Macabeos de Trujillo Alto

Trujillo Alto Fritters

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• League: Hostos.
• Division: Este de la Metro.
• Nicknames: Fritos, Arrecostas, Macas.
• Cheers: “¡A freír, Crispín!”

Photo credit: Édgar Torres.

LNP championships

None.

Liga Hostos pennants

1878

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1878 • 1885

Series Interdivisionales

1878 • 1882 • 1885

Series Eliminatorias

1871 • 1878 • 1879 • 1882 • 1885

División Este Metro titles

1871 • 1878

Wild Card berths

1879 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885

The macabeo is Trujillo Alto’s principal contribution to the Puerto Rican diet. Unlike the more common alcapurria, whose dough is made by grating a combination of green plantain and taro root, the macabeo is made entirely of the former—which renders it a far more artisanal fritter.