{"id":4563,"date":"2011-07-22T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.patismexicantable.com\/2011\/07\/chia_seeds\/"},"modified":"2021-03-19T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T21:14:14","slug":"chia_seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patijinich.com\/pati_2020\/chia_seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Chia Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a metallic dark color and mottled skin, Chia seeds are delightfully crunchy. Once you rehydrate them in water, as\u00a0 the popular Lime based Agua Fresca, they become covered in an irresistible gelatinous\u00a0layer. No wonder the word chia comes from the n\u00e1huatl name chian, which means oily.<\/p>\n<p>Scientifically, Salvia Hispanica, they come from a flowering plant from the mint family. Some new wave health oriented groups, call it &#8220;the Miracle seed&#8221;. 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