Mole. Not the animal, the sauce. From the Nahuatl word molli meaning "sauce." You know, like guacamole. The Nahuatl word for avocado is āhuacatl, which became aguacate in Spanish. So ahuacamolli becomes guacamole, or quite literally, avocado sauce. But back to mole.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Chocolate Mole
Mole. Not the animal, the sauce. From the Nahuatl word molli meaning "sauce." You know, like guacamole. The Nahuatl word for avocado is āhuacatl, which became aguacate in Spanish. So ahuacamolli becomes guacamole, or quite literally, avocado sauce. But back to mole.
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