GETTING READY FOR FIAMBRE

This is the week of anticipation to the Day of the Dead, November 1st and one of the most waited upon dishes of people in Guatemala City.

I have often compared the "1ero de Noviembre" to Thanksgiving in the sense of family thinking of ancestors around a wonderful meal.

I will blog more about the dish and the day but for now I leave you with the big display of the meats being sold for the fiambre, which a lot of them can only be found during this time.

Z is for ZAPOTE

Zapote is spelled with Z in Central America and with S in Mexico and South America. I am glad because I wanted to blog about something more interesting than zanahoria when I got to Z.

The Zapote texture is like cutting into a refrigerated pumpkin pie. The texture is like you were having natures guilt free fudge.

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I IS FOR INJERTO

INJERTO is the name of a fruit that is the 'injerto' (graft) of a chico and a zapote. It has the shape of the zapote at about the size of the chico and the skin of neither.

When you cut it it looks like a zapote but the texture and taste is definitely a mix of both.

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THE INGENUITY OF GUATEMALANS

I find this form of advertisement both creative and hilarious.

Sal Andrews is an Alka Seltzer type medicine that claims to start working in 6 seconds.

Hired people with interactive signs are located in busy intersections. When the light turns red they start the Sal Andrews count to relief,

1....

3.........

4.........

5.........

It starts working in only 6 seconds.......

AHHHHHHH!!!