Corn was so important to the Aztecs that she was also known as "the goddess of nourishment" and they depicted her carrying the Sun as a shield.
Xochitl Premium Blue Corn Chips, 12 oz | CVS These chips are very thin and crispy with the delicious flavor that blue corn brings to your palate. The kernels were steeped in lime overnight to loosen the hull, then boiled and skinned and finally ground to dough by crushing the kernels between a grooved stone roller and a "Metate" (a lava rock stone slab).This is the reason the Aztec Indians prayed and glorified the Goddess of the corn "Chicomecoatl" to thank her for providing such a delectable crop. Blue corn has a coarser, sweeter and nuttier taste than other types of corns - Delicious! The preparation of Nixtamal dough was an important daily task that often occupied up to 6 hours of someone's day.