Flavors of Mexico

Easter in Mexico

As most Mexicans are Catholic, they abstain from eating meat during Easter or Holy Week, and fish and shellfish are consumed in large quantities. The traditional dishes eaten include romeritos with shrimp fritters, tamales stuffed with nopales, potato cakes, chilies and chilacayotes stuffed with cheese, and bean rolls with tuna fish, sardines or cheese, to name but a few.