panocha
Coarse sugar confection
Panocha has two distinct meanings depending on region.
In Mexican and Southwestern American cooking, it's a coarse brown sugar made from unrefined cane juice, used in traditional desserts and puddings.
In vulgar Spanish slang that has crossed into English, panocha is the vulva—equivalent to *pussy* in tone and taboo level.
Context usually makes clear which sense is intended: She made panocha candy for the holidays versus locker-room talk.
Unrefined whole cane sugar
- dulceSugary, in Romance languages
- cone-shapedTapering to a point
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- caramelCooked sugar confection
molasses · sugarcane · brown sugar · jaggery · mold · hardened · grated · dissolved
Sucrose-yielding tropical grass
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- evaporationLiquid turning to gas
campo · cutting · machete · cane fields · production · seasonal · workers · extraction
piloncillo
Unrefined whole cane sugar
- dulceSugary, in Romance languages
- cone-shapedTapering to a point
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
caramel · molasses · sugarcane · brown sugar · jaggery · mold · hardened · grated · dissolved · atole
sugarcane
Sucrose-yielding tropical grass
evaporation · campo · cutting · machete · cane fields · production · seasonal · workers · extraction · kettles
sprouted
Started to grow
tortilla · New Mexico · southwestern · dried · ground · fermented · bread · porridge · sweet · traditional
maple
Sap-yielding hardwood tree
- creamySmooth and rich
- confectionElaborate sweet preparation
- nutsSeeds in shells
pecans · walnuts · vanilla · butter · soft · chewy · homemade · old-fashioned · candy · dessert
panochagranulated sugar
Refined crystalline sweetening agent
white sugar · table sugar · superfine sugar · powdered sugar · caster sugar