Guatemalan Cuisine: Mixtas
Guatemalan mixtas (mixed) are basically hot dogs which come with tortillas instead of a bun. Simple and great tasting. There are other kind of mixtas (which really just means mixed) like beers, like ceviches, et-cetera. You get the point, right.
With this very simple dish we close yet another mini Guatemalan food series. Now you can bring back the scale. 
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April 21st, 2008
Now thats a take on a hot dog I have never seen before but you can bet I would eat it.
April 21st, 2008
I have forgotten the “repollo” (sauerkraut) which is a fundamental part of the essence of this kind of “mixta”. Again, the German influence is amazing.
April 21st, 2008
That mixta looks preeety good. The mixtas have evolved since I had one. The local bar/restaurant where I used to live would server them on a tortilla with guacamole and a hotdog cut in half (long way) grilled. No sauerkraut, mustard, catsup and definitely not a boiled hot dog. Maybe that’s the only way Chito the cook knew how to make them.
April 21st, 2008
Sin ánimo de “hacer comerciales” como dicen los críticos de tu honorable bitácora, ¿donde se come una buena mixta en la Antigua?
¡Saludos!
PD
No que nos importe lo que comenten los críticos pues…al final, es TU bitácora y al que no le guste, que se dé la media vuelta…
April 21st, 2008
Boy! Oh! Boy!!! You should have seen my wife’s expression when my family and I told her about the mixtas, she couldn’t believe it. Now she is a convert “Long Live the Mixtas!!”
April 21st, 2008
Edgar, as a true antigüeño you should know about “La Casa de las Mixtas” and “La Perrada”, the best place to eat shucos and mixtas. That’s where we will be going next time you come to LAG.
April 21st, 2008
La Perrada? hee hee - sounds like a reggaeton song.
April 21st, 2008
Grrrrrrrrr!!! You always do the same!!!! What a delicious mixta of my dreams….hahahaha.
April 21st, 2008
Nel vos Rudy, cuando yo sali de la Antigua, como diria un “amigo”, acababan de trasladar la capital al Valle de Asuncion y ni la “Casa de las Mixtas” ni “La Perrada” existian. Esa explosion de restaurantes se dio a partir de los 90’s.
Yo siempre comi mixtas en el “Frankfurt” de la 6a avenida, pa’ que te des cuenta. Hoy por hoy, ni ese lugar existe ya.
Chas gracias! Seguro que ahi nos vamos a ir por unas mixtas son sus respectivas bebidas para curar todo efecto secundario.
April 21st, 2008
Now that’s one mean looking hotdog! I’d definitely give it a go, but I’m afraid the futbol match inside my stomach might chase away a few of my friends and family members. Nevertheless, the “mixta” is something I thought I invented, especially when I’m hungrily digging through my frig late at night “mixing” the leftovers on my platter in a jambalaya sandwich of sorts.
April 24th, 2008
Pero no hay como los shucos que venden en la capital, en especial las carretillas hambulantes como la que esta cercan del centro comercial de la zona 4? todavia existe eso verdad?//?
May 1st, 2008
Donde tomaste esta foto? no recuerdo cuando fue la ultima vez que probe una de estas verdaderas delicadezas (aunque sea con carne de chucho sarnoso, gato o “whatever”).
lo mejor que he probado está en la Perrada y en los Shucos del Liceo. !Salud!
June 15th, 2008
[...] and chili sauce. Some people may add boiled or steam chopped cabbage which is not sauerkraut like Monolo wrongly pointed out. See, I remember every single little word you guys say, even if I pretend I am not listening (or [...]
June 16th, 2008
[...] 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, pirujos from subway [...]
July 1st, 2008
[...] think I better keep an eye on my calories/emotions intake since a few weeks I will be having mixtas with mixtas with my epistolary friend el toronteco. I promised I will take photos of this particular Guatemalan [...]