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Romeritos is a Mexican dish from Central Mexico, consisting of tender sprigs of seepweed ( ''Suaeda'' spp.) that are boiled or steamed and sometimes served in a mole poblano flavored with dried shrimp.
Typical additional ingredients include boiled potatoes, nopales, and shrimp -- sometimes fritters of dried shrimp with bread slices and in tacos. They are traditionally enjoyed at
Romeritos is a Mexican dish from Central Mexico, consisting of tender sprigs of seepweed ( ''Suaeda'' spp.) that are boiled or steamed and sometimes served in a mole poblano flavored with dried shrimp.
Typical additional ingredients include boiled potatoes, nopales, and shrimp -- sometimes fritters of dried shrimp with bread slices and in tacos. They are traditionally enjoyed at Christmas
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and Lent
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.
The type of seepweed used depends on the region. The plant is known as ''romerito'' in Spanish. That name in English means "little rosemary"; some seepweed species can vaguely resemble such a plant when fresh, but neither the taste nor the fragrance is similar in any way.
See also
*List of Mexican dishes
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* Suaeda pulvinata
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References
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