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jennifer rose

Jun 23, 2007, 9:06 PM

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Chicharrones, with or without salsa.
Escamoles.

Or drink Horchata.

And you?

viejogatomalo

Jun 24, 2007, 5:19 AM

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Menudo ... that sloppy tripy stuff that cures hangovers.
Mexican tacos ... Guess I'm a tex-mex junky
Pig skins ... Those krinkly things that has FAT all over it

lajollamis

Jun 24, 2007, 1:50 PM

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Oh heavens!

Fried grasshoppers and Tequila/Mezcal grubs. No way!!

Or drink the atole at Star Medica hospital in Morelia. YUK!! Been there, done that! Long, boring story.

Of course, everything else at Star Medica was wonderful, and the hospital and the doctors are "numero uno"!! Especially gastroenterologist Dr. Francisco Esquivel. I loved him!!

I just got back from Morelia and Patzcuaro and can't wait to get back in the car and drive down again, all the way from Fort Worth!

Mary Lou
Live life well!!!

Gayla

Jun 25, 2007, 8:53 AM

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Chapulines aren't too bad. They don't have much of a taste and when folded into a taco with some salsa you don't know you're eating them. Crispy critters, kinda like potato chips to us. Now gusanos de maguey, one word - YUK! I tried them once, with home distilled mezcal (which was fantastic), I did it on a dare. They reminded me a lot of salmon jerky. Once was enough...

Now, as for Jennifer's original question, I'm of the eat now, ask later school of dining. If it's something weird or unusual, don't tell me what it is until after I've eaten it. The mind is a powerful tool and mine will start working overtime trying to decide if the weird and whacky is really worth eating and if I'll like it or not. It's best not to leave my mind to it's own devices where food is concerned. Let me eat it first and then decide if I like it or not.

I'm not wild about tripas no matter which side of the border I'm on, and no matter how many times, or ways I've had huitlacoche I just can seem to muster up any enthusiasm for them. I don't care how trendy huitlacoche is, it still tastes like dirt to me...and I quite eating dirt when I was about 5 or 6.

Anonimo

Jun 26, 2007, 2:45 PM

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Verdolagas, chicharrones en salsa, romeritos with sand in them plus smelly, greasy tortitas de camarón seco.
Cold frijoles machacados. Bleurgh.

Too much fat and gristle in carnitas. (but, we LOVE good carnitas!) http://picasaweb.google.com/...#5058774016564506770
http://www.pbase.com/panos/image/67072071
I could go on...

I like horchata, once in a while. I don't much care for champurrado.

Saludos,
Anonimo

Rolly

Jun 26, 2007, 3:52 PM

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I don't like champurrado at all. I also try to avoid tostadas with canned tuna.

Rolly Pirate

hopalog

Jun 27, 2007, 6:44 AM

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the tamales you get in Nayarit along the coast with the camaron seco inside WITH SHELL on. Ouch!

I and one of my kids LOVE horchata.

Pozole. Honestly, I don't get the hype. But I'd still rather eat pozole than glass.

Tripitas don't bother me but I'll put a bag over my head and admit to never having had menudo. Some Sunday I should...

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Carron

Oct 11, 2008, 9:16 AM

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Nucus. Pronounced "noo-coo". These are flying ant-termite like insects that swarm during certain seasons. They are eaten fried in a little lard and salt. I actually ate them in Chiapas, though I have seen a few of them alive as far north as Del Rio, Texas. (Of course, no one would do anything with them there except crush them underfoot.)

I would never have tried them, except my neighbor knocked on my door and proudly offered me a bowlful. In a small village one should never refuse the offer of anything. So I shut down my senses and prepared to toss one into my mouth. She stopped me and explained that one only ate the back "bulb", or butt end of the insect.

I did, and found it really wasn't as repulsive as, say, rhubarb, and it went right down. Tasted like one of the unpopped kernels of popcorn left in the bottom of the skillet. Same size and shape.

During "the season" it was obvious who ate nucu and who didn't. They make your teeth black for a week or so.

One of my dear friends explained that I was eating a very ancient source of scarce protein that people in the region had depended on for years. They will not, however, be in a bowl next to the salted pumpkin seeds at my next cocktail party!

husker

Oct 13, 2008, 8:20 AM

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what is champurrado?

esperanza

Oct 13, 2008, 8:42 AM

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Atole is a hot milk drink thickened with the same corn masa used to make tortillas. Atole can be flavored with strawberry, vanilla, cinnamon, blackberry, guava--a whole range of fruits and flavors! Champurrado is chocolate-flavored atole.

Many cooks now use pre-packaged pre-flavored maicena (corn starch) to make atole, but it isn't the same as the real deal made with masa.

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Rolly

Oct 13, 2008, 8:54 AM

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More information and how-to pictures here: http://rollybrook.com/champurrado.htm

Rolly Pirate

husker

Oct 13, 2008, 9:00 AM

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I was not aware that it was called champurrado I make it for my grandchildern and I personally like the chocolate version of atole.

nancyinpdx

Dec 12, 2008, 1:59 AM

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I also hate atole and its chocolate version.

Another vile thing is flan or any eggy dessert. Eeeeeeeew!

I will not eat any insects or creepy crawlies, nor any organ meats (¡guts!) or meat from weird body parts. Bleah!

mazatlanlee

Dec 12, 2008, 3:38 PM

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ummmm, Nancy, I guess that leaves buche out of your diet, eh? Oh, well... more for me! ;-} Lee
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wendy devlin

Dec 12, 2008, 5:13 PM

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Nancy's list leaves some of our daily diet out-of-bounds.
Whether, in Mexico or Canada.

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nancyinpdx

Dec 12, 2008, 7:44 PM

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Well i looked on the net; some say buche is pig cheeks and others say it is pig stomach. Neither one is something i'd like to eat but i know for a fact i don't like pig or cow tripe- the taste and texture gross me out.

Other things i've tried and abhor are horse meat (my mom made it all the time in the 70s- roasts, steaks, liver, burgers, hot dogs, bologna, liver, etc.), rabbit, pig tongue, feet, and ears, Vietnamese shredded pig skin, oysters, elk sausage, tapioca (especially the huge black pearls used in bubble/boba tea), turbot fish (i hate most seafood but this one is particularly vile). There are lotsa others but i'm getting into too many foods that are not primarily Mexican.

I've always hated eggy desserts except for pound cake, lemon or lime filling for pie, cookie bars, or topping, yorkshire pudding, an exceptionally good and well-spiced non-slimy pumpkin pie, and i love most baked goods if they don't taste or feel eggy. Ironically, I became allergic to eggs in adulthood. Weird, huh?! I can get away with eating small amounts of egg if i take 3 Benedryl. My other food allergies are to things I love, sob!

dmarinareina

Feb 20, 2009, 7:26 PM

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I, too, have discovered that I'm allegic to eggs, along with dairy and wheat, in my adult years. Turns out Mexican food, especially in this region (Pacific coast north of Acapulco and south of Mazatlan) is great for me -- corn tortillas, every kind of fish, fruit and vegetable, and all the guacamole you can eat! But for foods I'd rather not, I'd have to put catsup-based "ceviche" on the top of the list. I'll eat wonderful fresh lime-cooked fish all day long, but that sweet stuff must have been invented for the kiddies. Yee-uck.

colibri1

Feb 21, 2009, 4:59 AM

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THIS IS SUCH AN AMUSING THREAD THAT I JUST HAD TO ADD MY 2 CENTAVOS.
I'D PROBABLY STILL PREFER THEM OVER GLASS, BUT WHAT MAKES ME SAY "YUK" ARE THE CHARALES THEY SERVE AT THE MUELLES IN PATZCUARO!!!! OLD, STALE GREASE!
I ALSO AGREE WITH SOME POSTERS THAT ORGAN MEAT IS NOT FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
CHAMPURRADO IS ALSO ON MY SHORT LIST OF THINGS TO AVOID.
I'VE LEARNED TO EAT FISH..FEEESH...SINCE MOVING HERE, BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW THINGS THAT WON'T PASS MY LIPS, SUCH AS CARACOLES AND RAW OYSTERS.
CHICHARRONES TAMPOCO....EEESH!!!
MARIANA
PS I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS SUCH AN OLD THREAD UNTIL MY REPLY WAS POSTED...BUT I HOPE MORE PEOPLE REVISIT IT...LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!

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Anonimo

Feb 21, 2009, 8:12 AM

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Just remember, Colibri1, that one man's meat is another man's poisson.

I agree about the charales. Severl of us have had the unpleasant experience of eating "aporeadillo de charales"; scrambled eggs with charales.

Some organ meats are fine with me, such as lengua. I've given up menudo, though, for the most part.

I like raw oysters, but I won't eat them in Mexico. I had a horrible illness for two weeks at the end of our first, 1980, trip.

We love fish and seafood. We go out more often for seafood than any other restaurant food. I'd never had ceviche with catsup in it, except possibly the tasty ceviche de calamares at Mariscos La Güera, in Pátzcuaro.

I like crisp, freshly cooked chicharrones from time to time, but as far as the sort cooked in salsa, ¡gúacala!

I'm not keen on trying iguana meat, especially in tamales, for some reason.

(By the way; check your CAPS LOCK key, it seems to be on. Thanks.)

Saludos,
Anonimo

nancyinpdx

Feb 21, 2009, 10:15 PM

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I, too, think this is an amusing thread. I'm glad it's active again!

I've had caracoles (sp?) before, and although I don't find them to be tasty, I consider small amounts are edible on rare occasions.

nancy

colibri1

Feb 22, 2009, 5:57 AM

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¡Hey Anonimo!
We LOVE La Guera also...in fact we eat there almost every nite when we're in town. I we're lucky we get 2 buying trips a year to supply my gallery here in Puerto Penasco, Son.
My husband likes a little catsup in his coctel de camron..also with extra habanera!
I'll turn my caps lock off. I've taken to using it as a "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" strategy. They are always ON at the office computor. It's because we do alot of legal paperwork. I think they do it that way so you don't have to worry about what or what not to capitalize...?!?
Looking forward to more "feed-back" on this subject.
¡BUEN PROVECHO!
C1

Jetski

Mar 20, 2009, 8:01 AM

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Ubre, even the word gives me the shivers.

Any part of a mammal, bird, reptile, fish or mollusc; taco's de tripas, bulls nuts, cod fish eyes, bear bile glands, sea urchin uni and whatever else considered edible in most civilized cultures doesn't bother me a bit, but for some reason cooked cow, sheep or goat udders make me retch. I've tried ubre several times done up in various ways with and without salsas and can put the stuff in my mouth and chew it but if I try to swallow the gag reflex kicks in.

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