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COMAL
A comal is the flat griddle used for toasting tortillas and charring chiles and tomatoes. Traditional ones are clay, though many kitchens now use steel or cast iron.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
METATE
The metate is a slab of volcanic stone used with a hand stone to grind corn, chiles and cacao. The word comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
MOLE
Mole poblano from Puebla is the famous one, with chiles, nuts, seeds, spices and a bit of chocolate. The name comes from the Nahuatl word molli, meaning sauce.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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A free Mexican kitchen word search, set around a hot comal and a pot of mole going low on the stove.

About The Mexican Kitchen

In a Mexican home kitchen, the day often starts with masa and a hot flat griddle. The corn is first simmered with slaked lime, a process called nixtamalization that goes back thousands of years in Mesoamerica, then ground and patted into tortillas and stacked in a cloth to keep warm. Mole poblano, the dark sauce from Puebla, takes the better part of a day, and every family swears theirs is the right one.

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