DavidE
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Bahia Asuncion Little Known Store
Not many folks know about the warehouse behind the Miramar market on the calle principal (Benito Juarez) on the side opposite the bay. The owner has
turned the space into a housewares department. An eclectic assortment of cookware, electronics, and old fashioned country store type assortment makes
getting stuff in this remote outpost a lot easier. Go to the Miramar market, then work your way over to the parallel street behind it. The warehouse
has no sign as of yet but look for a huge roll up door.
As an added feature the owner will dispense 1,000 pesos from the point of sale cash register in the market (not the warehouse) for a 4% commission. A
currency transaction fee is put on top of that. Sounds punitive but the nearest ATM is 73 miles distant in Vizcaino at the BanComer and it doesn't
always work. The cash ATM deal requires no purchase. A fast way to get eighty dollars worth of pesos. Beats running out of gas, or enduring several
dozens of miles of potholes.
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shari
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that warehouse space is alot of fun to wander around in...some good deals too. We got a fantastic big ceiling fan for 500 pesos! and they have used
clothes too...nice curtain rods and a ton of stuff.
what was the currency transaction fee? good to know about another bank machine but is that just for mexican bank cards or credit cards too?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
that warehouse space is alot of fun to wander around in... |
Kinda like a stroll through Bejing, I would imagine. 
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DavidE
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USA ATM cards bearing the VISA logo can be used both for shopping and for obtaining cash. If the system goes down or there is a power outage then of
course the transaction cannot be completed.
IMHO what a godsend this service is. It reduces the heretofore absolute requirement to reach Vizcaino in order to extract money out of a US or
Canadian bank. I griped about the machine being out of order in BanComer Vizcaino several times forcing a person to continue on to Guerrero Negro.
Even in my miserly tiny car a round trip cost 300+ pesos.
Eduardo and Vanesa run the warehouse and they are the friendliest merchants a person will ever encounter. I had a new (cheap model) coffeemaker not
work right and Eduardo instantly made things more than right. They are investing almost all income into expanding the inventory. That business is
going places also IMHO.
DENNIS: "A stroll through Wal-Mart downtown San Diego" would also fit.
[Edited on 12-21-2012 by DavidE]
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I was curious about the store, David.
Driven by it several times, but now I'll stop by tomorrow!
Gracias for the tip!
Udo
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
DENNIS: "A stroll through Wal-Mart downtown San Diego" would also fit.
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True as true can be, David. China has invaded the world with an army of crappy blenders and toasters.
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DavidE
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And TIRES Dennis!
Exploding Firestone's, BF Goodrich, and Goodyears, amongst many others. I've written Feinstein and Boxer , both, asking for legislation requiring to
emboss in English not code, the country of manufacture. Fat chance, right?
At least in Mexico I can still find stuff made in Mexico. The Mabe appliances and other apparatus like fans are pure junk, but a person can still new
cast-iron hand cranked "mills" used primarily for grinding corn for masa. Three hundred pesos. I do not grind corn for tortilla dough but I do grind
coffee beans. The bright red mills are honest-to-god burr grind mills. Not even in the same solar system as those bullet-shape "grinder" machines and
pseudo burr mills that massacre a poor coffee bean. I can not believe the improvement in flavor that my genuine burr mill gives a good coffee bean.
Compare it to fresh ground pepper to powder that comes out of a box.
Eduardo and I are planning to get genuine LPG infrared heaters for our casas. Thermostat controlled, with a pilot. No more getting up to a stone cold
casa. In the winter. No electricity needed. With a little common sense, a standard LPG tank lasts for months. No vent needed. And these critters will
heat a medium size casa from 45 degrees to 65 degrees in under an hour. I've used these things inside RV's and a converted bus, and they are safe.
I've placed a pair of CO alarms a foot to either side of these heaters and had the things going full blast for days and days. No alarm. Take the
alarms anywhere near a running car and instant "Shriek!" Run a hose from the LPG tank to the heater, connect, turn the valve, press the piezo lighter
and it's done. One heater = (5) 1,500 watt heaters
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grinder/coffee mill
| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
And TIRES Dennis!
Exploding Firestone's, BF Goodrich, and Goodyears, amongst many others. I've written Feinstein and Boxer , both, asking for legislation requiring to
emboss in English not code, the country of manufacture. Fat chance, right?
At least in Mexico I can still find stuff made in Mexico. The Mabe appliances and other apparatus like fans are pure junk, but a person can still new
cast-iron hand cranked "mills" used primarily for grinding corn for masa. Three hundred pesos. I do not grind corn for tortilla dough but I do grind
coffee beans. The bright red mills are honest-to-god burr grind mills. Not even in the same solar system as those bullet-shape "grinder" machines and
pseudo burr mills that massacre a poor coffee bean. I can not believe the improvement in flavor that my genuine burr mill gives a good coffee bean.
Compare it to fresh ground pepper to powder that comes out of a box.
Eduardo and I are planning to get genuine LPG infrared heaters for our casas. Thermostat controlled, with a pilot. No more getting up to a stone cold
casa. In the winter. No electricity needed. With a little common sense, a standard LPG tank lasts for months. No vent needed. And these critters will
heat a medium size casa from 45 degrees to 65 degrees in under an hour. I've used these things inside RV's and a converted bus, and they are safe.
I've placed a pair of CO alarms a foot to either side of these heaters and had the things going full blast for days and days. No alarm. Take the
alarms anywhere near a running car and instant "Shriek!" Run a hose from the LPG tank to the heater, connect, turn the valve, press the piezo lighter
and it's done. One heater = (5) 1,500 watt heaters |
Is it possible to put a picture of this corn/ coffee grinder you use?
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Burr Grinders....
Good for coffee beans...not so good a grind for French Press (Bodum) coffee pots as much as drip type....also burr can fill up with oily dark roast
beans....keep a small toothbrush available for burr cleaning.
Cafe, si....con crema, por favor 
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DavidE
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This critter is MEXICAN! Meant to be taken apart with the fingers (wing nuts) exposing both plates in 10-seconds flat. Same for the screw feeder. The
CONSISTENCY of the adjustable grind of this mill is incredible. It can pulverize beans to the consistency of cigar ash if you wish. I wouldn't trade
mine for a hundred much more expensive electric gore-met coffee mills.
About 10-pounds of cast iron and heat treated mills. They are not lightweight. This things screams "Old-Fashioned" top quality. After all, they had to
convince housewives to part with their stone mano y metate for grinding masa.
If, and what dreaming this is, "Appalachian Home Farm" crafts stores get their hands on one, they're going to charge a hundred bucks for it, if not
more.
It needs to be clamped to a stout counter top so it isn't something that a person would want to drag out every day.
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bajagrouper
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I walked into a hardware/feed store in VALLADOLID the other day and found the Estralla corn/coffee grinder for $250 Pesos new in the case...
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DavidE
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That's is indeed "IT"!
I've used hundred and fifty dollar " gourmet burr grinders" that do not produce as fine, even grind that this critter does.
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We have a CUISINART Coffee Pot that you put the Beans in and set the timer it comes on ond grinds the Beans and when we get up we have a FRESHHHHHHH
cup of Coffee.
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DavidE
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Now, if I can find an -affordable- roaster that can process 4 oz of beans at a time I would have it made. In Michoacan I have a huge horno de barro
para pan, that I fitted a peanut roasting cage into, hand cranked and using guisaxche firewood I turn out one hell of a dark roast. My neighbors laugh
with glee when I pull the sheet metal door aside and use an infrarojo thermometer gun to establish precise temperatures via a register flue that plays
preheated air right onto the basket.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Now, if I can find an -affordable- roaster that can process 4 oz of beans at a time I would have it made. In Michoacan I have a huge horno de barro
para pan, that I fitted a peanut roasting cage into, hand cranked and using guisaxche firewood I turn out one hell of a dark roast. My neighbors laugh
with glee when I pull the sheet metal door aside and use an infrarojo thermometer gun to establish precise temperatures via a register flue that plays
preheated air right onto the basket. |
I have been told that hot air popcorn poppers work well.
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shari
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I picked up an air popper at a segunda...but lo and behold the inferior mexican popcorn wont pop in them....you need fancy dancy merican popcorn.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
I picked up an air popper at a segunda...but lo and behold the inferior mexican popcorn wont pop in them....you need fancy dancy merican popcorn.
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Maybe you could pass it on to DavidE for roasting coffee.
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