Guatemalan Cuisine: Shucos are hotdogs
Shuco is a word that means dirty. It is not Spanish or Maya, but it is a word that represent their meeting point. Now why in the world would you use the world dirty for food; well, why not, if they can call them “hot dogs” in some other parts of the world.
Anyhow, the Guatemalan hot dog comes with guacamol (avocado sauce), boiled cabbage, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, mustard, hot sauce, and one or more of the following: chorizo (Guatemalan red sausage), longaniza (Guatemalan white sausage), salchicha (normal hot dog sausage), ham, bacon, pepperoni, german ham and sausages, chichen breast, beef steak fajitas, polish sausages, et-cetera. Well, at least they do at La Perrada, a hot dog joint in Antigua.
There are four sizes at La Perrada: normal (which is more less your normal bun), special (150% larger), jumbo (300% larger) and ballena/whale (500% larger). The jumbo is pictured here and it comes with five meat toppings and it costs about Q20 (US2.50). La ballena or whale has 10 or 20 meat topings at it rings about Q35 (US$5) and Q45 (US$6). I can barely finish a Jumbo, but other people have no problem with even a whale. I leave you with a picture of two acquaintances who were getting ready to devour their hot dogs. In the secondary picture you can see Pablo with two jumbos and Cynthia with a whale split in half.
Bon appetite!
Daily Content
July 11th, 2006
That is an incredible amount of food! Lots of meat, never seen a hot dog quite like this. Very funny photo of Pablo & Cynthia, LOL!
July 11th, 2006
I just love la perrada’s shucos
July 12th, 2006
The food looks delicious. I will have to make sure that I only visit your site when I am not hungry!
July 12th, 2006
my, very very tempting! the description sounds scrumptious …*drools *
July 12th, 2006
Yummy, I’m hungry now =)
July 12th, 2006
Hi rudy, you could be a nice fellow and offer one shuco size sauropod to your visitors!
July 12th, 2006
we have a sandwitch a lot like that, we called a hero. don’t know why it is called a hero.
July 12th, 2006
YOu could probably live for a week on one of these. NIce shot
July 12th, 2006
they look delicious and much more filling and satisfying than a plain old hot dog!
July 12th, 2006
very interesting. perhaps we should do a theme day of local specialities in the dailyphoto organisation?
July 12th, 2006
A terrible need to taste it is growing fast… Trapped !
July 15th, 2006
I thank you for your comments and your visits. I am very happy to know you guys enjoy the food series.
So when are you going to show us the food of your city?
November 10th, 2006
[...] This sandwich is called Pirujo and it takes its name from the bread’s name. Pirujos and shucos are the two native sandwiches from Guatemala. Please follow the shuco link to see some of the largest sandwiches around. [...]
February 22nd, 2008
[...] pirujos and shucos sandwiches getting out of hand? Come on, who can eat a sandwich this [...]
June 15th, 2008
[...] to adopt foreign foods easily, but always adding the Guatemalan twist. That’s how you explain shucos from hot dogs, mixtas from hot dogs, nachos, papas fritas locas, pizza with ketchup, ceviche, [...]