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That will include a Mezcal service, which includes a small bottle of the smokey Mexican spirit, served with different salts including nutty maguey worm salt, hibiscus salt, Chicatana ant salt and others.
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, it’s wrapped in the thin film sourced from the stalks of maguey plants such as agave, and then steamed or cooked in a pit.
—Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Mezcals may be made from a species of agave (there are 30) called maguey as well.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Agave is a plant also known as maguey or American aloe.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 17 July 2024
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Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 11 Oct. 2024
Traditionally, it’s wrapped in the thin film sourced from the stalks of maguey plants such as agave, and then steamed or cooked in a pit.
—Paola Briseño-Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Mezcals may be made from a species of agave (there are 30) called maguey as well.
—John Mariani, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
Agave is a plant also known as maguey or American aloe.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 17 July 2024
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“Maguey.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maguey. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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maguey
noun
ma·guey
mə-ˈgā 
plural magueys
1
: any of various agaves (as the century plant) with fleshy leaves
2
: any of several hard fibers obtained from magueys
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