''Panocha'', in New Mexico and southern Colorado, is a pudding made from ground sprouted wheat and '' piloncillo''. It is traditionally eaten during

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. The sprouted-wheat flour is called "panocha flour" or simply "panocha", as well. In southern Arizona,

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, and

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, is the word for ''piloncillo''. In some regions of Spain (e.g. Aragón), ''una panocha de maiz'' is an ear of corn. In the Philippines, ''panocha'' (also spelled ''panutsa'' or ''panotsa'') is the Spanish term for ''

sangkaka Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can ...

'', a traditional native

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made in halved coconut shells. The term is also used to refer to a type of

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in the Philippines (more properly '' panocha mani''). In other regions, "panocha" can mean penuche or panuche. In Spanish slang, it is a taboo word for the vulva, a fact that has led to many deliberate and accidental puns. It can also mean a coward.

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