Corn

Food is one of the necessities of life. I believe food has come to mean more than a means of survival. There are websites, TV shows, magazines all dedicated to food. There are thousands of recipes out on how to arrange all kinds of food in different ways. In my opinion, food is a representation of culture. I believe this based on the way food is prepared into a meal. Every meal is prepared with numerous ingredients, and the way a meal is prepared is different for each family; each person. Meals are different for each person because everyone was taught how to cook differently and they have different preferences. Food can also be a representation of a culture even when not used in a meal. In Nicaragua, a crop with numerous uses is corn.   It’s a fundamental basis of Nicaraguan gastronomy. Its wide usage and derivatives constitute the culinary inheritance by indigenous tribes that in lived in that area. One of the tribes was the Aztecs. Corn crop never started growing in Nicaragua. Corn was first grown in Mexico.  The Aztecs eventually moved from Mexico to various neighboring countries. One country was Nicaragua. The Aztecs didn’t just use the corn for eating. They adopted other uses and religious beliefs of corn.  It doesn’t appear that the religious beliefs remained through the generation. However, corn is stilled viewed as a highly important crop of Nicaragua’s as is evident in their various uses. Some examples include Gallo Pinto, Chicha.

Travel, O. (n.d.). Gastronomy. Retrieved from http://www.orotravel.com/Gastronomy_of_Nicaragua