Meanings (ES + gloss)
nesquisa • nesquiza • nishtamal • nistamal (Mesoamerica) • nistayol • nixtamal • nixtayol (nishtayol)
A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’
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