A Note on Horchata

Horchata. Not Mexican rice milk. In fact, drink made from chufas, in valencia. I am certain.

So there is this delicious thing that I've had here in Madrid a couple of times and it is called horchata. And everytime I tried to ask somebody what it really is, they can't explain it properly. Mostly because there is no such thing in the U.S. Or, what there is, is stolen from Spain and it's former colonies. So I googled the damn thing and found out what it really is, and what it's latin offspring are as well.

Apparently horchata is made from chufa. Yes, chufa. It's sort of a nut and it is grown primarily in Valencia, but also in Egypt, from what I can gather. So you mush up the chufa with water and some sugar and maybe some cinnamon and voila, you have horchata.

But in Mexico and other Latin American countries Horchata is also a name for a sort of sweet rice milk. Which I've never had but can only imagine is quite tasty.

In the end, what I really want right now, is some really good rice pudding. Yes, rice pudding. Not horchata (delicious as it may be). But oh, some warm, homemade, rice pudding would be spectacular.

Damn, I wish I had American Beauty on my computer too.

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