What's the difference between mezcal and pulque?

Mezcal


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Mescal.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There are other can't-miss-cocktails, with mezcal, whiskey, and rum bases, if tequila is not your poison.
  • (2) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.

Pulque


Definition:

  • (n.) An intoxicating Mexican drink. See Agave.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These results can be useful to conduct further epidemiological studies still needed to determine the etiologic role of pulque consumption as well as of the other risk factors.
  • (2) Pulque is believed to stimulate milk production in lactating women.
  • (3) The purpose of this study was to quantify the ethanol consumed as pulque by eleven lactating rural women as well as its clearance rate in blood and milk.
  • (4) A high and statistically significant correlation was found with pulque availability and consumption (r = 72-92%, p less than 0.01) in all periods of time under examination.
  • (5) Forget tequila and mezcal, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic drink is pulque , made from the fermented sap of an agave plant.
  • (6) Women from rural areas of the central plateau of Mexico drink during pregnancy and lactation a mild alcoholic beverage called pulque as a galactogogue.
  • (7) The volume of pulque consumed was measured and a sample was saved to determine the ethanol content.
  • (8) The group of pulque-drinking mothers had an average age of 29.0 + 5.9 years, height of 151.0 + 5.0 cm while nondrinking mothers were 25.5 + 6.0 years and 149.0 + 5.2 cm, respectively.
  • (9) Nonetheless, the current data stress the need to implement public health programs to reduce alcohol consumption, especially pulque, and to minimize the impact of these risk factors in high mortality areas.
  • (10) This article has been amended as the main image originally showed the making of tejate instead of pulque.
  • (11) Mature pulque showed little variation in ethanol concentration or in total carbohydrates, independently of temperature or duration of storage.
  • (12) The present data demonstrate that there is no differential elimination of ethanol in maternal blood and milk following ingestion of a moderate amount of pulque during lactation.
  • (13) In its natural state, pulque can be slimy and sour-tasting, but it is rich in probiotics, vitamins and minerals.
  • (14) Both groups showed a similar clearance pattern regardless of the volume of pulque ingested.
  • (15) At 120 minutes the ethanol concentration had declined by only 5.5% in the blood and 11% in the milk of group B. Pulque contributes about 350 kcal per day to these women, who have daily caloric intakes averaging 2100 kcal.
  • (16) On the study day the women breakfasted on tortillas, beans, soup and tea, accompanied by their usual quantity of pulque.
  • (17) This investigation aims to describe the physical growth of 32 infants born to mothers accustomed to drinking pulque, a mild alcoholic beverage, on a daily basis during pregnancy and lactation and to quantitate the ethanol disposed through the milk, as well as to identify cases of newborns with fetal alcohol syndrome.
  • (18) The mothers in group A had younger infants, lower body weights, and smaller volumes of pulque ingested on average than the mothers in group B.
  • (19) This work assessed the quantity of ethanol consumed in pulque, a mildly alcoholic beverage from the maguey cactus, and its clearance rate in the blood and milk of 11 rural women in the state of Mexico.
  • (20) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Glasses of pulque, Las Duelistas, Mexico.

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