amaranto

media type="custom" key="23944054" align="right"Amaranto = Amaranth
related: food, comida indigena, veg editing: [|What to eat in Oaxca]

Family: [|Amaranthaceae], related to huauzontle

Amaranth is an herb related to pigweed (and also known as Cockscomb) and is rich in proteins, minerals and vitamins A, B, C, B1, B2 and B3, as well as folic acid, niacin, calcium and iron.

Leaves and seeds of amaranth are edible.

Amaranth seeds formed the base of a dough called tzoalli that was used by the Mexica (Aztecs) to make figures used as part of religious rituals. The Spaniards characterized these rituals as blasphemous, and repressed the making of the figures and the cultivation of amaranth.

http://www.huboaxaca.org/?p=6058
 * October 4** Dia del Amaranto (Amaranth Day)


 * 2012** https://www.facebook.com/events/161688303968952

Facebook
[|Grupo De Enlace Amaranto Mexicano] https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amaranth-Institute/121280641258594

Twitter
[|@amaranthforum]

Wikipedia
[|Amaranth] [] http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranthus_caudatus

Alegrias Recipe
http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/fiestaappetizers/r/alegrias.htm

Elsewhere
http://www.puentemexico.org - https://twitter.com/PuenteSalud http://amaranthinstitute.org - https://twitter.com/amaranthforum - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Amaranth-Institute/121280641258594

Headlines
http://www.noticiasnet.mx/portal/oaxaca/173853-amaranto-maravilla-alimentaria

Mexico City
Amaranto es declarado patrimonio cultural de la CDMX (2016) http://razon.com.mx/spip.php?article320587 http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2016/09/04/declaran-al-amaranto-patrimonio-cultural-intangible-de-la-cdmx http://mxcity.mx/2017/01/la-historia-del-voto-femenino-en-mexico