Comments on: Vegan Horchata from Rice Dream!

By: Oidium

Oidium — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:03:22 +0000

I didn’t know it was usual the variation with rice. Thanks for the link.

By: FoodEater

FoodEater — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:38:58 +0000

Thanks for the info Oidium. Apparently the horchata from Spain (made with chufa as you described) is different from the Latin American and Mexican version of horchata that we usually have here in the USA, which is indeed made with rice. Here’s an interesting link I found about the history of horchata: http://www2.wwnorton.com/pob/SpottedD/hundred.htm#horchata

By: Oidium

Oidium — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:26:32 +0000

Hello! The real and original horchata is not made with rice, but with chufa (cyperus esculentus. Dont know the name in english), water and sugar.
Nice blog by the way.