Meaning of huarache | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Mexican sandal.
2. A food similar in shape to such a sandal, consisting of a fried masa dough base with a topping, typically salsa, potato, meat, or cheese.

Examples

“My shoes, damn fool that I am, were Mexican huaraches, plantlike sieves not fit for the rainy night of America and the raw road night.”

“The huaraches he wore looked like⟳ dried and blackened fish⟳ lashed to the floors of his feet.”

“They’re then ground into a homogeneous dough that holds whatever shape⟳ you choose⟳ to give⟳ it: thin circles for tortillas, thicker ones for gorditas and sopes, plump ovals for huaraches and triangles for black-bean stuffed tetelas.”

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