Guajolota

Guajolota
Type	Sandwich
Place of origin	Mexico
Region or state	Mexico City
Main ingredients	Bolillo or telera, tamal
	Media: Guajolota;

Guajolota (Spanish: [ɡwaxoˈlota]), also known as a torta de tamal, is a form of street food commonly found in Mexico City and within the State of Mexico. It is essentially a sandwich composed of a tamal placed inside a bolillo or a telera, which is a rounder version of a bolillo.^[1]

Vendors are commonly found selling tortas de tamal throughout the day near offices, markets, schools, and especially near churches on Sunday mornings. Most vendors sell a variety of tamales stuffed with different ingredients, such as red mole with chicken, salsa verde with pork, cheese and chile poblano "rajas con queso," or a "tamal de dulce," which is a sweet flavored tamal, to accompany the bolillo.

Guajolotas are frequently bought with a hot drink known as atole, which comes in a variety of flavors. The order of a guajolota and atole are also known in Mexico City as a "guajolocombo."

The term guajolota is the feminized version of the word guajolote, which originates from the Nahuatl word huexolotl^[2] or uexolotl,^[3] for turkey.

There are different types of tamales that can be used to fill a guajolota:

Green tamale
Oaxacan tamale
Sweet tamale
Tamal de rajas
Fried tamale
Mole tamale

^ Janet Long-Solis; Luis Alberto Vargas (2005). Food Culture in Mexico. Westport, Connecticut (USA): Greenwood Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780313324314.
^ Kiddle, Lawrence (1941). "Los Nombres Del Pavo en el Dialecto Nuevomejicano". Hispania. 24 (2): 214. doi:10.2307/332552. JSTOR 332552.
^ Ferrero, Carmen; Lasso-von Lang, Nilsa (2005). VARIEDADES LINGÜÍSTICAS Y LENGUAS EN CONTACTO EN EL MUNDO DE HABLA HISPANA. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 59. ISBN 9781420822052.

[1] Janet Long-Solis; Luis Alberto Vargas (2005). Food Culture in Mexico. Westport, Connecticut (USA): Greenwood Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780313324314.

[2] Kiddle, Lawrence (1941). "Los Nombres Del Pavo en el Dialecto Nuevomejicano". Hispania. 24 (2): 214. doi:10.2307/332552. JSTOR 332552.

[3] Ferrero, Carmen; Lasso-von Lang, Nilsa (2005). VARIEDADES LINGÜÍSTICAS Y LENGUAS EN CONTACTO EN EL MUNDO DE HABLA HISPANA. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 59. ISBN 9781420822052.

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