Azul! Let me share with you these two other videos.  ;)

1) This one shows how pupusas can be made at home:

2) And this one lets you know how Salvadoran pupuserías are:

I hope you like them and that - sooner or later - you can eat a couple of pupusas. Try to make them at home or come visit me and eat some together here in El Salvador :D

Warm regards. ::)

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 15, 2022, 11:11:23 AMAn AI, ChatGPT, recommends this as a good recipe for vegetarian pupusas.  What do you think?

QuotePupusas are a traditional Salvadoran dish made from corn masa dough filled with a variety of ingredients. For a vegetarian version, you can fill your pupusas with beans, cheese, and vegetables such as spinach, mushrooms, or zucchini. Here is a simple recipe for vegetarian pupusas:

Ingredients:

2 cups masa harina (corn flour for tortillas)
1 cup warm water
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup cooked black beans, mashed
1 cup shredded cheese (such as Monterey Jack or cheddar)
1 cup chopped cooked vegetables (such as spinach, mushrooms, or zucchini)
Instructions:

In a large bowl, mix together the masa harina, water, and salt to form a dough. Knead the dough for a few minutes until it is smooth and pliable.
Divide the dough into 8-10 balls. On a lightly floured surface, flatten each ball into a circle about 1/4-inch thick.
In the center of each circle, place about 2 tablespoons of the bean mixture and 1 tablespoon of cheese and vegetables.
Fold the dough over the filling to form a half-moon shape, and press the edges together to seal. Gently flatten the pupusa with your hands to about 1/4-inch thickness.
Heat a griddle or large frying pan over medium heat. Cook the pupusas for about 3-4 minutes on each side, or until they are golden brown and crispy on the outside.
Serve the pupusas warm, with salsa and sour cream on the side for dipping. Enjoy!

Thanks for sharing this recipe. I like it. The good thing of making pupusas at home is that you can "customize" them with ingredients that are not usually found in our traditional pupuserías; such as spinach, sour cream, mushrooms, or zucchini. Well, nowadays, there are several fancy pupuserías which do have "exotic" ingredients. Oh, by the way, pupusas have to be eaten with your bare hands, no fork or knife needed.

This video illustrates the making of a pupusa:

Quote from: Bråneu Excelsio on December 14, 2022, 05:50:25 PM

QuoteAzul! A vegetarian version of pupusa mmmm well, a pupusa must always have cheese. If you eat cheese, then a cheese pupusa could be the ideal one. We use a variety of cheese called "quesillo" for pupusas. Quesillo is similar to mozzarella.
Best regards!

I've had pupusas in Monterrey, Mexico, but those were made by a venezuelan friend. And I love quesillo, even tho we call it "Queso Oaxaca" and idk if you may find that offensive since Oaxaca is a Mexican state, but even people from Oaxaca say "It's no called Queso Oaxaca, it's Quesillo!" so I absolutely know we are wrong lol.
I can't imagine eating pupusas without salsa, tho. Maybe beans/potato as a side?

( Estoy muy contento de que estás volviendo a Talossa, hay muchas cosas qué hacer y conocer por acá (: )

¡Hola! Yo también estoy contento de volver y de leer un poquito de español por aquí.  :D
I don't find Queso Oaxaca offensive at all. No worries about it. I just googled it, and it seems to be delicious; maybe as delicious as the Salvadoran quesillo. I'm glad to know that a Venezuelan guy makes pupusas in Monterrey, Mexico. It brings pictures to my mind of many cultures coexisting harmonically.
Here in El Salvador, we eat pupusas with tomato sauce (salsa) and curtido (some sort of pickled cabbage); we don't really have any other side dish when eating pupusas. It's just like two, three, four, or even more pupusas per person. That's it! jeje  :P  ;)

Best regards ;D

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 14, 2022, 12:40:20 PMI definitely eat cheese :)  Ideally, I should probably be vegan, but it was challenging to eliminate meat from my diet years ago and it's still hard with little kids.  Maybe someday.

Pupusas sound pretty great.  Are they something you can make at home?

Azul! :D Good to know you eat cheese. Having that in mind, I think you would love pupusas if you tried them. And yes, they can be made at home. When that happens, you can even use better materials (ingredients) than the ones for commercial purposes.

Best regards   ;)

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That sounds pretty amazing!  I love the variety you're describing -- city to volcano to beach in a few hours!  Is there a vegetarian version of pupusas?
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Azul! A vegetarian version of pupusa mmmm well, a pupusa must always have cheese. If you eat cheese, then a cheese pupusa could be the ideal one. We use a variety of cheese called "quesillo" for pupusas. Quesillo is similar to mozzarella. Cheese and mushrooms, cheese and loroco (a local flower), cheese and jalapeños, cheese and garlic, and some other "cheese with a plant or vegetable" versions may also be suitable for you. However, if you don't consume any dairy product, you won't find any vegetarian pupusa in a common pupusería (pupusería = pupusa shop/store). However, you could make your own pupusas with a vegan cheese or any other cheese alternative at home :D  ;)

Best regards!

Best regards!

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă on December 12, 2022, 01:57:17 PMI hadn't realized that El Salvador was so small. Being in the United States we tend to get an outsized view of the size of other countries. I visited the UK a few years ago and by train we went from London to Scotland in a few hours. Europe is similar in the small size of its countries.

Like the Baron, I am also a teacher of English and almost half my case-load of students is students learning English. It is good to find people with similar jobs (I like to think of teaching as more of a vocation than simply a job).

Azul! Definitely, teaching is vocation more than any other thing. You couldn't have said it better. Regards!
Welcome to Talossa!

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on December 02, 2022, 02:50:39 PMWelcome!  I taught ESL for many years, and it's a great career!  Always good to have another teacher on board.

I wish I knew more about El Salvador... what do you think is something interesting I should know about your home?

Azul! It's good to know I have found a colleague over here. In regards to what you should know about my country; well, El Salvador is not a large country. Therefore, you can visit many places in a single day. For example: You can get from the city to the top of a volcane in 40 - 45 minutes. And from the volcano to the beach in mmm 45 - 60 minutes. In addition, you can easily get some typical food. I don't know if you have ever heard about pupusas. Well, pupusas are the most popular typical food we have and can be found almost everywhere. They're basically tortillas stuffed with beans, cheese, pork, and some other ingredients. I hope you can visit El Salvador in the future.

Thank you for your warm welcome! Indeed, English is important. Also, thanks for your remarks about my work as a teacher. By the way, yellow happens to be one of my favorite colors, too.

Salvadorans and Mexicans are both great people! Here in my country, we all love Mexican food, and I think that we have learned to appreciate other aspects of your culture such as music, movies, and certain holidays.  ;)

I will plunge into the wiki, just as you suggested.

Best regards!  :D

Azul! You know, I like to greet by saying "azul" because it means "blue" in my native language, which is Spanish.  :D

    I teach English as a foreign language. My country, El Salvador, is a monolingual country. People speak Spanish everywhere. However, since we are gradually getting more and more connected to the world through internet and social media, citizens here are instered in learning English. So, teaching English as a foreign language is what I currently do for a living jeje

    Thank you for letting me interact with you.  ;)

Kind regards,

Orlando G. Alas