These are a couple of pictures of the Yucatán traditional meal, which consists of small, handmade, white corn tortillas, refried black beans, chicken or other meat, grilled onion slices, rice, jícama, sliced roma tomatoes, and sometimes a sliver of avocado. Finally, it is topped off with "pico de gallo" with cilantro, salsa roja or salsa verde. It is *NEVER* served with shredded cheese. The meat could be shredded chicken, pork, beef, even deer or other meat.
The top photo is of a woman rolling fresh tortillas for the one meal we ate out at an Izamal restaurant as a group. She baked them on a thin stone over the open fire. This was the place where the traditional dish consisted of pulled deer meat...or maybe it was iguana! I think the Yucatán kids were kidding about that (smirk). The orange gourds you see in the photo are used as bowls to hold and serve the warmed tortillas at the table.
The photo in the middle is the recipe made by Gabriel and Hilda at our fiesta on the second to the last night in Izamal. The third photo is a different version of the same dish that we were served at the President's banquet given in our honor for the things we'd done for the people of Izamal. The juice drink is called "Jamaica" juice...pronounced "Hahm-ah-ee-kah." We were told that it was very healthy.
It is an incredibly yummy meal (especially when one is very hungry, as we were several times on the trip). I have prepared it for my own family at least twice since our trip last month...and they really liked it!
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