I really want you all…all of you who are reading to experience this year with me as much as possible. I’m big on pictures…so hopefully there will be plenty of those.
I think it’s neat to hear what people are eating in other places around the world.
So I’ve decided to share with you, in each country I visit, some of the food I encounter.
(the milk comes in a box here and is not chilled in stores)
Cheese (my favorite food!)
When I eat…it’s pretty routine.
If you know me, you know that I really love a few certain foods: Cheese, Raisin Bran (cold cereal in general), Twizzlers, Eggs, a Sprite occasionally, Rice and Skittles (and not in that order).
J
My favorite food is Mexican food, so you can imagine how excited I was to visit
Mexico and try some authentic food.
Since arriving in
Mexico I’ve realized that my favorite food is actually ‘Tex Mex’.
J
There is a taco stand; well more like 2 or 3 taco stands on each corner (I compare it to hot dog stands in NYC).
But not the type of US taco you are imagining…Tacos here are made of up 2 small round flour tortillas (about the side of my palm) stacked together and then filled with meat.
Squeezing a fresh lime on top is really good, or some pour on the gobs of hot sauce and a spicy mix at some of the stands.
For our first team meal in
Palenque we decided to step inside a local restaurant located next to the bus stop.
We ordered the ‘family meal’.
I’m expecting rice, tortillas, guacamole, cheese and more cheese, chunky refried beans, crunchy tacos, cheese enchiladas or chicken fajitas, chips and salsa, queso dip, etc…you get my point I think.
When our order came out it was a surprise, a good surprise, but still a surprise. Our lovely waitress brought us ½ of a chicken (on the bone), a zillion tortillas, soupy refried black beans and a bowl of spaghetti noodles. I’m learning that there is a BIG difference between ‘Tex Mex’ and authentic Mexican food.
And my expectations of food here is way off…it’s funny how my views and expectations are seemingly so different than reality – (that’s another blog I guess).
Back to food.
We have found a little bakery in town as well. Most of the bread and pastries are only 1 Paso (which is only 10 cents in the
US).
These are worth far more than that!
We’ve been there a few times…and the taste blows you away!
We also have found a Burger King at the end of town…so funny to see the sign there!
We ate lunch there today…and it was pretty good!
This next story will surprise most of you…
Our team cooked dinner on Friday night for all the World Racers.
We cooked chicken and rice with green beans.
Little did I know, that the chickens in
Mexico come with
everything stuffed inside of them…including the chicken feet!
So we found them and cooked them up as well.
I actually tried a piece of one – including the skin – but I couldn’t get past it in my mind and had to spit the skin out.
Either way I can now say I tried chicken feet.
And that was way more different than anything I ate in
Africa! Getting over eating chicken off the bone should seem like nothing after that.
Annie with a chicken foot (above) and our team cooking (below)
So there’s a little look into the food here in
Chiapas…Surprising and different – But very tasty!
We were told that we need to get all of our food for the next few days before we head to the mountains on Monday…there are no shops in that area.
We plan on taking peanuts, bread, peanut butter, eggs (they don’t refrigerate them here), tuna, etc. I hope to introduce my team to tuna patties (thanks Julie and Watty).
J
Anyway…so what is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten? And where were you when you ate it?
