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Elote Unicornio

Last updated almost 2 years ago
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Let's travel back in time to 2017... Remember when Starbucks made the unicorn 🦄 frappe and the world went a little crazy for a while? It went viral. Well, here was Mexico's 🇲🇽 answer to that! (True story.)

Read the article below and answer a few questions:
Let's travel back in time to 2017... Remember when Starbucks made the unicorn 🦄 frappe and the world went a little crazy for a while? It went viral. Well, here was Mexico's 🇲🇽 answer to that! (True story.)

Read the article below and answer a few questions:
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I understood this reading:

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Some words that were familiar to me were:

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Some words that were UNFAMILIAR to me were:

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¿Cómo son similares el Unicorn Frappuccino y el Elote Unicornio?

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¿Quién inventó el Elote Unicornio?

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¿Tú sabes qué es un burro? ¡Descríbelo!

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¿Es posible encontrar el Elote Unicornio en '"La Elotería" ahora? ¿Por qué sí o por qué no?

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Típicamente, si quieres comer elote, ¿dónde lo buscas?

Next, watch this video of a real ad promoting the event.
Here is a REAL ad that was made to promote "el elote unicornio." It also went viral.
Here's some live footage to explain how everything happened with "el elote unicornio."
chamacos = mexican slang for kids
Still not sure what elote is? Read this article!
Remember this popular viral song from 2017? Of course you do. It's despacito!
Well, here's a parody about it called "Elotito." Ahh, gotta love autotune. Check out the lyrics below!

Elotitio
How I love you, my elotito
All that mayonnaise with cheese
put some jalapaños on it and I give it a kiss
Ah, how delicious
How I love you, my elotito
A whole lime with a little chile
And I love you more than a burrito
Wow, these people sure love their elote! They even wrote it a love letter. Take a look:
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El autor de esta carta pone jalapeños en su elote

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El autor de esta carte come elote en una tortilla

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El autor de esta carta pone un poco de limón en su elote

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El autor de esta carta prefiere comer burritos; no elote

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El autor de esta carta pone chiles y jalapeños en su elote

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El autor de esta carta dice que el elote es delicioso

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Al autor de esta carta le gustan tortillas, burritos, y elote, pero le gusta las tortillas lo más

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El autor de esta carta le da besitos a su elote pero no lo come

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El autor de esta carta pone mayonesa en su elote

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El autor de esta carta dice que el elote es su comida favorita

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What is elote and where can it be found?

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How Mexico vs. the US eat corn

  • mayonesa
  • limón
  • chile
  • sal
  • mantequilla
  • queso
  • crema
  • jalapeño
  • Ingredients one might put on elote (🇲🇽)
  • Ingredients one might put on corn (🇺🇸)