Pupusas (restaurant, grilled, tomato, bread)

[bongo]

For dinner tonight we had pupusas! One of my El Salvadorian student's mom made them stuffed with a fresh queso blanco cheese:

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She had made them for our class holiday party & now I am hooked. Anyone else who has had pupusas or better yet, made them?

Now I have found out we actually have a pupusa restaurant up here in Anchorage; I had never even hear of them before last month.

Yum!!

[TabulaRasa]

I had a coworker of Salvadoran descent a couple of years ago, and he was always raving about pupusas...he told me about a local hole in the wall Salvadoran restaurant (not incredibly common here), but I've yet to try it. I'll get there someday...they sound like something I'd love.

[Herbrocks]

We have a Folklife Festival that has a pupusa booth every year, I like them! They taste like a gordita to me.

The TACO CABANA locations here had a pupusa promotion a while back, but they were not very good.

[toosie]

Love them also. Used to get them in Northern Virginia all the time - tons of little pupuserias and carts around there. Did she make the pickled cabbage slaw with hot sauce to have with them? It's terrific too.

[bongo]

Originally Posted by toosie

Love them also. Used to get them in Northern Virginia all the time - tons of little pupuserias and carts around there. Did she make the pickled cabbage slaw with hot sauce to have with them? It's terrific too.

Yeah- cabbage slaw & sauce, but the sauce was not hot- it tasted more like tomato soup. But I ate them plain with cabbage on the side since it was the cheese that was so unique from a local hispanic market.

[1751texan]

Originally Posted by Herbrocks

We have a Folklife Festival that has a pupusa booth every year, I like them! They taste like a gordita to me.

The TACO CABANA locations here had a pupusa promotion a while back, but they were not very good.

The difference is that a gordita is made/cooked then stuffed, a papusa is filled then cooked...

[Gerania]

No, I've never had them. Wow, you must be good... getting the home made goodies from the Moms.

[TarheelsMatt]

I want some homemade goodies from someone's mom . Don't take that the wrong way......

[cricket_factor]

These are so delicious! A coworker brought them in one day. We ate them with the tomato sauce and the cabbage. They didn't look like much to see first hand, but they were scrumptious!

I thought they'd taste like flour tortillas, but I was very wrong! I suggest everyone try them if they have an opportunity to do so.

[1751texan]

Originally Posted by 1751texan

The difference is that a gordita is made/cooked then stuffed, a papusa is filled then cooked...

in Mexico pupusas are corn dough filled with beans and cheese then grilled...




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Gorditas are thick corn dough tortilla type breads that are cooked, split, and filled with meats, cheeses, and lettuce-tomato-onion