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MamaOaxaca · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca

This has been a really funny read. Mostly because I'm sitting here imagining how moonraven would have responded.

Miracle Whip is one of the reasons I left the US.
I'm very proud to not have eaten at McDonald's in a decade.
I learned to make salad dressings from on-line recipes because 9 years ago you couldn't buy them in the town I'm living in. And guess what, the ones I make taste better than the store bought kind. Razz

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Right on Melee.

cangringo · Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 327 Location: Vancouver, Canada

mmm salad dressings for me consist of olive oil and vinegar - salt and pepper to taste but that's all I need. So provided I can get those I'm ok.

I love Miracle Whip and McDonalds but avoid Mickey D's because it's the same price as in Canada which means it's expensive of course. I admit when we went back to Vancouver we had to give in to the craving but it was cheap for our friends to buy dinner... Laughing

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

Wow! Scott, thanks for the information that contact solution is behing the pharmacy counter. No wonder it is so hard to find!!

Just to clear things up for you, these days the terms hard lense and gas-permeable lense refer to the same thing and are used interchangeably. In the old days (I started wearing contacts in 1972 when I was nine), hard lenses and gas-permeable lenses were made out of two different materials and the terms were not interchangeable. Gas-permeable lenses were like the second generation of hard lenses. Eventually the original lenses were phased out and now all "hard lenses" are made of a gas-permeable material.

hlamb · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada

kitkat1 · Joined: 17 Jan 2006 Posts: 37

In DF there are a bunch of places for glasses andcontacts near the Zocalo - but you need to know where to look as they are all up zillion flights of stairs and hidden. Prices are amazing compared to the US. But I always bring many huge bottles of contact solution and drops - it's very expensive in DF. I also bring my own peanut butter, tuna fish (can't stand the amarillo) and degree deodorant . . . silly things but at least they don't take up a lot of space.

Now, where can I find a decent bagel in DF? And I'm not talking about what they pass off as a bagel at Starbucks. Guy, any ideas? In GDL I used to find them in Walmart, frozen, but no such luck in Iztacalco.

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

I've only ever seen frozen bagels at Walmart and Costco. There must be a place in Polanco somehere for a fresh one. Maybe on Ejercito Nacional.

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

As I vegetate at home with the most miserable cold, I'm so happy that my parents brought me a new supply of Neo Citran in December. It's like Theraflu + Tequila, but better Wink

wildnfree · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 134

What about Condoms? I can't buy them in Hong Kong as they are a bit on the small size. Embarassed

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

wildnfree · Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 134

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

A bit late replying to the original post, but...
I have Marmite in my cupboard as I've had 2 students who have traveled to England, but here in DF, can't find it.
As a lover of strong tastes, Colman's Mustard is in Liverpool (but expensive), as the brands in the supermarket are very insipid. I would like to know if anyone has found Vindaloo in powder, as, strangely for the chile-eating Mexicans, they don't seem to know what a hot curry is.