Honduran Central Highland Foodways

Mountain

Comayagua, Francisco Morazán, La Paz, Intibucá, Lempira and the interior — cool, mountainous, and where Tegucigalpa sits at 1,000 m. MAIZE and red BEANS twice a day. BALEADAS at breakfast. PLATO TÍPICO: carne asada, chorizo, chismol, refried beans, quesillo, mantequilla crema, tajadas and tortilla on one plate. TAMALES and MONTUCAS. SOPA DE CAPIROTADAS and sopa de frijoles with cream. NACATAMALES at Christmas. And the DAIRY of the highlands — quesillo, queso seco, cuajada, mantequilla crema and mantequilla rala, which are the flavours that make a Honduran plate Honduran and not Salvadoran or Nicaraguan.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Departamento de Lempira territory
Departamento de La Paz territory
Departamento de Intibucá territory
Departamento de Francisco Morazán territory
Departamento de Comayagua territory

Communities and languages

Lenca community documented

Languages: Spanish, Lenca-Honduras

Related foodways

Recorded as relating to this foodway

related to Honduran Dairy Foodways documented
Quesillo and mantequilla crema are what make a Honduran plate Honduran rather than Salvadoran or Nicaraguan.