GUATEMALA.

We are excited about trying what Guatemala produces and as long as they have hot peppers we should be ok. Hot peppers keep us from getting sick.

First thing we found is beer, “Gallo” beer. Tastes more like a low profile American beer but it will do… It is also expensive in comparison to Mexico of course. A “Gallo” beer (small can) goes from 8-9 Quetzales, 7 Quetzales = 1 Canadian dollar or 1 Quetzal = 1.55 Mexican pesos, that sucks!!! I never thought Mexican Money would be worth less than Guatemalan Money. Oh well, it is what it is… And of course at the border you get a lower exchange rate that you could at a proper exchange place.

Second thing we found very peculiar is tortillas. Tortillas are very small and thick and the “Tortillerías” are places where people make tortillas by hand rather than machines. You can buy 5 tortillas for 1 Quetzal.

We made some “molletes” which is basically a bolillo with beans, cheese on top and pico de gallo (in this case without cilantro). Bolillos in Guatemala are called “pirujos” which in Mexico this word means male prostitute. Pirujos go from 0.5-1 Quetzales.

We had a typical Guatemalan breakfast, it was awesome!!! For 24 Quetzales we got: fruit, beans, cheese, eggs and chapin coffee. Chapin coffee is a watered down coffee and if you want to upgrade for a real coffee you have to pay extra, sorry I did not ask how much extra but I did not care because we wanted to try what Guatemalans normally consume. The owner of the restaurant is German and let me tell you, there are lots of Europeans down here, I can see why… Guatemala is very pretty!!!

We cooked some tortas con huevo (tortas with eggs) and used up all the little bits we had.
Ingredients:
Pirujos
Boiled eggs
Chiapas cheese
Tomatoe
Avocado
Onion
Hot sauce

Preparation:
1) Add the Chiapas cheese to the pirujo and then the eggs in slices.
2) Add some avocado, tomatoe and onion.
3) Add hot sauce of your preference and enjoy.