Panocha de gajo: The typical sweetener of Baja California Sur

Panocha de gajo: The typical sweetener of Baja California Sur

• Culture Health Tourism
• 31 May, 2021

If you want to live a wonderful experience in the company of your family or friends venture to San José de Comondú and taste a regional delicacy like the Panocha de Gajo, you can even find ranches that will welcome you with their doors open in the sugarcane season so that you can be part of the production of this delicious sweetener.

This picturesque municipality adjoins to the north with Loreto and to the south with the municipality of La Paz, its extension is 12,547.3 square kilometers which places it as the third largest municipality in Baja California Sur.

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One of the activities that has given recognition to St. Joseph of Comondú is that before the Holy Week holidays, starts the season for sugar cane harvesting, the base ingredient that brings to life the typical sweetener for talega coffee and a large amount of food and drink. Being in that vacation period, you cannot miss the opportunity to visit San José and take an interesting tour, where you can see what its preparation is, from the harvest of the cane, the extraction of its juice, contemplating the rustic tools, the cooking of the ingredients accompanied by pieces of the orange peel, previously dehydrated, to later be put in the traditional molds. And as if that weren’t enough, you will be able to nurture its history and the history of the natives residing in this location.

In addition, you can visit the mission of San José and tour the Sierra de La Giganta, where there are caves with cave paintings, as well as abundant flora and fauna.

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Visit San José de Comondú, enrich your knowledge, discover traditional flavors and another way of life, live with nature and enjoy in the company of those you love the most, stay at the Seven Crown Hotel, it has excellent prices and the necessary safety and hygiene measures so you don’t have to worry.

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