It’s Christmas and that obviously means pinatas!
At least that’s what Matt learned while on a tour. The 7 points represent the seven deadly sins and you overcome them by obviously bashing them over and over until candy comes out.
Speaking of candy, there are a lot of different options to try. The coconut/pineapple disks were particularly tasty.
Being tall meant a lot of ducking through the market.
Another common snack you can find are cooked grasshoppers. These ones in particular were seasoned with lime and chili. The texture isn’t too bad, just crunchy and chewy at the same time.
Among all the piles of chilies you can also find these stalls that carry mole powders and pastes. They take so long to make that most people just buy these pre-made forms and then add stock to the desired consistency.
Mole will have to wait until later in the trip, but we did make some salsa which means cooking all the ingredients before crushing them together.
Here’s the in-progress photo.
And the final product in the molcajete.
We served the salsa on top of the tortilla with nopal (cactus), and onion. It was delicious and can’t wait to continue the food journey through Mexico.
