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Old January 1, 2018   #26
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Originally Posted by Worth1 View Post
Ironically none of those are native to the Americas.

If I were to pick a holey trinity for Mexico it would be Maize/corn, chilies and tomatoes.
Maize by far is the number one thing people of many parts of Mexico live on.
They even have a book Men Of Maize/Hombres De Maize.


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I did find that Chile Peppers, Corn and Beans (not tomatoes) has been mentioned as the trinity in a few Mexican cooking references.
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