1835–45, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl pinolli flour, something ground
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Zepeda tops it with mamey curd, brown butter almond cake, and a pinole crumble.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
They sometimes left him tortillas and pinole, a porridge of crushed corn and water.
From New York Times • May 21, 2012
After his run that day, he drank pinole in the four-wheel-drive support vehicle.
From Washington Post
In an era of energy gels and endurance drinks, he’s consuming mostly mineral water, cacao and a traditional ground maize called pinole.
From Washington Post
Kah, pinole, is a drink made by mixing the meal of roasted maize with water.
From The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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