Hot new export: the pupusa.(El Salvador)(Brief Article)

HOT NEW EXPORT: THE PUPUSA. One thousand times a day, Miriam Rivera flattens a dollop of soft corn flour in her hands, folds in savory cheese or meat and drops it onto a hot grill, giving birth to another pupusa bound for the United States, reports The Washington Post (Jan. 10, 2004). Pupusas are a national dish in El Salvador, a taste as well known as tacos in Mexico or hamburgers in the U.S. Salvadoran immigrants introduced the pillowy tortillas to the U.S. years ago, but the white-aproned workers in Rivera's factory are about to give them a huge boost north of the border, sending 300,000 frozen pupusas a month …