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Corn- A Gift from the Ancient People of the Americas
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Today there are many kinds of foods and grains to eat.
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But long, long ago, before there were cities and farms, people stayed alive by following and hunting animals.
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Then some people found a plant called teosite. They planted it to eat and became farmers. They called it the "grain of the gods”. Over 1000’s of years it changed. It is now corn.
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A teosinte ear was only 2 to 3 inches long with five to 12 kernels. Each kernel had a very hard covering.
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Teosinte and early corn called maize.
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Corn was so important that the Aztecs believed there was a god of corn.
Centeotl was The Corn God of the Aztecs.
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Hun-Hunahpu, was called theFirst Fatherand Maize God of the Mayan.
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The Aztec had great cities and a great culture.
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An Aztec home
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Aztecfarmersplanted
corn. They
called it maize.
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Maize was the staple crop of the Aztecs. Aztec women ground the dried maize into flour on a stone slab with a stone roller.
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It was then made into flour and patted into a kind of pancake called a tortilla. Tortillas are still made this way today.
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Aztec women cooked on a clay disc called a comal, which stood on stones above a fire. People still cook this way today.
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Today, tortillas can be made by hand or by machine.
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Maize was made into a kind of porridge called atole.
People still make it today.
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The Aztecs ate 'envelopes' of steamed maize called tamales. Corn husks were stuffed with vegetables, meat or eggs. They are still eaten today.
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There are so many ways to eat corn. It is a gift that feeds us to this day.
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Many kinds of corn are grown and eaten all over the world.
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Now let’s make tortillas!