The church and community leaders of the community of Las Delicias invited (or maybe "challenged" would be a better word) the ENLACE staff to a pupusa* eating contest on May 26. It was an amazing time for all the ENLACE staff to celebrate the amazing progress of the water project and then eat until stuffed. We estimate that more than 900 pupusas were eaten that Saturday afternoon. An employee of ENLACE’s sister org CREDATEC, Israel Melendez, ate 17 pupusas winning the event. While Evelyn Rosales (also from ENLACE) ate 16 coming in first for the female category. Her 9 yr old daughter, Rebecca ate 9 pupusas. Click here to see a photo gallery of the event.
ENLACE employee, Jorge Herrera, after trying to stuff down 10 pupusas
pastor Miguel Duran presenting the community leaders who attended the contest
one of the feasting tables
rebecca putting down number 9
*A pupusa (from pipil [the native language] "pupusawa") is a thick, hand-made corn tortilla (made using masa de maiz, a maize floour dough) that is stuffed with one or a combination of the following: cheese (queso) (usually a soft Salvadoran cheese called Quesillo), fried pork rind (called chicharrón), refried beans (frijoles fritos), or queso con loroco (loroco is a flower bud). Some more creative "pupuserÃas" serve pupusas with exotic ingredients, such as shrimp, squash, or local herbs.
pupusas being cooked on the "plancha"