I messed up yesterday and for that I sincerely apologize. I offended many of you with a term for an exploration of the foods of recently maligned countries and that certainly wasn’t my intent. At all. But I hear you. My intent is irrelevant. As someone wisely pointed out, I can’t take ownership of this blatantly racist term regardless of my intentions. Got it. After much thought, I have deleted that post as I don’t want to continue to offend. I never ever meant to denigrate El Salvador nor it’s foods. Never.
As for the recipe, dang. I made some crap pupasas. That was made very clear. Honestly, I can appreciate your passionate replies and united hatred of my attempt. As much as it stung, it made me smile a little too. Familial recipes, especially those deeply rooted in our cultures, are intensly personal. Know that I heard you loud and clear. My pupasas were crap. I need to go back and work on these a bit more. I started with what I thought was a solid recipe source but I guess pupasas weren’t their strong point either. Maybe I’ll take another public crack at this one if I can get it right. I might have to track down someone to teach me first.
We all make mistakes. I’ll take ownership for mine. I most definitely did not mean to offend so if I did, I hope you can accept my apology. I’ve heard you.
STRESSCAKE 
I read those comments last night. Taking offense with your use of the president’s crass term within the post was justified.
However, what isn’t justified is vilifying a person’s earnest attempt to learn about another culture through food, or denigrating the first results of those efforts. One shouldn’t have to apologize for wanting to explore, learn, and ultimately build bridges.