Here are the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan gastronomy. You can find this beautiful display at either branch of La Fonda de la Calle Real, it’s set on top of an antique stove. The whole display is screaming take a picture of me. Are you familiar with all these ingredients?
Here is another take on the ingredients and spices of the traditional Guatemalan cuisine. I have shared with you guys pictures and posts about what is necessary to cook Guatemalan food. I have shown before the ingredients for fiambre as well as the main elements to cook Guatemalan chuchitos or corn tamales. Furthermore, I have … Read more
The caldo de patas stew or stock is made with muscles and bones from the lower legs of either pork or cow, as well as belly, head and other such entrails along with potatos, carrots, güisquil (chayote), elote (maize/corn) and ayote or chilacayote (squash and/or sweet squash). The caldo de patas can be blanco or … Read more
These are some of the most often used ingredients in the Guatemalan kitchen. This photo was taken at La Fonda de la Calle Real at a booth that the restaurant put out to showcase their flavors and the ingredients they use in their kitchen. You can take this photo to your local Latin market and … Read more
We Guatemalans are the best recyclers in the world. That’s what I was trying to convey a couple of weeks ago with the entry Recycling Around Antigua Guatemala where a list some of the ways we recycle in Guatemala. Well, today I happy to share another way we recycle in Guatemala: Bocado de Reina, a … Read more
Back on August I shared with you the presentation of Caldo de Gallina Criolla from Sabe Rico Restaurant in Antigua Guatemala. Criollo or criolla is the Guatemalan Spanish word often meaning native, garden grown or free range. As I said before, criollo in colonial times was the word used to label the offspring of Spaniards … Read more
Criollo or Criolla is the Guatemalan Spanish word often meaning native or garden grown. Although criollo in colonial times was the word used to label the offspring of Spaniards that were born in America (remember America means the entire Continent not just the U.S.). Nowadays, in Guatemala we use the word criollo/criolla for things that … Read more