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photo from yelp member, ticha

i just read a post my friend made on facebook regarding something she just ate. what my friend just ate was a pupusa. i never tried them before but i know i've passed by restaurants that make them (pupuserias) in downtown l.a. usually and were curious as to what they are. according to this article from the la weekly blog,

Pupusas are cheap and cheerful, exceptionally hearty, stuffed and griddled disks of slaked cornmeal or rice flour that originated in El Salvador.[...]

 We learned three very important things when sampling them across L.A. The first is that there are five standard fillings to choose from: beans, cheese, minced pork (chicharrón, which is ground pork in this case, and not fried skin), loroco (a type of vine flower) and revuelta, which consists of beans, cheese and pork. And while the beans will for sure have lard, the masa itself won't, so this is a perfect vegetarian meal if you order correctly.

yup, now i will be thinking about them when hanging out and someone asks, what to eat?

this is the second ethnic cuisine/dish that i've been all of a sudden wanting to try. the first was indian food. i live very close to an indian community. i've never ventured to go eat there but after one of my friends visited vij's in canada, i looked up indian food and restaurants and thus began my list.