Corn cob

Museum number:
3-27410d
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Accession number:
Acc.3118
Description:
Yellow corn cob. 14cm. 1. Native name and meaning: elote. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Rather like U.S.A corn. No good for tortillas. They do strip off husks and roast over coals in brazier on the street. Also used in some soups (not pozole). There is a special verb (elotiar) for corn growing for elote.
Donor:
Marvin J. Schmid
Collection place:
Chapala municipality, Jalisco, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collection date:
1975
Taxon:
Zea mays
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Botanical samples
Function:
8.1 Foods
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Corn cob, accession number 3-27410d, described as Yellow corn cob. 14cm. 1. Native name and meaning: elote. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Rather like U.S.A corn. No good for tortillas. They do strip off husks and roast over coals in brazier on the street. Also used in some soups (not pozole). There is a special verb (elotiar) for corn growing for elote.

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