Cevichón Pérez in La Antigua Guatemala

I am an etymology nut and spend way too much time researching the origins of words and phrases. So, perhaps, you can help alleviate my frustration with the Guatemala expression Cevichón Pérez, which I understand as a ceviche feast, but I have been unable to find its inception.

Can you help me resolve the mystery behind Cevichón Pérez?

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rworange says:

October 17, 2010 at 6:15 pm

Pascu,

Why is the name Pèrez associated with something good?

All I can contribute here is some Googling.

There’s a mention here in a discussion of phrases from the late 80’s and early 90’s. My cultural compass wasn’t pointing to Latin America at that time, so maybe this will be a help to someone who speaks Spanish
http://eu-es.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2259739315&topic=4487

Lookin at it though it seems that it is applied to other food adding “on” to the food and Perez. I googled on the Churrascón Pérez mentioned in that link and found that Churrascón Pérez is a sort of Guatemalan bbq.
http://dilemachapin.blogspot.com/2009/10/palabra-chapin-del-dia-5-churrascon.html

I’m unclear if Cevichón Pérez is the name of a specific type of ceviche or if it is, as mentioned, just a shrimp feast. This site has photos of various types of Latin Americna ceviches and the Cevichón Pérez is different from the photo of the Guatemalan ceviche
http://www.wix.com/cevichesaborlatino/sabor-latino-ceviches

Maybe the guy who has a blog with that name knows
http://cevichonperez.wordpress.com/

Hope someone answers your question as I have an interest in Guatemalan cuisine. I’ll ask around and see what else I can find.

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Lico43 says:

March 11, 2012 at 1:56 pm

La cuaresma esta en su tercer domingo de cuaresma y agarrado fuerza el calor en la Antigua…¿Onde se encuentra ese CEVICHON PEREZ?…por que la PLUMUDA, se compra en cualquier tienda, pero los bueno mariscos no…pasen el norte para irnos a refrescar…

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Santiago says:

April 23, 2012 at 6:16 pm

Rudy, I do not like, at all, the Guatemalan version of ceviche. I guess I was spoiled by my ex mother in law’s ceviche, who is from Peru. Her ceviche was absolutely incredible. The addition of Salsa Ingles is gross to my taste. I would never, ever, eat ceviche from the street vendors on Alameda Santa Lucia. I know many people do. But, as I said, Guate style ceviche is not on my menu regardless of where it is served. I have tried various cerviches in several servicerias (sp) in Esquintla. Could not finish even one. Just my opinion.

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Farid says:

October 26, 2024 at 8:55 am

I’m from Guatemala. Perez is superlative to indicate something is of high quality. It can be a cevichon Perez, a camaron Perez, mujeron Perez, musicon Perez. Etc. It just means something is awesome, cool, delicious, etc. There is no such thing as a cevichon perez recipe or known plate, as far as I’m aware. Hope this helps.

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