The Ladies Who (make me) Lunch

Wednesday is Market Day in Etla and I am pretty much always there.  I go other days of the week, but miercoles is when the place is really happening, the street crowded with vendors and fresh food in abundance.  I buy from these ladies each week and I did much sampling and tasting before becoming a loyal customer.  They know me and treat me so well, but there is always a fair amount of ribbing and joking when I show up.  For a while, the other ladies would say, "Why not buy from me?"  but now they say, "Oh, watch out, here comes your boyfriend."  At any rate, my life is blessed to have them in it.  On top of that, I am kinda of food snob.  I want good food.... at a good price.  And trust me, these ladies are really good at what they do.  You have no idea how good it all tastes.
Doña Melisa and her nice delicious, fat tamales.  Her mole is excellent and her rajas can't be beat.  At least three days each week, I eat and thoroughly enjoy her cooking.

I get my chile rellenos from Doña Juana.  They are pasillas filled with chicken, raisins, tomato, onion, lots of good stuff.   They at the bottom of the shot beneath all that other delicious and tempting food.

Doña Vicki is the cheese lady in a village known for its cheeses.  She does an incredible business and is there everyday, unlike the others who are only there on Wednesdays.  She also has mole, honey, salsa, chapulines, fresh butter, etc.

What would I do without them?  Oh, Doña Rosa, my produce lady is ill, so send her some good wishes.  Eat wisely, my friends