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Maxa -- corn meal treated with a mineral so it becomes dough-like, used to make tamale-like food items where maxa is filled with spicy ingredients, then wrapped in banana, fig or avocado leaves, or kelp; also the name for these wraps themselves, popular especially for workers 'breakfasts.
Archive 2004-08-08 Maggie Jochild 2004
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Maxa -- corn meal treated with a mineral so it becomes dough-like, used to make tamale-like food items where maxa is filled with spicy ingredients, then wrapped in banana, fig or avocado leaves, or kelp; also the name for these wraps themselves, popular especially for workers 'breakfasts.
PYA: GLOSSARY FROM SKENISH TO ENGLISH Maggie Jochild 2004
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