Mole Don Pancho


Historia del Mole

It is difficult to set exactly the origin of this traditional meal. The Mexican gastronomy is the result of the union of Pre-Hispanic cuisine and many ingredients incorporated from the Spanish cuisine.
Some chronicles of the Conquest of America talk about the XVI century as the direct ancestor of what we know as Mexican cuisine. The foundation of a new culture forced the natives to incorporate new ingredients in their meals. Some Iberian historians, like Antonio de la Ciudad Real or Fray San Pedro Sebastian, talk in their reports about the monks inspection trips to the convents. There the nuns served some meals prepared with spices from New Spain, Europe and chocolate. The result went with turkey.

Historians agree to say that Mole comes from the state of Puebla and specifically from the Convent of Santa Rosa in Puebla City.

Sister Andrea de la Asuncion prepared a special meat, with grated chile, spices, chocolate, tortilla, red tomatoes and onions. The result was an homogeneous mix served with turkey meat. Today, we know it as Mole Poblano (from Puebla) with turkey. But along Mexico you will find many different moles, from Yucatan and Oaxaca in the South to the northern states, but the "Mole Poblano" is the most popular kind.

The Mole in San Pedro Town


In accordance with reports, which came to us thanks to the oral tradition, we know that between 1914 and 1927, one family of San Pedro whose name now is lost, moved to Mexico City to set up a grocery store in "La Merced" market place. This family knew the traditional Mole Poblano recipe. It was prepared using a "metate" (stone with a concave upper surface used in Middle America for grinding and pulping seeds, vegetables etc.) and sold this paste. The success and demand of this product forced them to replace the "metate" for a hand mill. Soon, that was insufficient and they mixed this paste in greater mills located in the "Mesones" street, in Mexico City downtown.

The demand grew so much, that they were interested on selling this product to traders in different places. On 1945 it was impossible to cover the demand and they needed to hire people from San Pedro. After some time many villagers learned the industrial process and began their own mole production.

Since 1950 San Pedro is a traditional place of excellent Mole. Today, the San Pedro Mole Year Exhibition is the principal, and San Pedro accounts about 80% of high quality traditional mole national production.


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