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206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
these versatile containers for use during the rest of the war and following the ending of hostilities. The Cowley plant was turned over to aircraft repair and production of Tiger Moth pilot trainers, as well as "mine sinkers" based on a design produced at the same plant during the First World War.
## Pos... | 4,300 |
206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
version of the Minor. A later Morris Oxford (the 1956 Morris Oxford III) was the basis for the design of India's Hindustan Ambassador, which continued in production until 2014.
They used six engines and five (and a half) car bodies, of which the "specialist" three were obsolescent, the rest very closely ... | 4,301 |
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marques would be seen on several families of similar vehicles.
## British Leyland.
In 1966, BMC acquired Jaguar to create British Motor Holdings (BMH), which subsequently merged with Leyland Motors in 1968 to form the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC), and subsequently, in 1975, the nationalised ... | 4,302 |
206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
in 1980 to become the Morris Ital, while the Princess was restyled for 1982 to become the Austin Ambassador. British Leyland later confirmed that the Morris brand would be discontinued on the all-new replacement for these two cars, which was finally launched in April 1984 as the Austin Montego.
The Morri... | 4,303 |
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Steel plant were turned over to the production of Austin and Rover-badged vehicles. They continued to be used by BL's Austin Rover Group and its successor the Rover Group, which was eventually bought by BMW, and then by a management consortium, leading to the creation of MG Rover.
None of the former Morr... | 4,304 |
206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
business is commemorated in the Morris Motors Museum at the Oxford Bus Museum.
Post-Morris cars to have been built at Cowley include the Austin/MG Maestro, Austin/MG Montego, Rover 600, Rover 800 and (for a short time) the Rover 75.
# Badge.
The Morris badge shows an ox fording the River Isis, the trad... | 4,305 |
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(16 hp)
- 1927–1929 - Morris Six (18 hp)
- 1929–1935 - Morris Isis (18 or 25 hp)
- 1928–1932 - Morris Minor (8 hp)
- 1929–1935 - Morris Oxford Six, Sixteen and Twenty (16 or 20 hp)
- 1931–1934 - Morris Cowley (12 or 14 hp)
- 1931–1933 - Morris Major (15 hp then 14 hp)
- 1932–1948 - Morris Ten (10 h... | 4,306 |
206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
MO (14 hp)
- 1948–1953 - Morris Six MS
- 1954–1956 - Morris Oxford Series II
- 1954–1959 - Morris Cowley
- 1955–1958 - Morris Isis
- 1956–1959 - Morris Oxford Series III
- 1957–1960 - Morris Marshal (BMC Australia)
- 1958–1964 - Morris Major (BMC Australia)
- 1959–1971 - Morris Oxford Farina
- 19... | 4,307 |
206506 | Morris Motors | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morris%20Motors | Morris Motors
- Morris Major (BMC Australia)
- 1959–1971 - Morris Oxford Farina
- 1959–1969 - Morris Mini Minor
- 1964–1968 - Morris Mini Moke (United Kingdom)
- 1966–1973 - Morris Mini Moke (Australia)
- 1962–1971 - Morris 1100
- 1967–1971 - Morris 1300
- 1968–???? - Morris 11/55 (South African market variant o... | 4,308 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
Rule by decree
Rule by decree is a style of governance allowing quick, unchallenged creation of law by a single person or group, and is used primarily by dictators, absolute monarchs and military leaders.
The expression is also sometimes used when describing actions of democratic governments that are p... | 4,309 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
or months to pass in a legislature, but can be created with the stroke of a pen by a leader ruling by decree. This is what makes it valuable in emergency situations. Thus, it is allowed by many constitutions, including the French, Argentine and Indian constitutions.
# Lex Titia and Second Triumvirate.
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206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
authoritarian powers for five years, was enacted and reinstated consecutive in 38 BC. It finally collapsed in 33/32 BC, after the downfall of Lepidus, leading to the Final war of the Roman Republic and the total collapse of republican government.
# Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933.
The most pr... | 4,311 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
which suspended the Constitution without repealing it, lasted until the end of the Third Reich in 1945.
# Decrees in non-dictatorial regimes.
Some democratic leaders, such as the presidents of Mexico, France and Argentina may rule by decree in national emergencies, subject to constitutional and other l... | 4,312 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
India.
During the Indian Emergency from 1975 to 1977, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had laws passed that allowed her to rule by decree.
## Ireland.
Ireland's Emergency Powers Act allows the government to rule by decrees called "Emergency Powers Orders" in any aspect of national life, if the parliament ... | 4,313 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
during transition from the Russian Constitution of 1978 (which was modelled after the obsolete Soviet Constitution of 1977) to the current 1993 Constitution.
## Venezuela.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was granted executive power by the National Assembly to rule by decree multiple times throughout h... | 4,314 |
206530 | Rule by decree | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rule%20by%20decree | Rule by decree
ezuela by decree for the majority of the period from 19 November 2013 through 2018.
# Giorgio Agamben's critique of the use of decrees-law.
Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has claimed that there has been an explosion in the use of various types of decrees (decree-law, presidential decrees, executiv... | 4,315 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
Mexican cuisine
Mexican cuisine began about 9000 years ago, when agricultural communities such as the Maya formed, domesticating maize, creating the standard process of corn nixtamalization, and establishing their foodways. Successive waves of other Mesoamerican groups brought with them their own cooki... | 4,316 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
turkey, spirulina, sweet potato, cactus, and chili pepper.
After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 16th century, Europeans introduced a number of other foods, the most important of which were meats from domesticated animals (beef, pork, chicken, goat, and sheep), dairy products (especiall... | 4,317 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
in Oaxaca, Veracruz and the Yucatán Peninsula. Mexican cuisine is an important aspect of the culture, social structure and popular traditions of Mexico. The most important example of this connection is the use of mole for special occasions and holidays, particularly in the South and Central regions of t... | 4,318 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish conquistadors, with some new influences since then. Mexican cuisine has been influenced by its proximity to the US-Mexican border. For example, burritos were thought to have been invented for easier transportation of beans by wrapping them i... | 4,319 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
such as edible flowers, vegetables like huauzontle and papaloquelite, or small criollo avocados, whose skin is edible.
Vegetables play an important role in Mexican cuisine. Common vegetables include zucchini, cauliflower, corn, potatoes, spinach, Swiss chard, mushrooms, jitomate (red tomato), green tom... | 4,320 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
(custard apple) are popular, especially in the center and south of the country.
## Corn.
Despite the introduction of wheat and rice to Mexico, the basic starch remains corn in almost all areas of the country and is the base of many recipes (e.g. corn tortillas, atole, pozol, menudo, tamal). While it i... | 4,321 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
but other versions exist, such as wheat in the north or plantain, yuca and wild greens in Oaxaca.
## Chili peppers.
The other basic ingredient in all parts of Mexico is the chile pepper. Mexican food has a reputation for being very spicy, but it has a wide range of flavors and while many spices are us... | 4,322 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
of the chile goes back to the Mesoamerican period, where it was considered to be as much of a staple as corn and beans. In the 16th century, Bartolomé de las Casas wrote that without chiles, the indigenous people did not think they were eating. Even today, most Mexicans believe that their national ident... | 4,323 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
called pozole is defined as white, green or red depending on the chile sauce used or omitted. Tamales are differentiated by the filling which is again defined by the sauce (red or green chile pepper strips or mole). Dishes without a sauce are rarely eaten without a salsa or without fresh or pickled chil... | 4,324 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
turkey, and dairy products were absent. The Spanish also introduced the technique of frying in pork fat. Today, the main meats found in Mexico are pork, chicken, beef, goat, and sheep. Native seafood and fish remains popular, especially along the coasts.
Cheesemaking in Mexico has evolved its own speci... | 4,325 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
the most traditional Mexican cooking done domestically based on local ingredients. Cooking for the family is usually considered to be women’s work, and this includes cooking for celebrations as well. Traditionally girls have been considered ready to marry when they can cook, and cooking is considered a ... | 4,326 |
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and often with a fruit drink.
In the evening, it is common to eat leftovers from the comida or sweet bread accompanied by coffee or chocolate. Breakfast can consist of meat in broth (such as pancita), tacos, enchiladas or meat with eggs. This is usually served with beans, tortillas, and coffee or juice... | 4,327 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
in order to maintain social relationships. Even the idea of flavor is considered to be social, with meals prepared for certain dinners and certain occasions when they are considered the most tasty.
The ability to cook well, called "sazón" (lit. seasoning) is considered to be a gift generally gained fro... | 4,328 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
to feed hundreds of guests, requiring groups of cooks. The cooking is part of the social custom meant to bind families and communities.
Mexican regional home cooking is completely different from the food served in most Mexican restaurants outside Mexico, which is usually some variety of Tex-Mex. Some o... | 4,329 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
are more often used, though the texture is a bit different. Most people in Mexico would say that those made with a molcajete taste better, but few do this now.
The most important food for festivals and other special occasions is mole, especially mole poblano in the center of the country. Mole is served... | 4,330 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
at that time, allowing for the substitution of these cheaper foods, or the fact that they can be bought ready-made or may already be made as part of the family business.
Another important festive food is the tamale, also known as "tamal" in Spanish. This is a filled cornmeal dumpling, steamed in a wrap... | 4,331 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
of Mexico and in banana leaves in the tropics.
## Street food.
Mexican street food is one of the most varied parts of the cuisine. It can include tacos, quesadillas, pambazos, tamales, huaraches, alambres, al pastor, and food not suitable to cook at home, including barbacoa, carnitas, and since many h... | 4,332 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
on the pre-Hispanic custom of picking up other foods with tortillas as utensils were not used. The origin of the word is in dispute, with some saying it is derived from Nahuatl and others from various Spanish phrases. Tacos are not eaten as the main meal; they are generally eaten before midday or late i... | 4,333 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
lamb in most of the country.
Another popular street food, especially in Mexico City and the surrounding area is the torta. It consists of a roll of some type, stuffed with several ingredients. This has its origins in the 19th century, when the French introduced a number of new kinds of bread. The torta... | 4,334 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
a hot sandwich, with beans, cream (mayonnaise is rare) and some kind of hot chile pepper.
The influence of American fast food on Mexican street food grew during the late 20th century. One example of this is the craving of the hot dog, but prepared Sonoran style. They are usually boiled then wrapped in ... | 4,335 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
border security at the Port of Entry. Both US and Mexican governments have proposed a project that would widen the streets of the border, allowing for more people to pass through the border. Widening the border would decimate neighboring mercados that rely on the business of travelers.
Besides food, st... | 4,336 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
not yet cultivated, so one main source of calories was roasted agave hearts. By 1200 BCE, corn was domesticated and a process called nixtamalization, or treatment with lye, was developed to soften corn for grinding and improve its nutritional value. This allowed the creation of tortillas and other kinds... | 4,337 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
obtain. Other protein sources included amaranth, domesticated turkey, insects such as grasshoppers, beetles and ant larvae, iguanas, and turtle eggs on the coastlines. Vegetables included squash and their seeds; chilacayote; jicama, a kind of sweet potato; and edible flowers, especially those of squash.... | 4,338 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
ate corn, beans, turkey, fish, small game, insects and a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, pulses, seeds, tubers, wild mushrooms, plants and herbs that they collected or cultivated.
## Post-conquest.
Mexican educator Justo Sierra said that "the grocer, not the conquistador, is the real Spanish fathe... | 4,339 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
foods included olive oil, rice, onions, garlic, oregano, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, and many other herbs and spices. More importantly, they introduced domesticated animals, such as pigs, cows, chickens, goats and sheep for meat and milk, raising the consumption of protein. Cheese became the most impor... | 4,340 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
expensive in Mexico. One of the main avenues for the mixing of the two cuisines was in convents.
For example, the Spanish brought rice to Mexico and it has since grown well in Veracruz. New World tomatoes eventually replaced the use of expensive Spanish saffron, as well as other local ingredients. Suga... | 4,341 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
which have had some effect on the food. During the French intervention in Mexico, French food became popular with the upper classes. An influence on these new trends came from chef Tudor, who was brought to Mexico by the Emperor Maximilian of Habsburg. One lasting evidence of this is the variety of brea... | 4,342 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
of food influences between Mexico and the United States. Mexican cooking was of course still practiced in what is now the Southwest United States after the Mexican–American War, but Diana Kennedy, in her book "The Cuisines of Mexico" (published in 1972), drew a sharp distinction between Mexican food and... | 4,343 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
the Mexican Revolution. One other very visible sign of influence from the United States is the appearance of fast foods, such as hamburgers, hot dogs and pizza.
In the latter 20th century, international influence in Mexico has led to interest and development of haute cuisine. In Mexico, many profession... | 4,344 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
In the cities, there is interest in publishing and preserving what is authentic Mexican food. This movement is traceable to 1982 with the Mexican Culinary Circle of Mexico City. It was created by a group of women chefs and other culinary experts as a reaction to the fear of traditions being lost with th... | 4,345 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
which goes by different names and varieties, such as tejuino, pozol and others. Aguas frescas are flavored drinks usually made from fruit, water and sugar. Beverages also include hibiscus iced tea, one made from tamarind and one from rice called "horchata". One variant of coffee is café de olla, which i... | 4,346 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
The Maya civilization grew cacao trees and used the cacao seeds it produced to make a frothy, bitter drink. The drink, called "xocoatl", was often flavored with vanilla, chile pepper, and "achiote".
Alcoholic beverages from Mexico include tequila, pulque, aguardiente, mezcal and charanda. Wine, rum and... | 4,347 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
nowhere else in the country, the cuisine is also distinguished by the use of herbs, such as chipilín and hierba santa. Like in Oaxaca, tamales are usually wrapped in banana leaves (or sometimes with the leaves of hoja santa), but often chipilín is incorporated into the dough. As in the Yucatán, fermente... | 4,348 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
and Pijijiapan. Meat and cheese dishes are frequently accompanied by vegetables, such as squash, chayote, and carrots.
## Mexico City.
The main feature of Mexico City cooking is that it has been influenced by those of the other regions of Mexico, as well as a number of foreign influences. This is beca... | 4,349 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
highlands), birria (from western Mexico), cabrito (from the north), carnitas (originally from Michoacán), mole sauces (from Puebla and central Mexico), tacos with many different fillings, and large sub-like sandwiches called tortas, usually served at specialized shops called 'Torterías'. There are eater... | 4,350 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
land.
When the Europeans arrived, they found much of the land in this area suitable for raising cattle, goats and sheep. This led to the dominance of meat, especially beef, in the region, and some of the most popular dishes include machaca, arrachera and cabrito. The region's distinctive cooking techni... | 4,351 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
creamy semi-soft queso menonita, and fifty-six varieties of asadero (smoked cheese).
Another important aspect of northern cuisine is the presence of wheat, especially in the use of flour tortillas. The area has at least forty different types of flour tortillas. The main reason for this is that much of ... | 4,352 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
on food preservation techniques, namely dehydration and canning. Dried foods include meat, chiles, squash, peas, corn, lentils, beans and dried fruit. A number of these are also canned. Preservation techniques change the flavor of foods; for example, many chiles are less hot after drying.
In Northeaste... | 4,353 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
of Nuevo León, as well as some regions of Coahuila.
The north has seen waves of immigration by the Chinese, Mormons, and Mennonites, who have influenced the cuisines in areas, such as Chihuahua and Baja California. Most recently, Baja Med cuisine has emerged in Ensenada and elsewhere in Baja California... | 4,354 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
a wide variety of ecosystems and a wide variety of native foods. Vegetables are grown in the central valley, seafood is abundant on the coast and the area bordering Veracruz grows tropical fruits.
Much of the state’s cooking is influenced by that of the Mixtec and, to a lesser extent, the Zapotec. Late... | 4,355 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
poblano in importance. The seven are Negro (black), Amarillo (yellow), Coloradito (little red), Mancha Manteles (table cloth stainer), Chichilo (smoky stew), Rojo (red), and Verde (green).
Corn is the staple food in the region. Tortillas are called blandas and are a part of every meal. Corn is also use... | 4,356 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
generally consumed as a beverage. It is frequently hand ground and combined with almonds, cinnamon and other ingredients.
## Veracruz.
The cuisine of Veracruz is a mix of indigenous, Afro-Mexican and Spanish. The indigenous contribution is in the use of corn as a staple, as well as vanilla (native to ... | 4,357 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
the best known dish of the region Huachinango a la veracruzana, a red snapper dish.
The African influence is from the importation of slaves through the Caribbean, who brought foods with them, which had been introduced earlier to Africa by the Portuguese. As it borders the Gulf coast, seafood figures pr... | 4,358 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
states of Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima, as well as the Pacific coast. The cuisine of Michoacan is based on the Purepecha culture, which still dominates most of the state. The area has a large network of rivers and lakes providing fish. Its use of corn is perhaps the most varied. While atole is drunk in... | 4,359 |
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fruit.
The main Spanish contributions to Michoacán cuisine are rice, pork and spices. One of the best-known dishes from the state is morisquesta, which is a sausage and rice dish, closely followed by carnitas, which is deep-fried pork. The latter can be found in many parts of Mexico, often claimed to b... | 4,360 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
is made with fermented sugar cane.
The cuisine of the states of Jalisco and Colima is noted for dishes, such as birria, chilayo, menudo and pork dishes. Jalisco’s cuisine is known for tequila with the liquor produced only in certain areas allowed to use the name. The cultural and gastronomic center of ... | 4,361 |
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16th century, to have been originally created with human flesh. The area which makes tequila surrounds the city. A popular local drink is tejuino, made from fermented corn. Bionico is also a popular dessert in the Guadalajara area.
On the Pacific coast, seafood is common, generally cooked with European... | 4,362 |
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of the Yucatán peninsula is distinct from the rest of the country. It is based primarily on Mayan food with influences from the Caribbean, Central Mexican, European (especially French) and Middle Eastern cultures. As in other areas of Mexico, corn is the basic staple, as both a liquid and a solid food. ... | 4,363 |
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called chirmole both used on chicken and pork.
Recado rojo is used for the area’s best-known dish, cochinita pibil. Pibil refers to the cooking method (from the Mayan word "p'ib", meaning "buried") in which foods are wrapped, generally in banana leaves, and cooked in a pit oven. Various meats are cooke... | 4,364 |
20167 | Mexican cuisine | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%20cuisine | Mexican cuisine
to sweeten foods and to make a ritual alcoholic drink called balché. Today, a honey liquor called xtabentun is still made and consumed in the region. The coastal areas feature several seafood dishes, based on fish like the Mero, a variety of grunt and Esmedregal, which is fried and served with a spicy s... | 4,365 |
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of Cochinita Pibil Tacos, Lebanese-based Kibbeh, Shawarma Tacos, snacks made from hardened corn dough called piedras, and fruit-flavored ices.
# Mexican food outside Mexico.
Mexican cuisine is offered in a few fine restaurants in Europe and the United States. Sometimes landrace corn from Mexico is imp... | 4,366 |
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earing in the United States. One reason is that Mexican immigrants use food as a means of combating homesickness, and for their descendants, it is a symbol of ethnicity. Alternatively, with more Americans experiencing Mexican food in Mexico, there is a growing demand for more authentic flavors.
# See a... | 4,367 |
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Catherine of Braganza
Catherine of Braganza (; 25 November 1638 – 31 December 1705) was queen consort of England, of Scotland and of Ireland from 1662 to 1685, as the wife of King Charles II. She was the daughter of King John IV, who became the first king of Portugal from the House of Braganza in... | 4,368 |
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Plot. In 1678 the murder of Edmund Berry Godfrey was ascribed to her servants, and Titus Oates accused her of an intention to poison the king. These charges, the absurdity of which was soon shown by cross-examination, nevertheless placed the queen for some time in great danger. On 28 November Oate... | 4,369 |
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for the king, having suffered three miscarriages. Her husband kept many mistresses, most notably Barbara Palmer, whom Catherine was forced to accept as one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber. By his mistresses Charles fathered numerous illegitimate offspring, which he acknowledged.
Catherine is cred... | 4,370 |
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her father's new position as one of Europe's most important monarchs, Portugal then possessing a widespread colonial empire, Catherine became a prime choice for a wife for European royalty, and she was proposed as a bride for John of Austria, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, Louis XIV and Cha... | 4,371 |
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the throne, Queen Luisa was also a devoted mother who took an active interest in her children's upbringing and personally supervised her daughter's education. Catherine is believed to have spent most of her youth in a convent close by the royal palace where she remained under the watchful eye of h... | 4,372 |
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country following her husband's death in 1656.
# Marriage.
Negotiations for the marriage began during the reign of King Charles I, were renewed immediately after the Restoration, and on 23 June 1661, in spite of Spanish opposition, the marriage contract was signed. England secured Tangier (in No... | 4,373 |
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of 13–14 May 1662, but was not visited there by Charles until 20 May. The following day the couple were married at Portsmouth in two ceremonies – a Catholic one conducted in secret, followed by a public Anglican service.
On 30 September 1662 the married couple entered London as part of a large pr... | 4,374 |
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waited, along with the British court and nobility. This was followed by feasting and firework displays.
Catherine possessed several good qualities, but had been brought up in a convent, secluded from the world, and was scarcely a wife Charles would have chosen for himself. Her mother in law the D... | 4,375 |
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and humiliating position as the wife of a licentious king.
Little is known of Catherine's own thoughts on the match. While her mother plotted to secure an alliance with England and thus support in Portugal's fight for independence, and her future husband celebrated his restoration by dallying wit... | 4,376 |
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lost on her critics, and had long since resigned herself to the necessity of making a grand match abroad. Contented and serene, Catherine's response on being told of her impending nuptials was to request permission to make a pilgrimage to a favourite shrine of hers in Lisbon. Devoted to her belove... | 4,377 |
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comforted her by telling her she had indeed given birth to two sons and a daughter. Her position was a difficult one, and though Charles continued to have children by his many mistresses, he insisted she be treated with respect, and sided with her against his mistresses when he felt she was not re... | 4,378 |
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and she remained faithful to Charles throughout their marriage.
# Queen consort (1662–1685).
Catherine was not a particularly popular choice of queen since she was a Roman Catholic.
Her religion prevented her from being crowned, as Roman Catholics were forbidden to take part in Anglican service... | 4,379 |
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began to enjoy some of the more innocent pleasures of the court. She loved to play cards and shocked devout Protestants by playing on Sundays. She enjoyed dancing and took great delight in organising masques. She had a great love for the countryside and picnics; fishing and archery were also favou... | 4,380 |
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the once chronically shy Catherine attended a country fair disguised as a village maiden, but was soon discovered and, due to the large crowds, forced to make a hasty retreat. And when in 1664 her favourite painter, Jacob Huysmans, a Flemish Catholic, painted her as St Catherine, it promptly set a... | 4,381 |
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effort to relieve Candia in Crete, which was under siege by the Turks and whose cause Rome was promoting, although she failed to persuade her husband to take any action. In 1670, as a sign of her rising favour with the pontiff she requested, and was granted, devotional objects. In 1670 Charles II ... | 4,382 |
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spending time with the king, declaring she would return to Portugal rather than openly accept the arrangement with Palmer. Clarendon failed to convince her to change her mind. Charles then dismissed nearly all the members of Catherine's Portuguese retinue, after which she stopped actively resistin... | 4,383 |
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his sister, Catherine's devoutness is described almost with awe. Her household contained between four and six priests, and in 1665, Catherine decided to build a religious house east of St James's to be occupied by thirteen Portuguese Franciscans of the order of St Peter of Alcantara. It was comple... | 4,384 |
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foreign priests. As increasingly harsher measures were put in place against Catholics, Catherine appointed her close friend and adviser, the devoutly Catholic Francisco de Mello, former Portuguese Ambassador to England, as her Lord Chamberlain. It was an unusual and controversial move but "wishing... | 4,385 |
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Queen with proper deference; the Queen in return showed her gratitude by using her own influence to protect Louise during the Popish Plot.
## Popish plot.
The Test Act of 1673 had driven all Catholics out of public office, and anti-Catholic feelings intensified in the years to come. Although she... | 4,386 |
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for Protestant extremists, and it was hardly surprising that the Popish Plot of 1678 would directly threaten her position. However, Catherine was completely secure in her husband's favour ("she could never do anything wicked, and it would be a horrible thing to abandon her" he told Gilbert Burnet)... | 4,387 |
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with the Roman Catholic faith, and she exhibited great grief at his death. When he lay dying in 1685, he asked for Catherine, but she sent a message asking that her presence be excused and "to beg his pardon if she had offended him all his life." He answered, "Alas poor woman! she asks for my pard... | 4,388 |
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England, living at Somerset House, through the reign of James and his deposition in the Glorious Revolution by William III and Mary II. She remained in England partly because of a protracted lawsuit against her former Lord Chamberlain, Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon, over money that she claimed... | 4,389 |
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and increasing isolation. A bill was introduced to Parliament to limit the number of Catherine's Catholic servants, and she was warned not to agitate against the government.
She finally returned to Portugal in March 1692. In 1703, she supported the Treaty of Methuen between Portugal and England. ... | 4,390 |
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to Catherine's emigration to England and marriage to Charles. It is more likely that she popularised the drink, which was unusual in Britain at the time. Beyond tea, her arrival brought and promulgated goods such as cane, lacquer, cottons, and porcelain.
Queens, a borough of New York City, was su... | 4,391 |
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County was named in her honor, neither is there a document from the time proclaiming it so. Some written histories of Queens skip over the monarch entirely and make no mention of her.
After the tri-centennial of the establishment of Queens County in 1983, a group of Portuguese-Americans began rai... | 4,392 |
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African-Americans objected to the statue on the grounds that the British and Portuguese royal houses benefited from the African slave trade. Irish-Americans objected to any statue of a British monarch. The controversy forced Borough President Claire Shulman to withdraw her support, and the statue ... | 4,393 |
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"The Portingale".
Catherine's marriage had an important result for the later history of India and of the British Empire, though the Queen personally had little to do with it: soon after acquiring the Seven Islands of Bombay as part of her dowry, Charles II rented them to the East India Company wh... | 4,394 |
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# See also.
- List of English consorts
- History of tea in the United Kingdom
# Further reading.
- Plaidy, Jean. (2008). "The Merry Monarch's Wife: The Story of Catherine of Braganza." Broadway.
- Plaidy, Jean. (2005). "The Loves of Charles II: The Stuart Saga." Broadway.
- Koen, Karleen. (2... | 4,395 |
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Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis () is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm) , giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome. It is one type of endocytosis pinocytosis.
In a multicellular organism's immune system, phagocytosis is a major mechani... | 4,396 |
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Metchnikoff (1880, 1883).
# In immune system.
Phagocytosis is one of the main mechanisms of the innate immune defense. It is one of the first processes responding to infection, and is also one of the initiating branches of an adaptive immune response. Although most cells are capable of phagocytosis, some... | 4,397 |
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to most infections.
The role of neutrophils is patrolling the bloodstream and rapid migration to the tissues in large numbers only in case of infection. There they have direct microbicidal effect by phagocytosis. After ingestion, neutrophils are efficient in intracellular killing of pathogens. Neutrophils... | 4,398 |
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the phagosome, accompanied by high reactive oxygen species production (oxidative burst) is highly microbicidal.
Monocytes, and the macrophages that mature from them, leave blood circulation to migrate through tissues. There they are resident cells and form a resting barrier. Macrophages initiate phagocyto... | 4,399 |
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