Panes con pollo at vigils in Antigua Guatemala
As I have mentioned before, panes con pollo or chicken sandwiches are the staple food of velaciones, vigils, along with batido, a …
Lent Food: Corbatas
As explained before, corbatas are fried flour-based crunchy dessert soaked in syrup or honey. Corbatas take their name from the shape they …
Lent Food: Batido Drink
Batido is a fruity drink topped with a powder called pinol, a coarse flour made from ground toasted maize kernels, often in …
Lent Food: Plataninas
Basically, plataninas are green platano/plantains chips. Plantains are like bananas, but much bigger and with a unique flavor. Guatemalans eat platanos in …
Lent Food: Buñuelos
Just as in other celebrations, Lent has a food that is sold at the food stalls out side where velación, vigil, is …