To learn everything about traditional barbacoa, our host, Francisco Gómez travels to Actopan, Hidalgo in central-eastern Mexico. But first, Francisco heads to the Mezquital Valley to drink pulque, Mexico’s oldest alcoholic beverage made by fermenting the sap of maguey, or agave.

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