Valencia Blue Corn Muffin & Pancake Mix brings out the delicate blue corn flavor of a cultural favorite from New Mexico's Native American heritage. Cultivated for thousands of years in the American Southwest, blue corn is prized in Native diets & in ceremonial use at most of New Mexico's 19 Pueblos, in Navajo chapter houses, etc. Hispanic colonials adopted blue corn from their Native American contacts, integrating this new ingredient into their cuisine in New Mexico, creating "atole", "chaquehue" & other Hispanic adapations. Today we refer to these cross cultural dishes as "fusion cuisines."