"Wayne Lundberg" > wrote in message
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> I'm reading a fabulous book "1491" by Charles Mann.... there is a
> statement
> that maize will not propagate without human intervention. Further, there
> is
> no genetic antecedent which makes one a believer in Divine Intervention.
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> Add to this, that maize is really not a full nutrient unless treated with
> lie overnight? And who would have had that doctor in chemistry some 6,000
> years ago when maize gave birth to the Olmec and Tlatilco cultures?
>
> Wayne... forever in quest of the Garden of Eden in the Americas and why it
> was lost. (not to mention a good taco!)

You're all mixed up. Maize is descended from teosinthe). And you can eat
it with or without lye process.

you can eat it right off the stalk in fact. wet and good.

los dos felipes
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