Guatemalan tradition is to make "chuchitos" (like Mexican tamales) for holidays like Christmas and New Year's. Chuchitos are cornmeal-filled husks with a kernel of yummy meat & tomato sauce at their center, boiled and served piping hot. They are a bit work-intensive but not hard... if you know how to do them. Which is the hard part-- they're kind of a lost art! So my mom had the idea this year to have as many as possible come over and learn from my grandma --known as "Mama Lulu"-- and then enjoy eating the fruits of our labor together as our Christmas feast.
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| Mom ("Nina" to her grandkids") getting everything ready |
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| Step one: soaking the corn husks |
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| Mama Lulu washing & soaking |
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| Nicole... being... critical? |
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| Colin & Andrew, supervising with Boy Power |
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| Browning the meat, simmering the sauce, and making the masa (dough) |
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| Tia Anna tending to the adorable nieces & nephew |
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| Hard to get work done with this much cuteness! |
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| Mama Lulu & her oldest grandchild (me!) |
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| Simmering one more batch of sauce while 2 batches of chuchitos boil |
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| Explaining how to make strips of corn husk to tie off the chuchitos |
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