Okay, even with my recent stomach bug, and since we’re on the topic of food, I’m going to be one of those tourists that takes photos of their food…but only occasionally. So here’s a recap of a few recent meals:
Enchiladas de Pollo con Mole, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Seafood Ceviche, Xiltla, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Elote, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
Camarones Empanizados (fried shrimp), Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sorry, no photos of the “cecina” mystery meat from breakfast.
How about some translations for the folks that can only barely speak English – would like to know what I am looking at. I realize the food shots are “oh, so tourist” but I find them interesting as long as I can understand what I am looking at.
Geez, do I have to do everything for you? 🙂
I guess the one that threw me was the Elote. I kept seeing it at food stands. I’m not sure what all went on it. It’s an ear of corn, then they spread mayonnaise on it (yes, from a jar that has been sitting in the sun all day), then they sprinkle it with chili powder, and top it with shredded cotija or goat cheese. The first bite was a bit scary, but after a few it wasn’t bad.
Mole is a sauce famous in the Oaxaca and Puebla areas of Mexico, made from peppers and often a little bit of chocolate. Several dishes I had in Oaxaca were covered in mole.
It looks pretty darn healthy to me!
The beach towns northwest of you ixtapa and zihuatanejo I’ve been to, they are secluded less tourists with great sandy rocky cliff tropical beaches, avoid Acapulco which is too busy. The Cecina is what in Texas we call machacado, dried beef jerky usually scrambled with eggs a la mexicana (hot), makes a great dry food travel snack, montemorelos the town we went thru on the way to galeana sells lots of jerky, the the elote was probably what got you sick, here in south Texas, we have eloteros, guys who sell elotes from their van driving around all day, they substitute goat cheese for Parmesan HEB cheese but who knows how long the stuffs been sitting in the hot sun, we avoid them. Hope you feel better, outside stands with no ice box are more of a risk, take care…