Foods
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choclos
Having just a few days left in Quito (although returning soon) I plan to enjoy some of the things I have been discovering in this wonderful culture. With these choclos I will be making humitas for the second time.
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Today’s baking
This is Quito, where everything bakes and cooks different. Hence the texture.
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From my first humita batch (with improvisation)
This is an humita from my first batch try. It is a traditional dish, similar to tamales, made with the tender corn, and because of the tender state, it is called choclo, instead of corn. Usually the humita is wrapped in the husk in which the corn grows but I did not have enough. Therefore…
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