Comida de Cuaresma - Vegetarians Enjoy!

   Everyone who has traveled around Mexico and happens to be a Vegetarian knows how hard it can be sometimes to find a meatless dish besides a Quesadilla! During La Cuaresma or the 40 days known as Lent, 90% of the Mexican population who happen to be Catholic, give up eating red meat on Fridays and they sometimes practice abstinence from other things dear to them like smoking or drinking, all this to correspond the time that Jesus Christ spent stranded in the wilderness.

   This is the time when businesses have to change up their menus if they want to keep selling food on Fridays and a good opportunity to enjoy some delicious and typical Mexican vegetarian cuisine!  

   List of some traditional Cuaresma dishes you might find added as a special in your favorite spots:

• Tacos de pescado  
• Tacos de camaron
• Tacos de rajas y champinones
• Empanadas de Vigilia (flour pastry's stuffed with veggies or seafood) 
• Tortitas de camaron seco, de coliflor, papa y atun (tortitas or croquettes made with dry shrimp are the best)
• Chiles rellenos de queso y camaron
• Pozole de Camaron 
• Capirotada (typical bread pudding dessert) 

Capirotada - Mexican Bread Pudding

Friday Night Specials @ Capulina's Tacos 

Viernes Social at Capu's Tacos

people out to greet El Obispo who came to town

Special Thanks to Lin Magali Loza for her  great pictures!