Pupusas
/pu'pusas/
Pupusas
From the Center
Noun: A thick handmade corn tortilla using maize flour dough that is usually filled with a blend of cheeses, meats, refried beans and often Loroco, an edible herb indigenous to Central America.
Origins: Pupusas were first created centuries ago by the Pipil tribes who inhabited the territory now known as El Salvador. Cooking implements for their preparation have been excavated in Joya de Cerén, "El Salvador's Pompeii", site of a native village that was
buried by ash from a volcano explosion, and where foodstuffs were preserved as they were being cooked almost 2000 years ago. The instruments for their preparation have also been found in other archaeological sites in El Salvador. The instruments for their preparation have also been found in other archaeological sites in El Salvador.
Up until the late 1940s, pupusas were still not widespread across El Salvador and were mostly localized in the central towns and cities of the countryside. As the population began migrating to other areas in the 1960s, pupusa stands began to proliferate across the El Salvador. The pupusa eventually spread to neighboring areas of Honduras and Guatemala where their preparation often varied in shape, size or filling.
