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  • noun Plural form of pupusa.

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Examples

  • We grabbed some flatbread burrito like dealios (we think they´re called pupusas ... definite confirmation pending) along with a dollar of bananas, which equates to something like 30 (no joke. whoops).

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • She also owns a "pupuseria" (a stall from which she sells "pupusas" - tortillas stuffed with cheese, beans, pork, etc.) which is located right outside her home.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • As if all that was not enough, Marta now sells "pupusas" (stuffed tortillas) to be able to generate more income.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • Every day, María Elena opens her store, takes the grill out on the street, and gets ready to make "pupusas" which she sells every afternoon.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • "pupusas" (a typical Salvadorean food made from corn meal, cheese, fried pork and beans).

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • The pupusas were excellent, crisp-edged cakes of masa filled with just the right proportion of meat and gooey cheese.

    Last Night « PubliCola 2010

  • The "dream" lasts late into the night at the downtown speakeasies and in Bernal Heights, where Salvadoran pupusas — stuffed with squash, beans and cheese — are for sale until 3 a.m.

    Keeping Reality at Bay 2010

  • Women were cooking tacos and pupusas on the street corners without any fear of extortion, because the gang members that regularly extorted them were in the middle of the party dancing with the rest of the community.

    Tobias Roberts: Reverence For The Sacred Land: A Response To Endemic Violence In Central America Tobias Roberts 2012

  • The pupusas are solid: fresh, hand-formed masa cakes filled with a generous but not overwhelming amount of cheese and filling.

    My Pupusa’s on Broadway « PubliCola 2010

  • (My one tiny complaint: the pupusas would be better if they left them on the griddle for just a minute longer so the outside gets nice and crispy.)

    My Pupusa’s on Broadway « PubliCola 2010

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