When you least expect it ...

Culinary experiences can happen anywhere. I had the pleasure of savouring a Salvadoran traditional food called pupasas while volunteering at the Canucks Family Education Centre last Tuesday (click here to learn more about this terrific charity).


We were working with a class of wonderful Spanish-speaking ladies who were learning English. They were so cute! They worked so hard on improving their conversational skills and then how to write it all down. You have to really admire them -- I didn't realize until that day how hard it must be to leave your homeland, and all things familiar and comfortable, just to immerse yourself in a different country with a different language and different customs. This was their last class, so a couple of the ladies made a treat for everyone.

Pupusas are a masa (corn tortilla flour) flat cake filled with a mixture of cheese, beans and pork -- kinda like quesadilla. It's served with Salvadoran coleslaw and a dab of tomato sauce spooned on top. It seems pretty easy to make, and I should be able to find the ingredients, but I have a feeling it won't taste the same unless it's made by a cute Spanish speaking lady from El Salvador. How do you say tasty in Spanish? Sabroso!