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Mezcal is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli, which means “oven-cooked agave.”
Agaves, or magueys, are endemic to Mexico and can be found globally. More than 70% of mezcal is made in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, but it is also distilled in Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas and Michoacan. Taking a native fermented drink (pulque), made from the maguey plant, the conquistadors experimented with the agave plant. What they eventually landed on was a method to prepare a distillable fermented mash; the result becoming mezcal. Mezcal is still made using the heart of the agave plant, (the piña), and today its preparation method is nearly the same as when made 200 years ago. Mezcal is generally consumed straight. It has a strong smoky flavor. A cousin of sorts to tequila (which is made from the blue agave in select regions of the country), a third member of the family is racilla. Bonus for us, racilla is produced in the state of Jalisco, so we will be on the hunt for this native during our September 20 - 24 Mexico Fitness, Food, Fun session. Raicilla has more of a subtle smokiness, but is generally more pungently acidic, fruity and floral when compared to mezcal and tequila. We prepped this short video clip in February 2020 at Barber and Booze in Old Town, Puerto Vallarta. Thank you to our taster and model, AJ. Yes, you may enjoy custom concoctions while waiting to be seated in the chair, or while hanging at the bar here. Join us on our next small group hosted trip to Puerto Vallarta, September 20 - 24. Perfect for solo travelers, female travelers, couples and the adventurous.
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Shared from Vallarta Lifestyle, June 1, 2021. Author Jorge Chávez, Chief Editor Believe it or not, the history of Puerto Vallarta dates back more than 2,600 years. This is demonstrated by the investigations carried out by archaeologist Joseph B. Mountjoy from the University of Carolina, who affirmed—after conducting a Carbon 14 dating test on a clay pot found in 1991—that the earliest inhabitants in the region date back to a period between 580 and 320 BC.
But it was until May 31st, 1918, that the Jalisco State Congress decreed that Las Peñas commissariat would be elevated to a municipality, changing its name to Puerto Vallarta. In 1968, this place began to develop its infrastructure and the air and land connection was more evident, so it was named the City of Puerto Vallarta Yesterday, our beautiful city commemorated its 103rd anniversary as a municipality and the 53rd anniversary as a city. To celebrate it, the Puerto Vallarta Malecón served as the setting for an afternoon-evening anniversary event that included a charro performance, as well as regional dances, live mariachi music and, of course, a fireworks display. In the morning, a ceremony was held in the former Municipality City Hall to commemorate the greatness of the Vallarta people who laid the foundations for the construction of this port, as well as those with their heroic acts and in the service of others have left a mark on the current history of this destination. Similarly, the different public health institutions that have faced the health contingency were recognized and a posthumous tribute was also made to César Chávez for his heroic action to save a little girl who was drowning in Olas Altas beach. With this series of activities, Puerto Vallarta celebrated one more year of history and demonstrates its consolidation as a paradise that continues to be highly attractive both visitors and residents. from travel in 2020 In the U.S., I would not hop into the car of a stranger. Especially not a car stopped at the end of an isolated road in the jungle of Mexico. But in doing so yesterday, I learned something about Mexican pop culture and regional technology. * There’s yet another mobile app. It is called inDriver, and it’s akin to Priceline’s name your own price feature. Uber MX already offers a sizable savings compared to taxis here; inDriver has the potential for even more saving. * For the cost of a bottle of tequila, my driver Jose would permit me to write his biography. * Jose, whose full name has several hyphens, emphatically stated that 1960s Mexican soap opera, or telenovela, stars started the trend to hyphenate and lengthen their names. I tried to locate some of those character stings of names from 1960s telenovelas. No luck. I think however, most of us are familiar with the custom of including father and mother surnames. Per an article from University of Wisconsin, “The two surnames names are ancestral, with the father’s family name followed by the mother’s family name. In Colombia, for example, “Ernesto Escobar Vega” uses two surnames (“Escobar Vega”) as his legal name, with “Escobar” coming from his father and “Vega” coming from his mother. … Many Hispanics in the U.S. hyphenate ‘Escobar-Vega’ as their surname so that people know that ‘Escobar’ is not a middle name. The concept of a middle name is foreign to most Hispanic cultures.” |
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