Duritos de rueda
Corn-based Mexican bar snack… Think Quavers minus the cheese.
Late night snack
On Sunday evening we thought 8pm would be a good time to hit Trader Joe’s and beat the crowds before going to the cinema to catch The Social Network… Nope. TJ’s had two queues for the tills starting at the entrance. Then the the 8.15 showing was sold out. Union Square is not like Cooks Corner, Brunswick, ME… Anyway, we had a pair of pints instead. I had my camera with me so it wasn’t an entirely wasted trip and as you might have heard Atticus is holidaying at his grandparents’ for the forseeable future so there was no rush to get back home.
Matey here’s organisin’ his sauces. Not on Flickr yet… this is a sneak preview for you, dear email subscriber.
El de los lonches
Black and white candids around NYC is all well and good, but you can’t beat the honest to goodness colour and warmth of Mexico. Matey here made a fantastic lonche. I promised to give him a copy of this photo the following week but due to gastric unpleasantness beyond my control I didn’t get a chance.
Yet another reason to go back 🙂
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Local Nutz $2.49/lb
Not sure what that is in metric, but it seems like a bargain. Let’s do the maths… 2.2lbs in a kilo so… $2.49 x 2.2= $5.48/kilo and today that’s £3.67 in pounds sterling for a kilogram of walnuts and hazelnuts. Is that a good deal?
I’ve not had a comment on this photoblog for weeks so I’m trying to invite interaction…
Blue Demon y el Rallador Sonriente contra las Bruselas de la Muerte
There’s a fine tradition of Mexican wrestlers starring in B-Movies with titles like El Santo Vs. The Mummies of Guanajuato. Here’s a picture I took on Sunday evening. Dr.Sita had bought some sprouts on the stalk and I thought they looked very cool. Turns out they don’t, but anyway I noticed our Blue Demon money box containing Atticus’s college fund peering over, so then I got carried away adding our anthropomorphic cheese grater and titling it “Blue Demon and the Smiling Cheese Grater vs. The Brussel Sprouts of Death”.
Hope you like it. It may be the only post this week as I’m working at least 3 jobs…
Tacos de Chorizo in potentia
Okay, I admit it, I forwent my vegetarianism for a week…
Oranges are not the only fruit
There’s limes too, f’rinstance. Citric goodness provided by Daniel & Monica’s back garden.
Brocauliflower
This unholy vegetable was sitting in the overpriced organic market in Alameda.
Pitayas
Pitayas (cactus fruit things) won’t be in season for a good few months yet, but it’s so grey and wet outside at the moment in Oakland, California that I needed a bit of colour.
Irresistable
Destroy your teeth and get stung at the same time with these delicious toffee apples on display at the Mercado de los Muertos in Parque Morelos, Guadalajara, Mexico.
Fresh Fruit
Watermelon, ????, mango, watermelon. I’m not a big fruit eater/identifier.
Torta Ahogada de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
A hard, savoury bread roll filled with carnitas (pork), and onion, all drowned in tomato sauce and a hefty amount of chile sauce is the Guadalajara snack par excelence. Add lime to taste.
If you’re interested in Guadalajara might I recommend a post from a few years ago about my 7+ Top Things to do in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Oh my gourd
A pile of calabazas on the way into Ixcatan, Jalisco.
Mini Sandals made of Chewing Gum
These guaraches de chicle were a present from Ana V. to us. They’re look better than they taste though. I think they’re traditionally made in Mascota, Jalisco.
Can you be more pacifico?
Mexican beer, Pacifico, which goes very well with sea side locations. Cheaper by the bucket.
El tequila con su sangrita y limoncito.
en un bar en Guadalajara…
Looking for a sangrita recipe? You could do a lot worse than my mate José’s rough and ready concoction…
Potassium Flower
Bananas growing in an abandoned carpark in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Aren’t they herbs or something unlikely?
Guacamole ingredients
You can’t make guacamole without slicing up some fruit veggies fruit… veggies? If you follow Sita’s recipe, then mangos also play a part…