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I literally just bought some nixtamal online the other day, I wish there were more shops that carried it. More interestingly, I was extremely surprised to disc

I literally just bought some nixtamal online the other day, I wish there were more shops that carried it. More interestingly, I was extremely surprised to discover that nixtamal is completely absent in South America, despite the high consumption of corn products. I lived in Peru for a time, and buying nixtamal was impossible, not one vendor, physical or online, carried it.

ingenieros 3y ago
The process is not completely absent in South America, it's just named differently. In Colombia for example it is referred to as maíz "pelado" and in Venezuela it is spelled slightly different "pelao" but the process is identical to what Mexicans call nixtamal.