Culture Assignment

I had a El Salvadorian meal at my friend’s house. The food we had was called a pupusa. From what I researched the pupusa is the main dish in El Salvador and my friend always talks about eating pupusas on social media. pupusas are made with a  corn flour tortilla or a rice flour tortilla. They then stuff the tortilla with cheese, refried beans, and pork meat that is cooked known as chicharrón. Instead of pork you can get vegetables which is what I prefer. The vegetables are usually ayote and garlic. I am not fond of pork so I prefer this option towards the other one. In the United States the dish is most prominent in most of California (around San Francisco mostly), Virginia, Washington D.C., Chicago, and in Texas. Unlike in El Salvador, pupusas in the United States are made with a commercial corn flour-masa mix instead of actual home made corn so one could say it’s not the genuine article. In El Salvador there is actual a day celebrating the pupusa. This holiday is known as Día Nacional de la Pupusa and it is celebrated on November 13th.