Tag: food

  • El Origen de la Mazamorra

    ~ el arroz zambito, la mazamorra de cochino y la mazamorra morada ~

    Todos hemos comido una buena mazamorra morada hecha, no necesariamente por tu propia abuela, por una tía, la amiga de la familia o la señora del barrio. Menos hemos comido una mazamorra de cochino o un buen arroz zambito. La textura de un arroz zambito es muy parecida a un arroz con leche, que todos en América Latina y cualquier hispanohablante posiblemente sí ha probado. Pero la textura de una mazamorra es solo propia de los países andinos— desde emolientes con mucha linaza o sábila en Perú y Ecuador o los apis en el sur peruano o Bolivia. Una textura pegajosa, no masticable, solamente absorbible; no necesariamente del agrado de todo el mundo. Ésta es solo comparable a lo que se consigue en Japón y, a veces China, con una planta conocida como Kudzu/Kuzu (葛) que además de ser de uso medicinal, su raíz tuberosa se utiliza como almidón en diversos postres y para espesar sopas y otros platillos.

    Como esta versión moderna de un pudding de coco con lima espesada con kudzu.

    Las supuestas raíces pre-colombinas de la mazamorra nos lleva al Ishkupcha, una mezcla de maíz con cal, según los detallado en el blog de Gloria Hinostroza donde escribe Historia de la Gastronomía Peruana – Parte 6 notando antiguas palabras quechua, seleccionadas por Horkheimer de antiguas crónicas de Garcilaso, Domingo de Santo Tomás, Middendorf y Varcárcel. Por otro lado, Mazamorra morada: historia, evolución y receta del postre peruano más popular publicado en el 2024 en El Comercio indica que en el libro La Cocina en el Virreinato del Perú de Rosario Olivas Weston se señala que durante la época incaica se cocinaba el champú (otro postre de textura similar a la mazamorra) y que al fermentarse, éste adquiría un color morado, y que finalmente se le terminó llamando “api.

    Con la llegada de los españoles, que ya habían sido influenciados por los árabes, el boom del comercio de especias como la canela y el clavo de olor chocan con la fécula de camote y el maíz morado (¿y la piña?), y así nace la mazamorra morada moderna. Según el historiador peruano Juan José Vegas se cree que los españoles trajeron al Virreinato del Perú unas concubinas moras, que muchas veces se convertían en domésticas y cocineras por lo que se creo el término “masa mora” para referirse a uno de sus platos. Sin embargo, según Larousse de la Gastronomía Peruana de Gastón Acurio, el origen del nombre nos lleva al ámbito de marinos mediterráneos que “quizá conocieron un dulce similar en los viajes que realizaban hacia el Oriente.” Este Oriente puede ser la zona del Maghreb en la actual Marruecos, Argelia, Túnez y Libia, donde supuestamente existe algo llamado “matmora” que nadie encuentra. Sin embargo los tunecinos tienen un postre tipo natilla llamado Bouza, aunque parece estar preparado con sorgo, avellanas, semillas de sésamo, leche y azúcar.

    En la búsqueda de un postre muy similar a la mazamorra que sea de origen árabe, me encontré docenas de versiones de arroz con leche, y versiones de éstos hechos con semolina, no obstante me encontré con un postre libanés y zona de influencia cerca al norte de África que se llama Meghli (مغلي, incluído en la foto) o Karawiyah. Considerado un “pudding de arroz” por el uso de harina de arroz en lugar del grano entero, azucarado, especiado y espesado, y adornado con una millonada de nueces, pasas y coco. Su color acaramelado proviene de las especias utilizadas en lugar de la chancaca o panela.

    Diferentes, pero también muy parecidos.

    Y así pues es la Ruta (de bajo presupuesto) de la Mazamorra.

    Feliz 28 de Julio!


  • Mamamoo’s Four Seasons x Four Colors x Four Drinks~

    Just finished going through Mamamoo’s Rooftop Live, and just got in the mood of finding drinks for Mamamoo’s Four Seasons, Four Colors project. Coz LOL Yeba saying the lime was a kiwi and trying to stab it xD and Whee-in’s mixology skills; and my children having a blast at their Red Moon and Yellow Flower cocktails. xD

    Even though I don’t drink, I do have a thing for mixology— especially for non-alcoholic drinks; so I spent some time browsing the web to find these seasonal drinks~

    First off~~~ Hwasa’s Yellow Flower drink: the Ginger Apricot cocktail.

    Apricots are -supposed to be- in season in spring and early summer~ they’re sweet compared to other spring-y things like cherries, kiwis, lemons, kumquats or strawberries… and they’re kinda like peaches, which are supposed to be in season later. The ginger adds to the punch xD

    According to rokz it’s made of:

    • 2.5 ounces ginger cardamom infused vodka
    • 0.5 ounce fresh lemon juice
    • 1 ounce apricot orange simple syrup
    • 1 ounce club soda
    • Pureed canned apricots

    Whee-in, you’re supposed to add your liquid ingredients (except the soda, coz lol carbonated) in the shaker with ice, shake it to chill it, and then pour it in your glass (with large ice cubes) through the strainer. Add some pureed apricot, top with soda.

    You could probably substitute the vodka (and soda xDDDDD) with non-alcoholic ginger beer. This is my favorite brand.

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  • Yu Aoi for Asahi Mogitate

    Amy the celebrity-endorsements-don’t-work-on-me is back XD and must reveal that now I drink much more caffeine than before (I blame Turkish coffee) and I’ve been drinking Soju. Damn it, Korea. And I begin talking about drinks because Yu-chan has a brand new sponsor in Asahi for their Asahi Mogitate (アサヒもぎたて) campaign. “Mogitate” means “fresh-picked,” and it’s the name of their new ‘ready-to-drink’ (RTD) product— Chuuhai aimed at women. The err… Drinks Association in Australia (?) has a really explanatory post on Asahi’s road to design the perfect RTD that women (and men) want to buy.

    I didn’t know the beer market in Japan had been shrinking. This is first news to me. Recommended watch: The Birth of Sake. Also, you gotta read about the Japanese whisky market and prices. Japan and their collectors’ stuff.

    Chuuhai, on the other hand~~~

    I do wonder if Yu-chan still sponsors Kirin xD

    Here’s the most recent one titled Mogitate and Summer Veggies Curry (もぎたてと夏野菜カレー)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QME4RowP8AU

    There’s also a Making Of xD

    The first one out back in early May is called Mogitate and Young Bamboo Shoots (もぎたてと白子たけのこ) after the break~

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  • Chocolate: Cheap vs. Expensive~

    I’ve never learned so much about chocolate texture and color xD Even though my love for it doesn’t stretch to wanting to try a $550 bar. lol

    I did get curious about Guittard chocolates, though.

    I must confess that I like cheap cocoa powder, though. xD


  • Woah, Shweta Menon~

    Look at that face, yo!

    I also love saying ‘Shweta‘ xD I’ve had Salt N’ Pepper on my queue for a while, but I think I’m also gonna go hunting for her movies. This picture seems to be a still from Thaaram, which I cannot find much info on xD At the moment, I might begin looking for Akkaldhamayile Pennu and Rathinirvedam, which are some of her most recent… and should be the easier to find. LOL

    And her husband, yo!

    Not only is my husband the most encouraging partner, he is more demanding than me when it comes to films, wanting me to do better roles. If I come across a character which is against the so-called ‘samskaram’ he would be the one pushing me to take it up. ‘You are an artiste and your job demands it’, he would say.

    source: Times of India

    LOVE!!! More actresses’ husbands like that!

    And I LOVE Food Films, so this quote on what her feelings on shooting Salt N’ Pepper makes me giddy. I’m gonna push that movie forward in my queue.

    ‘it’s going to be fantabulous’, I told them. So when I was eating the cake in the movie I was actually savouring every bit of it.

    She’s gonna have tough Food Film competition~~~


  • Ginger Here, Ginger There, Ginger Everywhere~

    Happy new year~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    YO!

    For the last couple of months, and ever since I started making my own chai at home, I’ve been obsessed over ginger. I’ve always been a fan of commercial ginger ale, but it was on my trip to Japan this past March when I had a cold bottle of Asahi Wilkinson Ginger Ale at Itasoba Kaoriya (板蕎麦 香り家) in Ebisu (Tokyo), a place for soba suggested by uzaigaijin. :P After that, I spent my whole trip having ginger ale in Japan, on top of bottled Kirin Milk Tea, lol

    Since then, I’ve been having ginger tea, and now— my cousin has started making ginger ice-cream as per my request xD A couple of weeks ago, my mother came over with half a bottle of Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer, which is just carbonated ginger water with some sugar. They also offer a Ginger Ale, as well as a Light Ginger Beer, so maybe the spice flavor is more intense on this one. I loveeeeee it.

    The only bad thing is that it’s imported, so it’s kinda expensive~ considering there’s tons of locally-grown ginger, but the food industry (as an industry, not small commerce) is so lacking. It pains me to see snacks, ice creams and sodas of the same flavors churned over and over again with a different name.


  • September Fandom Crossover Musings~

    Mina-san! Genki? Ha!

    Forgive the complete absent from the blog recently (two entries last month, and this is the first one this month!), I’ve been generally “more busy” updating the MUBI (the site formerly known as The Auteurs lol) database than even actually keeping up with news (trailers/music) on YAM Magazine or watching movies and shows. I’ve also been occupied watching Korean shows, which tend to make everyone procrastinate. And it’s not like it was priority-watching, either~ I’ve been watching Solar and Eric Nam’s We Got Married episodes, but my favorite watch and re-watches was Mamamoo x GFRIEND’s Showtime.

    I don’t actually stan GFRIEND, and I already have biases. Bless.

    moonbyul-sinb-new-girl-crush

    Bless, SinB. Bless SinB with Moonbyul, Bless New Crush Star. LOL

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  • Mamamoo Got No Chill for Pretz

    The first thing to notice- OMO, I’ve been saying Pretz wrong my WHOLE life. How does Pretz (which obviously derives from Pretzel) end up being “pritz”? HOW!?

    Second thing to notice… Solar, I’m never ever sharing snacks with you xD You bunch of adorable dorks.


  • I could watch 2 hours of Mamamoo rehearsals~

    I know it’s horrible to say this, but I’ve been wasting a lot of time watching (and re-watching) Mamamoo clips on YouTube — thank you, Mamamoo Trans, Mamamoo Comedy and Rara Dish. You’ve reduced my productivity hours. You guys are awesome and hilarious.

    I’ve just re-watched this re-upload of MMMTV from 2014 near Xmas. It’s glorious, I could watch Mamamoo rehearse all those two hours without editing.

    My dream is that Marca Peru, who has -for a number of failed years- tried to lure Asian tourist into the marvelous sights of our country, will get in touch with Mamamoo, pay them their sponsor fees on top of 3 months to tour the WHOLE country. Eat (weird things, among others)… because turns out Mamamoo girls love choncholi~ though they say they love “intestine soup” (it sounds to me like ‘desang tang’ but I couldn’t find the actual name of the dish) and we eat intestines more like their Gopchang Gui (곱창구이) counterpart.

    Imagine three months of Mamamoo travel adventures sailing the Amazon river, sand-boarding, visiting the sea lions of Paracas, visiting Machu Picchu; eating anticuchos, choncholi, picarones, all our varieties of ceviche (conchas negras ‘black conch,’ paiche), Arequipa soups, Juanes, Tacacho with cecina, high on sugar of perfect manjar blanco, suspiro a la limeña, and enchant them with a their daily dose of Queso Helado (‘frozen cheese’ that is not literally frozen cheese, but just milk and cinnamon ice cream). Just feed Mamamoo and let them be hyperactive, record it and present it as a 15-episode variety program of cross-cultural integration between Marca Peru and the Visit Korea program.

    End the thing with a small unplugged concert. Ta-da! Broadcast tourism program~

    Or we can just get Donnie Yen.


  • PepsiCo Bring Happiness Home 2016: The Monkey King Family

    Pepsi is prepping for the upcoming year of the Monkey in the Lunar calendar and Chinese horoscope with a commercial on the legendary Monkey King full of nostalgia and tradition. The recount of the generational Monkey King is a bit choppy, but it gets to its point.

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