Emma had "Divorced Eggs"!!! I thought you would get a giggle out of that name! Look at the picture and I will describe...
Divorced eggs are 2 sunny-side-up eggs, separated by cheese in the middle and each egg has a different sauce on it: red and green. There are, of course, the tortillas, and also tomatoes and lettuce with grated cheese on the side. She also had the fresh squeezed orange juice and hot tea.
A real different breakfast, right?
I do enjoy seeing "pancakes" being offered on most of the menus here where the tourists eat. Also the Mexicans eat a lot of yogurt and also cold cereal for breakfast. Fruit is always offered on the menus for all 3 meals. Usually the fruit plate has papaya, pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe, and strawberries; sometimes honeydew melon is offered too. A warm tortilla with a sprinkle of salt and a squeeze of lime juice rounds out any breakfast!
Some other food pictures I thought you would enjoy seeing...
Ricardo is making salsa at the table. You can choose your ingredients and he mixes them in the molcajete. You put the salsa on the totopos (warm tortilla chips) for an appetizer. They also serve jicama strips with lime juice which are really delicious.
This is Tamal de Camarron (a Poblano pepper stuffed with a mixture of rice and cheese) with garlic shrimp in orange sauce. In the little "boat" are fruits in a sweetened adobo sauce. It all tastes better with the mango margarita!!
This is a luscious dessert! Unfortunately the photo is a little washed out. Sorry about that.
The "washed out" part is vanilla ice cream served in a corn husk dish (the dish is not eatable) and Tamale liquada de chocolate, sort of a chocolate cake-like mousse. Three pieces of apple slices are also on the plate. And behind the plate...a tiny taste of crema de tequila!
So now you can see that "Mexican food" is not just the tacos, frijoles and rice that we get in the States! Although tacos are available everywhere here, and people eat them as a snack, good Mexican food consists of different sauces, meats, vegetables and peppers (not necessarily hot peppers), prepared in many different ways.
And always, when passing someone who is eating, one says "Buen Provecho" (loosely translated as "Good Appetite"). That is the polite thing to say.
Are you hungry??!!
Hasta luego.
1 comment:
Oh YUMMMMM!
Craig and I used to be able to buy fairly good chorizo in Miami, but we haven't found much here. I suppose we don't shop at the right places!
The "divorced eggs" is a riot!
You need to read my Sunday blog and the comment from the Greek person about obesity in the US...it's pretty hysterical!
I need to get myself to Mexico for breakfast!
The Mexican food I like the best is the cactus, but only prepared the way Craig's sister's cook prepares it. The first time I had jicama was in Mexico...and I love it.
xo
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