 Guadalajara has a wide variety of typical dishes, such as pozole, tamal, toast, sopes, enchiladas, tacos, Menudo (soup), charros beans.But one that totally sets it apart from the whole country are the "Torta Ahogada ", which is of salted birote (typical bread [tapatío]) smeared with refried beans, with fried pork cut into pieces – also known as "carnitas" – all in sauce tomato seasoned with spices; it is also eaten accompanied by onions deflated in lemon and hot sauce; to drink, it can be accompanied either with the famous tejuino – which is made with a base of sourdough corn, accompanied by lemon ice cream – or with the tepache (made from the bark of fermented pineapple).The cuisine is a mix of pre-Hispanic and Spanish influences, like the rest of Mexico, but dishes have their own flavors and are made with local techniques.