Gypsy Jan
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Best Mexican Specialty
I came across this delightful and delicious, saliva inducing thread here: http://www.chow.com/topics/404850
Do any of our Baja Chowhounds know where I can find ezquites worth trying in Rosarito and nearby?
**Apologies for the grammer gaffe, I was salivating over the screen in anticipation of a timely response.
[Edited on 7-4-2007 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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Paula
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I know little of Rosarito and nothing of ezquites, but I sure do want to try them!!!!
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Sallysouth
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Wow, oh wow! Sounds as tho this specialty has aphrodisiac qualities! The way she descirbed her love for the ezquites sounded more like a love affair
with a human than a food. Me thinks I will have to do some research on this, as one can never have too many "lovers" in a lifetime! Wonderful
writing....
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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bajajudy
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It seems to me that I used to see vendors with that in Ensenada many years ago. I know that you can get the boiled variety there and just about
anywhere. The vendors here have cute little bicycles with the big vat of boiled corn up front which they scrape off and into a cup with pretty much
the same condiments. I personally think that you have to put a lot on this corn to make it edible because generally it is tough as can be with very
little flavor after riding around in water all day.
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BornFisher
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Sounds like something I bought at the border a few months ago. I thought it was corn chowder. Severed in a styrofoam cup, corn, other stuff (I didn`t
pay much attention) and chili powder on top. Cost--$1. I thought it was great!!
Next time I cross, I`ll get some more, this time with a new appreciation for what I`m eating!!
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BajaGeoff
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They do have a boiled version at the border that is pretty good. After one particular long drive north with a long border wait and no lunch in me, I
put away two cups of corn and part of a third. It was great at the time, but it did not sit well with me afterwards. Maybe it had something to do with
the butter sitting in the sun all day???
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bajabound2005
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coktel de elote -- we see it everywhere around Ensenada. But it is boiled corn with the mayo, chli, limon -- al gusto.
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Baja&Back
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In Baja, it's Elote. A street vendor in La Paz, by the Wyland whale wall, makes the best IMHO.
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