FOOD

SPORTING HER NEW $8 HAIRCUT GLADYS TOOK HER HUSBAND'S ADVICE AND INDULGED (TO HIS REGRET) IN THIS MOST SCRUMPTIOUS OAXACA DELICACY.CHAPULINES-GRASSHOPPERS FRIED WITH CHILLI,ONION ,GARLIC AND GENEROUS SQUEECHES OF LIME!!

THE MANA ITSELF.

THEN WE DISCOVERED QUESILLO A MOZARELLA TYPE CHEESE BUT STRINGY LIKE ROPE.YOUNG LADIES SHRED IT IN THERE DELICATE LITTLE FINGERS BEFORE LACING ON TO HOT HEATING TORTILLAS WITH A SPRINKLE OF CILANTRO,SALSA AND OH MY!!SOUNDS BETTER THAN CHEESE ON TOAST!!

THE REGIONAL SPECIALITIES ARE VERY MARKED.WASP INFESTED DRIED PRUNES MAZATLAN MADE FAMOUS BY JACK KEROUAC IN ON THE ROAD.

MAGIC TWIST ON THE OLD COCONUT TRICK. DRINK JUICE HAND BACK TO VENDOR WHO SCOOPS UP FLESH THEN ADDS CHILLI,SALSA,LIME JUICE--TO DIE FOR!!

ORDERLINESS OF THE AMECEMECA MARKETS.

MEXICO CITY HOT DOG VENDOR-GAS BBQ IN BOOT READY TO DO A QUICK GETAWAY WHEN THE PERMIT POLICE ARRIVE. HILARIOUS TO WATCH ALL THE IILEGAL VENDORS TAKE TO THEIR SCRPAERS TO RETURN A FEW MINUTES LATER WHEN THE ALL CLEAR IS GIVEN!!

MEXICO CITY VERSION OF A GORDITA WHICH MANIFESTS IT SELF IN VARIOUS FORMS ALL OVER. MY PENCHANT FOR HOT AND SPICY HAS ALWAYS TAKEN ITS TOLL THE NEXT DAY(AS BILLY CONNELLY USED TO SAY HOTTER COMING OUT THAN GOING IN!)PERSISTANCE SEEMS TO PAYING OFF -MAYBE MY GUT IS MUTATING!!
PS THE THREE BASICS OF MEXICAN FOOD ARE THE COLOURS OF THE FLAG:RED-TOMATO,WHITE-ONION,GREEN-CHILLI-BRILLIANT!!