What Picada means
Picada is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "pinched one". It comes from Spanish picar (to prick, to pinch) + -ada. It is pronounced pee-KAH-dah, and it is most associated with Veracruz.
The cook pinches a rim around the edge of the hot masa disc, and the verb for that pinch is the whole name.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Antojito means "little craving". These are the masa-based street foods named for their shape more often than their filling: a sope is a small mound, a huarache is a sandal, a gordita is a fat little one, a tlacoyo is an oval patty.
