I same across these interesting facts - 1. One of the world's tastiest
and most popular cuisines, Mexican food also may be one of the oldest
2.Ancient Americans liked it hot. Some details of the same are
available at

http://theanalystmagazine.com/pr/1302.htm

On 2007-07-11, > wrote:
> I same across these interesting facts - 1. One of the world's tastiest
> and most popular cuisines, Mexican food also may be one of the oldest
> 2.Ancient Americans liked it hot. Some details of the same are
> available at

Typical pop science. Native Indians ate edible indigenous plants which
happened to be members of the pepper family. Gee, what a revelation.

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2007-07-11, > wrote:
>> I same across these interesting facts - 1. One of the world's
>> tastiest and most popular cuisines, Mexican food also may be one of
>> the oldest
>> 2.Ancient Americans liked it hot. Some details of the same are
>> available at
>
> Typical pop science. Native Indians ate edible indigenous plants
> which happened to be members of the pepper family. Gee, what a
> revelation.
>
> nb

It always surprises me to find people are amazed Mexicans are "native" to
this continent... just not what is defined as the continental U.S. Those
are our defined borders, not the natural ones. Having said that, I do enjoy
reading Smithsonian magazine. They don't make you jump from page 5 to page
15 to finish reading an article The articles are contiguous, just turn
the page. Someone here will get the joke. <G>

Jill

On Jul 11, 8:13 am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2007-07-11, > wrote:
>
> > I same across these interesting facts - 1. One of the world's tastiest
> > and most popular cuisines, Mexican food also may be one of the oldest
> > 2.Ancient Americans liked it hot. Some details of the same are
> > available at
>
> Typical pop science. Native Indians ate edible indigenous plants which
> happened to be members of the pepper family. Gee, what a revelation.
>

Ethnobotany is hardly pop science, buster.

T

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:18:17 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:


>
>It always surprises me to find people are amazed Mexicans are "native" to
>this continent... just not what is defined as the continental U.S. Those
>are our defined borders, not the natural ones. Having said that, I do enjoy
>reading Smithsonian magazine. They don't make you jump from page 5 to page
>15 to finish reading an article The articles are contiguous, just turn
>the page. Someone here will get the joke. <G>
>
>Jill
>
Mexicans are not native to this continent. Some of their ancestor are
early arrivals, to this continent, but they became mexican when a
Mexican state was formed, including spanish interlopers. :-)

On 2007-07-11, Pan Ohco > wrote:

> Mexicans are not native to this continent. Some of their ancestor are
> early arrivals, to this continent, but they became mexican when a
> Mexican state was formed, including spanish interlopers. :-)

So I also thought. It appears such is not the case:

http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm

nb

notbob wrote:
> On 2007-07-11, Pan Ohco > wrote:
>
>> Mexicans are not native to this continent. Some of their ancestor are
>> early arrivals, to this continent, but they became mexican when a
>> Mexican state was formed, including spanish interlopers. :-)
>
> So I also thought. It appears such is not the case:
>
> http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm
>
> nb

Thanks, nb. Apparently Pan needs to read more Smithsonian magazines

Jill

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:04:50 -0500, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

>notbob wrote:
>> On 2007-07-11, Pan Ohco > wrote:
>>
>>> Mexicans are not native to this continent. Some of their ancestor are
>>> early arrivals, to this continent, but they became mexican when a
>>> Mexican state was formed, including spanish interlopers. :-)
>>
>> So I also thought. It appears such is not the case:
>>
>> http://www.indians.org/welker/aztec.htm
>>
>> nb
>
>Thanks, nb. Apparently Pan needs to read more Smithsonian magazines
>
>Jill
>
Jill my subscription will be in the mail shortly. B-)