He ʻano hilahila ʻole ʻo Yucatecan gastronomy, ʻoiai loaʻa nā meaʻai, nā hoʻohuihui a me nā hana hoʻomākaukau kumu, i hoʻohui ʻia me nā aʻa mua o ka Hispanic a me ka Paniolo, ua hoʻohui nui ʻia nā mea Palani a me ʻAlapia.
Ma waena o nā kahaha o ka gastronomic o Yucatan ka hoʻopihapiha ʻeleʻele (akā, i ka Maya), ʻo ia ka ʻiʻo puaʻa i hoʻowali ʻia me nā mea ʻala i hoʻomoʻa ʻia, i loko o ka ipu chili ʻeleʻele, a me ka cochinita pibil , kekahi o nā kīʻaha Yucatecan quintessential, hana ʻia me ka ʻiʻo puaʻa me ka achiote a pulu i ka wai ʻalani ʻawaʻawa, i wahī ʻia i nā lau maiʻa a kuke ʻia e ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana ia i lalo; lawelawe ʻia me nā pīni ʻeleʻele mānoanoa, ʻakaʻula, tortillas, a me ka mea ʻala habanero pepa.
ʻLelo ʻia e pili ana i ka poc-chuc ka mea nona pono ia e ka moku ʻo Ticul, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe e hele ai i laila, a i ʻole iā Maní, e ʻono ai i ka mea maoli, i hana ʻia me nā hoʻopiha puaʻa.
I kekahi mau wahi o Yucatán, hoʻopau mau ʻia ka ʻona, hoʻomākaukau ʻia me ka achiote. Pono nō hoʻi e ʻōlelo i nā ʻano mea ʻono maikaʻi, e like me nā panuchos, papadzules, salbutes, codzitos, tamales, polcanes a me ka lima o ka mōʻī wahine, a me nā mea ʻai he nui, e like me ka escabeche, nā pīni ono me ka puaʻa, nā hua Motuleño, muc- bil pollo, kahi ʻano tamale nunui me nā ʻāpana o ka moa a me ka puaʻa; ka hoʻopiha ʻeleʻele, ka hoʻopiha keʻokeʻo a me ka papa inoa lōʻihi o nā mea ʻono e hiki ʻole ke loiloi.
