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pinole U.S.|piːˈnəʊleɪ|
Also piˈnola, pinol |pɪˈnəʊl|.
[a. Amer. Sp. pinole, ad. Aztec pinolli.]
a. A meal made from parched corn-flour (more rarely wheat-flour) usually mixed with the sweet flour of mesquit-beans or sometimes with sugar and spice; a common article of food on the borders of Mexico and California.
1842A. Ganilh Ambrosio de Letinez I. vii. 91 Pinole is made with fine corn meal, pounded almonds, sugar and various spices. 1844J. Gregg Commerce Prairies I. vii. 159 This pod..the Apaches and other tribes of Indians grind into flour to make their favourite pinole. 1853Col. Benton Sp. 7 May (Farmer Amer.), It is a small party..and goes unencumbered with superfluites: no wheels, two or three mules apiece, and pinole, pemmican, and beef-dodgers for their principal support. 1854Bartlett Mex. Boundary I. xi. 269 The daily ration consisting of two pounds of pinole [etc.]. 1856Rep. Explor. & Surveys U.S.A. III. 115 (Stanf.) Its flavor is similar to that of pinole. 1893K. A. Sanborn Truthf. Wom. S. California 125 Pinola is parched corn ground fine between stones, eaten with milk. 1894Outing (U.S.) XXIII. 355/1 Tortillas of pinol are far better than the best hoecakes of the Southern States. 1942Castetter & Bell Pima & Papago Indian Agric. 38 In 1862 they sold the War Department more than one million pounds of wheat, as well as pinole, chickens, green peas, [etc.]. 1977New Yorker 20 June 49/1 He carries dried chum salmon for his dogs, and his own food is dried moose or bear meat and pinole—ground parched corn, to which he adds brown sugar.
b. A mixture of vanilla and other aromatic powders used to flavour chocolate.
1858Simmonds Dict. Trade. |