After successful experiments in tortilla sandwiches (pb&j, how american), I’m inaugurating a new (probably not original) hashtag: #glutenfreeinguatemala
And on that note, enter “rellenitos,” my new edible obsession. Rellenitos translates roughly to “little filled things” in my mind, or more accurately little filled delicioiusness with NO GLUTEN. score.
They’re basically fried plantain dumplings filled with sweetened black bean sauce that cost about 3/8’s of a dollar. score again for cheap goodness. Here’s the recipe: (makes 6 servings)
Ingredients:
-3 plantains, peeled and broken into chunks
-1/2 (16 ounce) can refried black beans
-1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
-1/2 teaspoon salt
-2 cups oil for frying
Directions:
1. Place the plantains in water to cover in a large pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until tender, 15 minutes. Drain and mash.
2. In a small saucepan over low heat, heat the refried beans. Stir in the sugar and salt…
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Just want to give a quick shout out to this awesome organization which I would love to be involved with some day when time and money permits!
If you have some free time in April and want to go to beautiful Guatemala you should consider volunteering!
Guatemala achieved a breakthrough for justice today with the opening of the landmark criminal trial of Efraín Ríos Montt, former military dictator, for genocide and crimes against humanity. Ríos Montt, along with his chief of army intelligence José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, is charged with ordering and overseeing a bloody counterinsurgency campaign during his 1982-83 regime that sought to wipe out guerrilla forces and anyone who supported them. The indictment accuses the two retired generals of responsibility for fifteen massacres in the Ixil region of the country’s northwestern Quiché department, resulting in the deaths of 1,771 unarmed men, women and children.
The proceedings will begin with a review of the evidence by Judge Miguel Ángel Gálvez. The prosecution plans to propose 142 witnesses – among them, relatives of victims and survivors of the massacres – and 64 experts, including military analysts, forensic scientists, anthropologists, scholars, investigators and psychologists. Documents will include…
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We did a day trip to Chichicastenango (Chichi), to take in the markets, a cemetery and another Church. Now by this time, I was seriously churched out as most Guatemalans are Catholic and there are churches everywhere. It became a running joke with Kathryn when I asked what was next – oh just another Church! But seriously, this church is built on a Mayan sacred site so two types of beliefs fuse together in harmony as fire burns inside and outside the church as offerings to the Mayan gods. People burn eggs, food, fruit and anything they can afford as offerings for a good life.
Guatemala Info 