Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Thatzwhatimtalkinabout.

There is always culture shock when returning, just as there is when I go the other way, to El Norte.  So it was in some sort of surreal daze that I went to the market in Etla.  I was greeted by the ladies from whom I always buy, with warm hellos and smiles.  And look at all that fine food: 5 tomatoes, little potatoes, 3 avocados, 2 onions,  quesillo, queso with herbs, tortillas, melon, a piña, bananas from Tabasco, 3 chile rellenos, 4 tamales (2 rajas, 1 flor de calabasa, one mole negro and some chipotle salsa.... all for less than $25.  Compared to Boston????  Culture shock of the best kind here.

I also picked up this 12" Tupperware container to hold the oversize tortillas that are the norm here.  You can't get anything like it in Oaxaca as far as I can tell, probably because people buy fresh and eat what they have each day.  Really, it is a cupcake container, but it is perfect.  It was filled with cheddar and Parmesan on the way down.  East wisely and well, mis amig@s.