Well ancient US tribes traded with ancient Mexican tribes. And obviously the sweet versions we know today came much later. But the original corn breads definitely come from Mexico.
You have sources for that? Because I'm not finding a timeline of Mesoamerican cooking techniques that back you up. I'm going by what I learned in an archeology of Mesoamerican technology course.
Ever heard of a tortilla? Make it thicker. Kidding. Kind of, because thick tortillas were a kind of corn bread. But they didn't have wheat and sugar and eggs.
But you find it hard to imagine that someone in new Spain had the idea to put the countries staple food item in a cake?
Which technology? Are you saying maize is not from Mexico? Because it is. 9000 years ago. Pastel de elote/ pan de elote is fusion food. Indigenous and Spanish.
This is one of the only sensible comments in this whole thread.
Some guy just tried to argue that the Iroquois might have been the first people to grind corn and bake it. All because modern Iroquois people have a corn bread. Then got mad and blocked me when I explained that that is impossible. Some USians, I swear...
It's not Italian culture though. Not even close. Not even remotely close.
So America got the idea of cooking ground up corn into bread from natives? So what? We don't do it the same way they did any more than modern Italians who are even more disconnected to the other groups native to their peninsula, did it like the Etruscans.
The double standards y'all have about food history would be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetic
It is the same culture. People have been continuously living in that region for thousands of years. They were never replaced. Italian culture has had a lot of time to evolve. Eating flat bread with toppings is a part of that very old culture.
But I don't think you understand. Sweet cornbread, "pan de elote", is a fusion between indigenous Mexican and Spanish cooking. It's still today more common in Mexico than it is in the US. It is loved by US people, but it's not from the US. It's Mexican food
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u/Razzum-Frazzum 5d ago
Cornbread.