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Heritage Challenge Spotlight
October 14, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 1:30 pm
Join us in the Draper cafe during lunch time for our Heritage Challenge Spotlight, where each week one of our staff members will prepare a dish representing their heritage. This week our own Patty Flores will create Pellizacadas (Sope). Here is what she says about this traditional dish:
A sope also known as picadita is a traditional Mexican dish originating in the central and southern parts of Mexico, where it was sometimes first known as pellizcadas. It is an antojito, which at first sight looks like an unusually thick tortilla with vegetables and meat toppings.
The base is made from a circle of fried masa with pinched sides. This is then topped with refried beans, crumbled cheese, lettuce, onions, red or green sauce, and sour cream. Sometimes other ingredients are added to create different tastes and styles of sopes; they are roughly the size of a fist.
ABOUT PATRICIA (PATTY)
Patricia comes from the Kora (Cora) people. The Cora are an indigenous ethnic group of North-Western Mexico that live in the municipality Nayar, Rosamorada, Ruiz, Tepic, Mezquital Durango in the Mexican state of Nayarit and in a few settlements in the neighboring state of Jalisco. She moved here to the United States in 1991 where she came by bus.
Mexican tradition has permeated her lifestyle of hard work determination. She has worked with Bon Appetit for two years and two months, but she has had a wealth of knowledge from other kitchens and food industry businesses. The most important teacher was her own culture.
Patricia loves cooking real Mexican food from her culture, people, and country. She loves the freshness of Mexican cuisine such as fresh fruits, ceviche, tamales, agua frescas and seafood.
There are some things however are not the same here in the United States. For example, she misses the Nayarit Fair. This is where the true essence of Mexico is best experienced. There are fairs, religious festivities, and other colorful ancestral celebrations, all of them vibrant with music, chants, food, and fun. She is quoted as saying, “Well, I miss everything.”