Did you by any chance mean one of these? pupa, purpura, purusha
Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A thick, hand-rolled maize tortilla
Etymologies
- From Spanish pupusa (Wiktionary)
Examples
“To me, the pupusa is the barometer of Salvadoran restaurants.”
“She had said that a pupusa is a tortilla with cheese inside.”
I Can Never Eat a Kay-suh-dill-uh Again - Con Sabor Club Tropical
“She has a "pupusa" (corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans, and pork, then grilled) stand near the Health Unit of Armenia.”
“I’m just ig’nant like that, and asked her what each kind of pupusa is.”
I Can Never Eat a Kay-suh-dill-uh Again - Con Sabor Club Tropical
“I popped in today for a two-pupusa lunch (one chicharron con queso and one queso con loroco, each $2.35), plus one glass of agua de jamaica.”
“My dining partner ordered a sampler with one pork tamale, one pork, cheese, and jalapeno pupusa, and one pastelito, a fried pastry stuffed with beef, potatoes, carrots and onions.”
“On a recent Saturday, Kyle Needham shucked oysters from Nova Scotia, while a Salvadoran immigrant peddled $9 pupusa platters.”
“She's seeking $1,200 to expand her farm and pupusa restaurant.”
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“Had ordered a pupusa to go with one chicken taco but the mistake was just as well; I'll simply have to go back for more.”
“The “terminal” consists of one open room with a dark, creepy bathroom with no light and a pupusa lady at the front with a sandia (watermelon) lady, also the lady to pay to use the (no luz) unlit bathroom.”
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Lists
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Open List: The World of Corn
Corn-related words and phrases. This versatile crop is so important to cultures and economies - from most basic indigenous foodstuff and animal feed to source of biopolymer and biofuel.
seed corn, field corn, flint corn, sweet corn, biofuel, biopolymer, corn starch, modified corn starch, cornstarch, cornflour, polylactic acid, citric acid and 390 more...
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A Crumb Of Comfort
Types of bread & breadmaking terms. Mainly I'm looking for plain or savoury breads but I'll accept the sweet-ish ones as long as they are more bread than cake :-)
lagana, khobz, pita, foccaccia, ciabatta, bap, altamura, knead, leaven, crumpet, muffin, bagel and 202 more...
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hernesheir A hand-made corn flatbread found in various Latin American cuisines. Pupusas are commonly stuffed with a variety of different ingredients. Similar to an arepa. Feb 11, 2010