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[cangringo]

Ah, whoops, I just meant as opposed to some tortillas filled with meat or tamales...now those are dangerous, delicious but greasy... we'll have pork chops and potatoes and veggies. I was also asked what typical Canadian food was and was at a loss except for French Canadian. I only say typical Canadian because I grew up eating like that - meat , potatoes and veggie.

As for the heat and humidity, when it gets hot and humid we just don't eat much...is that weird then?? Some of the food here is really good but I find the meat in the tacos is very fatty and they don't cut out the pieces of fat and cartilidge (sp?) so I don't eat them unless I have to because they are offered.

We have started eating the way Mexicans do with a bigger meal for lunch or a little bit later than lunch and then a snack type meal later on. It works better for our classes anyway because most of our students come later in the evening and we're not done til about 10ish a lot of days.

When we first got here I admit we were scared of the veggies but now we are glad we got brave.

I'm curious what others think of the non-refrigerated eggs...

[Samantha]

cangringo wrote:

[cangringo]

Ah I see, well we have been eating them with no ill effects but we wash them before eating...don't need chicken yuckies in our eggs. The ones we buy are very clean though admittedly. I've seen some I woudn't touch with a ten foot pole, feathers and poop stuck to them...

[ls650]

You didn't grow up on a farm, did you?

[Guy Courchesne]

[cangringo]

how did you guess...??

but the shells give that lovely crunchy texture to your scrambled eggs...

It's just that we have a hard time getting over the whole eggs not in the fridge thing and there's poop and feathers and we don't know how fresh they are, I mean we're in the city so it's hard to tell if they just came from the farm or what...put it this way I can't eat chicken if I see any feathers...yes yes I know I should just not eat meat but it's soooo good. Ah well I'll stick to being a hypocrite

BTW, hubby is out getting cheddar at this very moment - can't wait...!!!

Why do people buy that tetrapack crap milk (speaking of milk) when they can get the real stuff??? Anyone???

[gordogringo]

The poutine stuff is seriously good food. I ordered it at a bar and grill in Toronto.Also good that Canadians have national healthcare. Eat enough poutine and your heart will need some serious work. I have dropped three pants sizes in the past 6 months.The gordogringo is on the way to skinny gringo.

[Guy Courchesne]

Made some poutine here just the other day, but using Oaxaca cheese. Not quite the same...



Good stuff indeed, but don't rely on Torontonians to make it properly.

[cangringo]

mmm, that looks way too good...

that's the other reason I think we've lost weight - we don't eat fries very much and we don't tend to buy chips and such as much...although I admit I love some chicharones with salsa picante

anyone else like salsa on their popcorn now??

[gordogringo]

I love salsa and tobasco on my popcorn. I also never knew that toasted tortilla chips and salsa make a great winter snack, till I got here.

[MamaOaxaca]

[Ben Round de Bloc]

Although it's changing somewhat as more and more people from other parts of the country move here, it's still standard practice among many Yucatecos that only babies and sick people drink milk. If someone buys milk at a local store, and the cashier knows that there are no babies or very young children in the person's family, the standard question is, "Is someone in your family sick?"

At supermarkets in Merida there are tetra packs of all different kinds in several different brands from whole milk to low-fat milk to milk substitutes.

I've gotten hooked on liquid yogurt, something I'd never seen or heard of before moving here.

Are we off-topic yet?

[cangringo]

Ah but see I have cheddar and real milk so now I am thinking we shouldn't get out of Monterrey. And yes if you can't get the real stuff you have to buy the yucky stuff. My question was why buy that if you can get real milk. I can also see the fridge problem. People buy it here though and it's not cheaper really and I think most people have fridges, put it this way our roommate buys it and we have a fridge.

I have the unfortunate problem of loving milk, especially with meals and cookies. I can drink the other stuff but it's rather like canned milk and not as good.

Glad someone else is hooked on hot popcorn. I pretty much love salsa picante on everything now.

[Samantha]

[ls650]