she says it has to come from a place of love but they literally killed people to make it

[@soph5669]

Darren C. Right ?! Lol 😆

[@sanchezproductions87]

but they loved doing it lol jk

[@yaqui707]

if you believe that then you believe Christopher Columbus was a great man . gtfo .. ..THE Aztecs are still here that's us … death is love what part you don't understand

[@darrenc.3302]

Nico Sanchez wtf are you talking about

[@lilj9326]

@@yaqui707 mixed Aztecs

[@hmadz3112]

I’m so high and I want this now!

[@jjgems5909]

hmadz3112 Good, that’s probably the only way you could eat this knock off pozole.

[@EstrellaReynoso]

Claudette! Amo tus videos! Saludos desde La Paz!

[@janaprocella8268]

Yes those trotters !! I'm seeing them in stores more and they're very very affordable.. versus ham hocks which are very very expensive.. Makes a good substitute even if you're going to make a pot of beans just use the trotters instead of a ham hock. The only difference is you got to pre-cook the trotter as she shows coolant and remove those bones. Those are very chokified bones so you wouldn't want them showing up in your bean pot

[@ClassOfSpriggs]

I thought it said why we eat: people

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

I mean it's not that far off

[@Hooderaw]

Me too! And my dumb curiosity made me click on it. Smh!

[@ItsKiraLyn]

I literally scrolled back like wait... did I just read that right then clicked to check comments like “I cannot be the only one!” Lol

[@brandonroger306]

Same haha

[@AlexGomez-mo8hv]

Honestly the younger ones are the most judgmental when it comes to food. Everybody has their own recipe. All of a sudden you guys are experts

[@trashcantacos]

Tell me, where have you seen seaweed in pozole?

[@shineayandrews1869]

@@trashcantacos In the video, if you didn't bother watching it.

[@ItsMikeArre]

And now we eat pozole after slaying and destroying a crazy amount of alcohol

[@caesaraortizg539]

hahaha after destroying ourselves with alcohol

[@ailaguin6607]

This looks delicious! With a different twist.

[@123ravegirlwuvzu]

My mom makes it with chicken s it’s white and the adobo sauce on the side so people can put as much as they want to their gusto it’s my favorite without being biased their is so much love and consideration in my mom’s cooking. I love this though to make a pozole in a way that represents you and your childhood and as a person it’s beautiful to me

[@eunices.7187]

Just right when I'm enjoying a delicious pozole made by me for breakfast

[@digitalhunk007]

My maternal grandmother is from Mexico. And every time I went down her house, she always had five things readily available in her kitchen...whether fridged or frozen: POSOLÉ, homemade tortillas (corn and flour), tamales, red and green chili, and pinto beans. I never knew a time when she didn’t have any of those foods in her kitchen. The posolé she made however, was the star of her cooking. 🤤

[@duvveed3523]

Always uses my mothers recipe, this New Years I added las hojas de avocado. Best new addition !

[@ferchsakura]

For the people wondering- yes iceberg lettuce is also common in Mexico LOL in Guanajuato it is commonly eaten with iceberg lettuce. I grew up in a town there and we never really used cabbage. For sure I have never seen someone prepare pozole this way, but iceberg lettuce is common in Guanajuato, wouldn’t doubt if it is common in central states. If cabbage was available for you to put on your pozole they would always have iceberg lettuce on the side.

[@samuelpenalba8258]

By the way, I admire the way she evolved the dish and made it with different flavors of Mexico. That’s awesome.

[@asies660]

Samuel Penalba she didn’t evolve it, she destroyed it!

[@JB-gw5we]

@@asies660 yea that ain't traditional if sh3 changes how its made

[@DisNugguhRiteHer]

Not how my grandma or father makes but definitely looks like a something I’d like to try!

[@annelycabrera5405]

I kind of want to try this it looks so interesting

[@elcompamilo2335]

She said from “Tijuana to Guadalajara” somebody give this chick a map that’s super vague that’s like saying from California to Chicago there’s a lot of Japanese lmao

[@jesusbarajas8067]

I think se meant Tijuana-Guadalajara not anything in between

[@vivian-rn8um]

She meant she moved between the 2 cities not anywhere between those two states so no need to be harsh.

[@lupemaydon]

I KNOW!! FALSA!

[@danielmariscal7599]

@@vivian-rn8um she a chicana we real mexicans dont claim her!

[@mom4958]

I'm from tijuana and i was confused when she added the seaweed, like we got Chinese cuisine in Tijuana and Mexicali but it's not genuine Chinese cuisine