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high fructose corn syrup

@georgia what we call corn today is really maize corn, and in ancient texts like this, the word usually refers to grain in general

@genmaicha @georgia this got me wondering proper what alcoholic beverages are made from maize, but with the OP mentioning HFCS i ended up here https://beerconnoisseur.com/articles/truth-brewing-beer-corn-syrup/

(and then eventually later here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_whiskey and here https://www.acozykitchen.com/peruvian-chicha-morada)