The Aztec (as well as the Maya) developed a practice of harvesting and chewing this latex, which has a slightly sweet flavor, sometimes mixing it with additional ingredients to improve the texture.

A ubiquitous Mesoamerican deity occupying space in both the Aztec and Mayan pantheons, the feathered serpent was known by two primary names. Quetzalcoatl, the Aztec name, comes from the Nahuatl ...