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JESSE
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Packoderm,
I am not very familiar with Ensenada streets, but i do know locals swear by a taco stand right off from the main tourist street, they also sell a huge
variety of cocteles and tostadas of many diferent varieties of ceviche.
Ask any local in the main street where the famous tostada and taco cart is and they will show you.
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Baja Bernie
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TERRIBLE WAY TO GREAT A NUEVO AMIGO
Boy! You guys don't give a kid a chance. Six posts and feeling like part of the crowd and WHAM! and BAM! and then you all cut his throat. Cut the
poor guy a little slack.
After all all the liberals in the world will tell you that fish contain a hight degree of mercury and that somehow retards growth in the brain---OKAY!
I give up that is the reason for the attack. Kidding, but fun. Later Amigos de Baja/Nomads.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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MrBillM
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Eating Habits
This is a really ODD line of discussion. To begin with, who cares what anybody else eats. I'm only interested in what I like to eat and I patronize
places that serve what I like. As far as what is popular food with Mexicans, I note that the MacDonalds in Mexicali seems to be always packed. Even
more bizarre, is that when I arrive at the New AM/PM in San Felipe , I find the Mexicans lined up at the counter waiting for the "Chefs" to put out
the Hot Dogs and Hamburgers. The one major difference I find in their eating habits is that they aren't interested in the Jumbo All-Beef Hot Dogs,
but only the cheaper "all some kind of meat" Dogs. Because of this, I can never get the All-Beef.
On a related note (Sort of), many years ago when I was living in Indio, the representatives of the Salton Sea Geothermal project went down to Mexicali
to tour their Geothermal project. They were surprised when their hosts took them out to Lunch at a Chinese Restaruant, another brand of cuisine which
is VERY popular among middle/upper class Mexicans.
So much for cultural purity.
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Oso
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Mr. BillM (w/apologies to Dave & Steph if u heard it before)
Q. How do you know the Cartwrights of "Bonanza" were Jewish?
A. All 3 grown sons lived at home, worked in the family business and ate chinese food every night.
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MrBillM
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Cartwrights
From what little I remember of their dinners, it appeared
that they mostly ate American food prepared by a Chinese cook.
I'm probably missing the point, though.
Hah, Hah.
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
...Mexicali... They were surprised when their hosts took them out to Lunch at a Chinese Restaruant, another brand of cuisine which is VERY popular
among middle/upper class Mexicans. |
That probably has more to do with the significant history of the Chinese
specifically in Mexicali, which is thusly known today for the abundance of quality Chinese cuisine...
"By 1920 Mexicali's chinos outnumbered the mexicanos 10,000 to 700."
- from an article by Joe Cummings:
http://www.cpamedia.com/history/sharks_fin_tacos/
Regards,
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Doug
[Edited on 4-27-2004 by BajaNomad]
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Skeet/Loreto
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Chinese food in la Paz
In the year 1972 prior to the opening of the now Famous road, my Mother and I ate chinese food at Jardins in La Paz.
Yhe Yee Family of the Loreto,Mulege,Villa Constitution area are Known to have been the first Natrualized Chinese {1935}
in Baja.
Skeet/Loreto
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GeoRock
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CaliMex, I don't usually respond to threads like this....but you are so off in your thoughts about us "gringos."
I just finished taking a Spanish class at the college because I want to learn the language of the country I often visit. I do not expect them to
learn English, unless they are in the United States.
My fondest memories of my Mexico travels have to do with being given the privilage of immersing myself in villagers lives. I love the people of
Mexico, their honesty, their closeness to the Earth, their humor. I enjoy various types of foods, and have enjoyed many native dishes in the homes of
my hosts.
Perhaps someday you will learn more about your own country, when you open up your mind.
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surfer jim
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Calimex....come back !...this was the most viewed and responded to subject on NOMAD board ever....
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
...this was the most viewed and responded to subject on NOMAD board ever.... |
Not yet... but close:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/stats.php?action=view
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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Me No
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I looked up the word Difident in the dictionary and there was a picture of georock. Nice post by the way.
Calimex. If you find the people here overtly obtuse there are sites where it is much more in your face. Do a search.
Now off to the fish taco cart Jesse was talking about. I had the crab ones yesterday Yummy!!!
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Kathleen
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Speaking Spanish
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I just finished taking a Spanish class at the college because I want to learn the language of the country I often visit. I do not expect them to
learn English, unless they are in the United States.
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Why not? A lot of people in the U.S learn spanish. And the driver's license bureau and lot of other businesses have printouts in spanish and most have
some employee that speaks spanish--especially in areas that a lot of Spanish speaking people live and visit.
Kathleen
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish,
ulterior motives; Be kind anyway.
Mother Teresa
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Packoderm
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We need to come up with a universal language. (Other than Dollars)
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TMW
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I think the hot dogs and hamburgers at the AM PM in San Felipe are the greatest.
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Oso
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universal language
"We need to come up with a universal language. (Other than Dollars)"
We did. It's called English.
There was an attempt to create a new language that simplified elements of the romance languages. It's called Esperanto and it still has its
advocates. I'm not sure of the total number of speakers, less than a million but possibly several thousand. They have conventions etc. But, it's
just never really gotten off the ground.
On the other hand, English with all its maddeningly illogical elements, contradictions and exceptions, has by default become the de facto lingua
franca of international business and travel. Aviation, by neccessity of safety has had to adopt one language in order to avoid deadly confusion. All
air controllers at international airports anywhere in the world and all commercial pilots authorized to fly across borders MUST speak basic English.
This has caused the French no end of consternation.
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Oso
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Esperanto
I stand corrected. There are "millions" of speakers according to
http://www.esperanto-usa.org/
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thebajarunner
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Airline language
My daughter is a United pilot.
She says that the most frequent question heard over the air at LAX is "Mexicana, where do you think you are headed?"
Baja Arriba!!
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