Granizadas, or shaved ice are yet another option for cooling down this Summer in Antigua Guatemala. Other obvious suggestions are ice cream, sodas, beers, or perhaps iced drinks. Luckily, it seems as there are many move granizada cart in and around Antigua Guatemala. There are also the swimming pools at Finca El Pilar, in San … Read more
After hours of walking and carrying the heavy processional floats, cucuruchos need to hidrate themselves and what better way than with cold and refreshing granizada, shaved ice in English. Of course, during Lent this vista is quite common during the processions. Do you like sweet or salty granizadas?
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word or the day: Granizadas, that’s shaved ice. Granizadas are just as popular as helados, ice cream, in Guatemala. Nowadays, granizadas come in salty or sweet flavours, simple or really complex, the choice is yours. What’s your favourite kind?
Granizada carts have been a popular theme here in AntiguaDailyPhoto. I believe the first time I shared the first granizada cart with you was on May 9, 2006; that’s right less than ten days from starting to dispatch daily vistas from Antigua Guatemala. In 2006 I showed a colorful street vendor cart of granizadas, can … Read more
When I grew up, sweet granizadas, shaved ice, were the only choice. Sweet Guatemalan granizadas were simply prepared by adding watery food-coloring syrups. Nowadays, sweet granizadas are very complex, with all kinds of marmalades, syrups and condensed milk added as toppings. There are also now salty granizadas available as well. Salty granizadas usually have crushed pumpkin roasted seeds, chile powder, lime juice and salt. Of course, there are also michelada granizadas and ceviche tasting granizadas on the salty side. In other words, salty granizadas are as complex and in demand as the sweet granizadas.
As I mentioned before, Granizada is the Guatemalan Spanish word for shaved ice snacks. Basically, you take shaved or crushed ice and add any combination of the following: syrups, fruits, condensed milk, cooked fruits and their syrups, tamarind, camote (sweet potatoes), nance (sweet yellow cherry), just to name a few of the possible ingredients for … Read more
Sábado de Gloria is a quieter day with only small processions carried by women known as Las Dolorosas (The Grief or Suffering women) follwing the Vía Dolorosa. Sábado de Gloria is also the day when Judas’ Will (testament) is read, a sort of farcical speech or a neighborhood chisme speech. Kids and teenagers also play … Read more