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MELEE · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: You learn the darnest things...

...living and working in Mexico.

I sort of envision this as the flip side of the whys thread.

The great and amazing things you learn while in Mexico.

I'll start.

Did you know that if you boil ears of corn with the husks and all, once cooked the silk comes right off easy peasy?
To think of all those summer hours I wasted cleaning corn when I was growing up....

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

Yes. My mom always husked them first but when I went to church suppers and agricultural fairs they sometimes cooked them with everything on. I always preferred them dehusked prior to cooking so to save myself the trouble, so I never told her.

I thought I would see many middle aged Mexican men sleeping in a half prone position with their ponchos and broad rimmed hats as depicted in every Mexican movie, but was pleasantly surprised that stereotype is not true.

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco

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

I've learned that it isn't always hot in Mexico.

Canada is north of the US and it is cold there. Always (this I have learned from almost every taxi driver who has ever driven me anywhere).

I can eat hot food and enjoy it.

danielita · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 281 Location: SLP

I've learned that a 24 hour bus ride really isn't as bad as it sounds.

Also, I don't get car sick if I drive the windy mountain road, but put me in the passnger seat and it's a different story.

MELEE · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

hmmmm,

I was really thinking not thinking about dislodging stereotypes about Mexico, but how to do things, practical things etc. But go with it.

Here's another I've learned.
Plain white toothpaste make a great burn oitment.

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

Elise9 · Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 32 Location: Celaya, GTO

I've learned how to "picar" tomatoes and onions the mexican way - into teeny tiny pieces without a cutting board!

And along with that goes learning how to make a killer guacamole, and many types of salsa. Cool

MO39 · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 1:38 am Post subject:

I've learned to co-exist (up to a point) with the colony of "cucarachas" that lives behind and under my kitchen sink!

GueroPaz · Joined: 07 Sep 2007 Posts: 216 Location: Thailand or Mexico

Let's see, what I learned about daily life, living in the interior (and southern border) of Mexico.

A 250cc motorcycle is a big bike. If you have a wreck, Mexicans are very helpful. Mexican hospitals are not too bad. Ind�genas can be very kind. Mexico has Muslims, Chinese, Mennonites, Quakers, Jews, Pentecostals, etc.

There are many kinds of pyramids (the big one in Puebla, made of dirt, is the world's largest). Mexico is a land of great variety.

Tomorrow may never come, and it does not need to.

leslie · Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 235

TheLongWayHome · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1016 Location: San Luis Piojosi

sarliz · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Jalisco

notamiss · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

I learned to live in Spanish (more or less).
I can drive in Mexico City now (more or less).
I can walk into an unfamiliar Sanborns and find the washroom directly without any false turns.

debmport · Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 34 Location: Guadalaholla

I learned to cut up a whole chicken from the guy in the meat shop across the street.