Why is corn so important to the mexican people?

Question

please don't give me a whole lot of stuff that are like nonsence i gotta do this for a project!

Answer 1

When you look at different societies and the type of food they eat, basically what is available in that certain area is what they commonly eat.  Why Mexicans eat corn is like saying why Chinese eat rice.

corn/ maize was specifically cultivated to produce large ears.  Since it's a crop, it was a more dependable source of food.  According to research, a decline in Mussel populations coincided with the increase in maize cultivation.

Answer 2

i don't know about it being big. i'm chicano. i will say that the aztecs did have this thing where they would grow

corn.squash.and beans on the same stick. the cycle of the way it grew would replenish the land instead of deplete it of its vitamins and nutrients.

Answer 3

Corn was life for early indigenous groups.  

Tortillas are a staple with mexican meals.

Answer 4

maybe because corn is used in many dishes and they used to use corn to make corn meal to make tortillas and other corn meals

Answer 5

its not IMPORTANT, rather a culture, a tradition! just the americans have ....well..........they dont really have a culture!! newys!

Answer 6

Like any other culture, the staples of their diet where the foods grown in their area. Countries and empires that conqured took with them the foods of the conqured lands.

Answer 7

Corn is a big crop in Mexico...so they use it many of their dishes.

Answer 8

The ancient Mayas grew this (but it was called maize) and it became part of their diet..I think that's how it's important..

Answer 9

It is more important to the people in the U.S.