I was going to wrap up this little mini series this week of things that are hard/easy to find in Mexico, but I wanted to hear from others first about their own experiences. If you have ever lived in Mexico for awhile, or are a repeat visitor, what have you discovered is hard to find [...]
Archive for the ‘Hard to find in Mexico’ Category
23 Jun
Hard to find in Mexico (9): Bagels
Mexico has no shortage of panaderias (bakeries), but there is a shortage of bagels. Chains such as Einsteins and Panera have made bagels famous in the US, but regular pastries and tortillas still reign supreme in Mexico. If you want a quick lunch in Mexico, it is easy to find a sandwich (torta) or some [...]
19 Jun
Hard to Find in Mexico (8): Big Bookstores
This probably reveals my nerdiness, but one of the favorite activites in the US is to browse around big bookstores such as Border or Barnes and Noble. In fact, when we went back to the border in February to register our car for another six months, we had one day in the US, and I [...]
17 Jun
Hard to find in Mexico (7): Change
One of the essential items to always have on your person in Mexico is spare change, because if you just carry larger bills, you are setting yourself up for a pickle. Whether you are buying things at the market, from street vendors, or from local shops and restaurants, change for large bills is rarely available, [...]
15 Jun
Hard to find in Mexico (5): Pothole-free roads
Driving in Mexico is an adventure, but I’m afraid our car probably feels punished, wondering if it’s entire life is sentenced to scraping on topes (speed bumps) and rattling through holes. Whenever we take the car on autopistas (interstates), there is some relief, for these federal roads are newer and relatively well maintained. But the [...]
4 Jun
Hard to Find in Mexico (4): Chocolate Chips
In Mexico, chocolate comes in powder or in chunks, but rarely in chips. When we wanted to bake some chocolate chip cookies in our house, we searched for chips, but eventually just cut up some chocolate bars that we found in the grocery store. There is some of the best chocolate in the world in [...]
3 Jun
Hard to Find in Mexico (3): Barbeque Sauce
In Mexico, barbacoa is very different from barbeque. In fact, we have written about it before, and although we love both, sometimes we just crave good old American barbeque. In fact, last night we had barbeque chicken pizza, having picked up some barbeque sauce at Sams Club awhile back. You will run into American barbeque [...]
2 Jun
Hard to Find in Mexico (2): Baseball Fields
In small town America, there are few things more predictable than baseball fields. It may not be large or professionally groomed, but in most towns across America you can find a place to hit a baseball. In small town Mexico, the soccer field takes the place of the baseball field. In bigger cities, you are [...]
1 Jun
Hard to Find in Mexico (1): Balsamic Vinegar
We love to make our own salad dressing. One of the most basic ingredients for dressing, however, is balsamic vinegar, which is almost impossible to find in Mexico. All of the major grocery chains carry white vinegar and usually apple vinegar, but no balsamic. Part of this is because vinegar is not very common in [...]
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