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May Revolution Day (Argentina)

Argentines eat locro, a thick stew of maize, beans and squash, on the day the revolution began.

The "Cabildo Abierto" of may 22, 1810, in the city of Buenos Aires (now part of Argentina, then part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata), where it was decided to remove the viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros
Photo: Pedro Subercaseaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for May Revolution Day (Argentina)

On 25 May Argentina remembers the revolution of 1810 that opened the way to independence. It is late autumn there, and the dish of the day is locro, a thick stew of white maize, beans, squash and several cuts of pork and beef, finished with a red chilli oil. It is a dish of the Andean north-west that the whole country now cooks for patriotic days. Empanadas come first. For dessert there are pastelitos, fried pastry flowers filled with quince or sweet potato paste, and mate is passed round.

The dishes

EmpanadaBaked or fried, served before the stew.MateShared from one gourd through the afternoon.MazamorraWhite maize pudding sold in the streets of 1810.

Also part of it, and being written: Locro (Maize, bean and squash stew, the patriotic dish.).

About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "May Revolution" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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