"market food"; semi-prepared and prepared foods sold in the market
In the Florentine Codex, tianqujztlaqualli (tianquiztlaqualli), especially foods fed to rulers, included tortillas, beans, chilies, tomatoes, ground squash seeds, turkey, venison, rabbit, birds, duck, fish, frogs, maize, amaranth, fruits, and vegetables, and so on, with various methods of garnishing and roasting. Foods that appear to be more indigenous might include newts, tadpoles, winged ants, maguey grubs, locusts, and various types of chocolates, etc. (central Mexico, sixteenth century)