Molinillo

December 29 (ANI): Archaeologists have found a whisk known as molinillo in a plastic container inside the storerooms at St. Augustine's Government House in the US, ❋ Unknown (2010)

To add another historical touch, use a wooden whisk known as a molinillo to froth the drink. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although I love my molinillo too, for the way it looks, what really does the job for this is one of the hand-held immersion blenders. ❋ Homesick Texan (2008)

When I followed their methods, the masa harina solidified too fast and clogged my molinillo, which left me not only with a pot of hot chocolate filled with thick yellow lumps but a tricky mess to clean. ❋ Homesick Texan (2008)

By rubbing her hands back and forth, she spins the molinillo, whipping the chocolate to frothy goodness. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There's also a tortilla press and a bag of masa harina so you can make your own tortillas; a bag of Kerbey Lane gingerbread pancake mix so you can pretend that you're in Austin on a Saturday morning; a molinillo and Mexican chocolate for cups of frothy hot chocolate on cold winter evenings; a few cans of Ranch Style beans and Ro-Tel Tomatoes and other Texas treats. ❋ Homesick Texan (2007)

Terry -- I've read about the French's influence on Mexican cuisine -- there's also some debate over which came first, the molinillo or the moulinet. ❋ Homesick Texan (2007)

Simmerbright -- That's a molinillo for frothing up your Mexican hot chocolate. ❋ Homesick Texan (2007)

(The theory that the word chocolate was derived from the sound - "choco, choco" - of the molinillo beating the liquid is unfounded, because such a utensil did not exist in Pre-hispanic Mexico; illustrations from the time show the foam being formed by pouring the beverage from one vessel to another.) ❋ Unknown (2006)

Yeah, I know a molinillo works better, but I don't need the upper body workout and by this time I'm usually a little too impatient to drink the hot chocolate. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Instead of the molinillo (I respect any woman that can get a head of foam on chocolate con agua with that thing), I get out my good old electric egg beater and zip zap there it is. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Hot chocolate, a popular accompaniment to la merienda, a light evening repast, is traditionally whipped until frothy with a molinillo, a ringed wooden beater invented by the Aztecs. ❋ Unknown (2006)

If you don't have a molinillo, (you can probably find one in a specialty shop or the Mexican food section of your grocery store), beat your chocolate with a whisk or eggbeater. ❋ Unknown (2006)