tostado

plural tostados

1. uncountableToasted corn kernels, eaten as a snack.

   Children in the countryside still carry some tostado in their pockets to eat during recess at school.

   2003, Maria Baez Kijac, The South American Table, →ISBN

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   A meal here is any instance in which food is eaten during the day, and so may be anything from a complete meal to some tostado eaten while working in the field.

   1982, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, CIMMYT Economics Program Working Paper, page 13

   An ancestral food combination, which modern nutritional experts have stated to be highly nutritional because it increases protein intake, is a mixture of cereals and legumes, such as rice with lentils or beans, grilled corn kernels (tostado) with edible lupine seeds (chochos), and specially prepared maize kernels (mote) with broad beans (habas).

   2003, Carolyn Erickson D’Avanzo, Elaine M[arie] Geissler, “Ecuador”, in Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment (Mosby’s Pocket Guide Series), 3rd edition, St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby, →ISBN, page 253

   Maiz tostado takes longer to burst open than popcorn, so to prevent the kernels from burning, you have to keep tossing them, one hand securing the lid, until the noise stops.

   2008, John Thorne, Matt Lewis Thorne, Mouth Wide Open: A Cook and His Appetite, →ISBN

2. USuncountableSouthwestToast.

   Breakfast around here is tostado (toast) and tea. Sit down, Sit down, I'll fix you some tostado.

   1987, Mary A. Vanderweele, Pocketful of Dreams, →ISBN, page 212

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   "Whatever you wish; but if you're tired and ... Hey, Angel!" he shouted at the individual who was already moving away, “tell your wife to prepare some tostado, our dessert wine, and some cake. Fancy that, my dear fellow, fancy that!”

   2010, Emilia Pardo Bazn, Walter Borenstein, Mother Nature, →ISBN, page 104

   You have to understand something: Spanish tostado is nothing like a slice of crusty American carbohydrates pulled from a plastic bag and burnt beyond freshness. Tostado -- at least in Loli's house -- was a huge hunk of freshly baked bread, lightly toasted to perfection and smothered with whole-fruit mermelada that made store-bought jams and jellies back home seem flavorless.

   2013, Jeff Goins, The In-Between: Embracing the Tension Between Now and the Next Big Thing, →ISBN

3. alternativecountableAlternative form of tostada (“a fried corn tortilla”).

   He was gloomily chewing on some tostado chips.

   2004, Pamela Troutman, Deadly Diamonds, →ISBN, page 101

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   The extensive menu has some interesting new additions, such as Fiesta chalupas: a lavish combination of sour cream and guacamole on a large tostado.

   1979 August, “Dallas”, in Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 8, page 36

   This attractive sandwich features a crisp tostado shell and hot pepper cheese topped with tomatoes, corn and lettuce.

   1980, Land O Lakes Mirror - Volumes 10-11, page 42

   Top each tostado with the tomato mixture, sour cream, and cilantro sprigs.

   2003, Weight Watchers International, Simply Delicious: 245 No-Fuss Recipes--All 8 POINTS Or Less, →ISBN, page 100

   Tostados are a traditional Mexican dish made with crisply fried corn tortillas topped with a variety of fillings.

   2006, Linda Gassenheimer, Prevention's Fit and Fast Meals in Minutes, →ISBN

plural Tostados

1. A surname.