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samizinha · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Vacalandia

Sigh, I�ve been away for way too long!
I�m adding three photos here. Two are from Xochimilco (my favourite place in the big city) and one is the ubiquitous panorama of Teotihaucan, that I still can�t help loving. Hopefully I can link them properly.
Cheers! Samizinha

Perpetual Traveller · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 651 Location: In the Kak, Japan

YIKES!

What's with all the ghosts!!!???

PT

samizinha · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Vacalandia

They�re the spirits of Teotihaucan... the ones that those people in white keep looking for Razz

Sami

Perpetual Traveller · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 651 Location: In the Kak, Japan

Spirits in tennis shoes and wrist watches... Laughing

PT

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Thanksgiving is coming, at least for the yanquis. Here's the spread we put out last year.

samizinha · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Vacalandia

My friends and I celebrated Canadian thanksgiving a few weeks ago. Doesn�t match up to Guy�s feast I�m afraid, but it was damn good none the less.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

That Becel is certainly popular...what's going on in the pan over there on the left? Looks good...

Do you know how hard it is to find cranberries in Mexico? Had to go to Costco and get a huge bag. I still have some left over from a year ago.

samizinha · Joined: 12 May 2005 Posts: 174 Location: Vacalandia

My school is putting on a thanksgiving ceremony and dinner in November, and recruited me to help. When I recieved the plan for the evening, the menu included coffee, strawberries, pinapples, donuts...
I could picture the pilgrims rolling in their graves.
The menu has been adjusted since, but I would have loved to see the final Mexicanized version.
As for my dinner, I didn't even try for cranberries- it was hard enough finding what I did where I live. I picked up the only squash at the Mega, and gravy on the turkey is imported Smile

Alexanndra · Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Mexico City

Hey, Guy, you actually found cranberries!!! I've been doing the canned ones (ugg) for years now, because I haven't been able to find fresh ones anywhere, not even at Cost-Co! Which Cost-co did you go to??? Also, last year I was forced to make my own pumkin pie with fresh pumkin, because the yummy ones that Cost-Co used to have seemed to have been discontinued!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Costco Polanco...but don't get too excited...it was a bag of semi-dried cranberries. Okay enough to boil down to a sauce or bake in cookies, but nothing like fresh ones. They've got other things too...apricots, a variety of berries unknown in Mexico, and peaches.

I was thinking about heading over tomorrow to look for pumpkin pie mix or filler or that canned stuff that is the favorite of boy scout food drives. Never made a punkin pie before.

Alexanndra · Joined: 11 Oct 2005 Posts: 28 Location: Mexico City

Ohhhhh, I know those dried cranberries. I put them in my cereal, but yes, nothing like the fresh ones! I tried to bring a bag of fresh ones back from the States one year, but, being fresh, they were confiscated. I was hoping to get away with it since they were in the Ocean Spray bag ad obviously did'nt have any bugs! Smile

I've never seen canned pumkin here either. Hopefully Cost-co will bring in their already baked pies this year. They were really yummy. Wow, I'm salivating just thinking about the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner! Smile

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

What with these big avatars, large photos, and panoramic views, I'm having to scroll halfway out to my balcony to view this thread!

BTW, what's with the ghost sort of looming behind the guy in the red T-shirt in the far left of the photo? Shocked

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Went to Costco today...here are the cranberries in question. No pumpkin pie filler though. Instead, I'm going to make tarte a sucre, a Frecnh Canadian speacial that has maple syrup, brown sugar, whipping cream, and a 9-1-1 call to the dentist.

Ms. Atondo · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject:

OK Guy, it is official...you have WAY too much time on your hands. We celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada in October so all of our cranberry supplies are gone, or I would have sent you all some!

MELEE · Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

I bought my dried cranberries at Costo in Morelia in July and are saving them special!!! I'm going to make cranberry bread with them. Yummmmm.

I also got my pumpkin to make the pie this weekend, now the only thing not lined up is who is going to kill and clean the turkey!!!!

oh and guy, doesn't that photo violate the terms of your FM3???