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On April 1, 2005, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly declared pupusas as the national dish of El Salvador and every second Sunday of November would be National Pupusas Day.A fair is typically held on the day in the capitol and a few big cities. On November 10, 2007, in celebration of National Pupusa day, the Secretary of Culture organized a fair in the capital park in which they would make the world biggest pupusa. The pupusa was 3.15 meters in diameter and was made with 200 lb. of masa, 40 lb. of cheese, and 40 lb. of chicharrón. It fed 5,000 people. Five years later, the record was broken again with a pupusa with 4.25 meters in diameter.

The pre-Columbian pupusa were vegetarian and half-moon shaped. They were filled with squash flowers and buds, herbs such chipilin and mora, fungi and salt. By 1570 meat had been incorporated into the filling, as noted by Franciscan monk Bernardino De Sahagun.

El Salvador and Honduras have been disputing over where the pupusa originated. While not as popular of a dish in Honduras, pupusas can still be found spread throughout the nation. Salvadoran archeologist attribute the creation of the pupusa to the Pipil people due to the name meaning swollen in the pipil language and the artifacts found in the Joya de Ceren which show ingredient and tool that were used to make an early version of pupusa. Honduran etymologists say that since the pipil language is so close the Nahuatl language, the Honduran Nahua tribe could have created the dish. The topic of the pupusa’s origin also came up during the negotiation for the CAFTA-DR. Both nation wanted to make the pupusa an exclusive export.After 2 days of delegation the Honduras seceded the right to El Salvador.

Pupusa sale play a big role in the Salvadoran economy. According to the Salvadoran Ministry of Economy between the years of 2001-2003, pupuserias generated 22 million dollars. The exporting ingredients such as lorocco has also helped boost the economy. . As of 2005, 300,000 people made pupusas for a living, with a majority of them being women.

On September 25, 2011 the pupusas were named that year’s Best Street Food in New York.

The average revuelta pupusa contain around 400 Calories.