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DavidE
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"Middlemen?"
"MIDDLEMEN!?"
Wotta freakin; hoot
Next time I see Chino, I gotta tell him his new apodo is "MIDDLEMAN!" (Like Kaliman!)
COYOTE is what they have been and what they will remain. Chino drives a nearly new Black Dodge pickup with those baby-buggy tires and wheels. Funny
thing, he never comes around when the military or SSP are in the area.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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KaceyJ
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Margarita party in a year or two!
The local fruit stand today had limes on sale for $3.50 / lb. and the last time I bought any they were 2lbs./ 1$ ---so stopped by the nursery and
picked up two Mexican lime trees and one Tahiti lime tree. If hlb doesn't wipe em out I'll be prepared for a scurvy epidemic in a couple of years.
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Leo
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OK whatever caused the 'lime-disease', we better get used to it, or indeed plant your lime trees.
Now what about eggs? They were scarce last year, but they are very expensive now too here in TS. 10 pesos for an egg!
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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Udo
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TEN pesos per egg?
That will be 200 pesos a flat?
I think I'll start raising my own chickens
| Quote: | Originally posted by Leo
OK whatever caused the 'lime-disease', we better get used to it, or indeed plant your lime trees.
Now what about eggs? They were scarce last year, but they are very expensive now too here in TS. 10 pesos for an egg! |
Udo
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mcfez
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The next time you see lemons or limes on sale, buy an extra supply. At home, place the whole fruits in a freezer bag and stash them in the freezer.
When you need fresh lemon or lime juice, simply defrost the frozen lemons or limes in the microwave for a few seconds (or submerge in cold water for
about 15 minutes.)
The texture of the lemon or lime will likely be mushy once thawed, but the juice will still be perfectly fine for use in your favorite recipes.
I've been doing this for years
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
TEN pesos per egg?
That will be 200 pesos a flat?
I think I'll start raising my own chickens
| Quote: | Originally posted by Leo
OK whatever caused the 'lime-disease', we better get used to it, or indeed plant your lime trees.
Now what about eggs? They were scarce last year, but they are very expensive now too here in TS. 10 pesos for an egg! |
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whats up with this???? I could give a ratzazz if I ever see another lime, but i've been
eating alot of eggs lately, you know, now that they're okay to eat again! (this week anyway) anyone else seeing the price of eggs going up?
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Cypress
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Don't know where Mexico fits in, but the average cost of food worldwide has gone up 37% according to info on the internet. The diversion of corn from
food to ethanol and adverse weather are a couple of factors.
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mcfez
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Fuel is the bigger reason.
Used on the farm tractor and water pumps. Used to transport the produce. Then the price of packaging manufactured with petroleum (plastics)....up, up,
and further up.
".......Last week, the World Bank released a new report that further confirms what most of us have known for a long time — that rising crude oil
prices are the biggest contributor to rising food prices. This may come as a shock to the growing hordes who believe the myth that corn for ethanol is
the largest driver of food prices." http://theenergycollective.com/gsitty/233751/driving-food-pr...
[Edited on 3-27-2014 by mcfez]
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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OIL SHORTAGE? WOTTA BUNCHA MAROONS! (A cut N paste)
HOUSTON — Boosted by the galloping pace of tight oil operations, the United States produced a tenth of the world’s oil at the end of last year, the
Energy Information Administration reports.
Overall U.S. oil production averaged 7.84 million barrels a day in the fourth quarter of 2013, 10 percent of the world production, up from 9 percent
at the end of 2012. Shale and other dense rock, newly accessible because of advancements in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, accounted
for 3.22 million barrels of the U.S. daily average during the three months ending Dec. 31.
The shale boom has given the U.S. a production rate not seen since 1988, as tight oil replaced declining production in conventional fields. Almost
two-thirds of U.S. tight oil comes from South Texas’ Eagle Ford and North Dakota’s Bakken shales.
Study: Tight oil still profitable even if crude prices plummet
The Untied States is the undisputed global leader in tight oil production. Canada and Russia — the only other commercial tight oil producers — trail
with 300,000 barrels per day and 100,000 barrels per day, respectively.
Most of Canada’s tight oil production comes from its western provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Russian producers have begun extracting
tight oil by hydraulic fracturing in formations in the West Siberia Basin
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
What complete mierda. There is no way that the cold snaps in the US have reached the states of Guerrero, Colima or Michoacan.
I just did a brief look and the temperature in Colima hasnt dropped below 60F all winter.........AT NIGHT!!!
The backyard citrus harvest in San Carlos has been in full swing for some time. We are hundreds of miles further north than those other states and we
havent had a night below 50 degrees since early December. It's been the warmest winter, coupled with the lightest winds, than any local can remember.
I suspect price fixing. Even if the cost of insurance doubled for truckers, it would amount to so little when defrayed over all the limes (and other
produce) carried. Where's the quadrupling of other produce if it is insurance related? So much produce comes from Sinaloa, which is a cartel hotbed.
Where's the cartel related increases on the flavorless tomatoes we are forced to buy?
I guess it's possible that the cold has affected harvests in Florida and Texas. But I cant imagine it justifies a quadrupling of prices. Limes are
grown in Central and So. America, too.
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It appears you were right Hook, about the price-fixing:
La PrensaCiudad de México.- La Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (Profeco) presentó este miércoles ante la Procuraduría General de la República
(PGR) una denuncia en contra de quien o quienes resulten responsables de hechos que pueden ser constitutivos de delitos en contra de la economía
nacional, por el excesivo precio del limón.
http://www.oem.com.mx/elsudcaliforniano/notas/n3346147.htm
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Udo
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Later this year i'll be planting three key lime trees at the house in BA.
According to some of the food co-ops in Baja, the cartels are involved in the distribution of limes as well as avocados.
The cartels are telling what they will pay the growers. The growers are letting the fruit rot, rather than taking the exorbitantly
low prices the cartels are offering.
Udo
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Pompano
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Went shopping for boat stuff the other day and thought this sight was timely for this thread.
Limes and other produce familiar to Baja... as seen today at a small market in the Pacific Northwest.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Cypress
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Price of Limes in US
$1.39 US dollars for one lime! Driving up the cost of a good fish taco. Jeez!
My lime seeds haven't sprouted due to unseasonably cold temps. Will try again. Kinda looking foreword to a little Global Warming. Let the oceans rise.
More room for the fish. Have 3 or 4 feet of wiggle room before the water will be a problem. 2050? 2075? Might be reaching the front steps by then.
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Pompano
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
$1.39 US dollars for one lime! Driving up the cost of a good fish taco. Jeez!
My lime seeds haven't sprouted due to unseasonably cold temps. Will try again. Kinda looking foreword to a little Global Warming. Let the oceans rise.
More room for the fish. Have 3 or 4 feet of wiggle room before the water will be a problem. 2050? 2075? Might be reaching the front steps by then. |
Cypress, those bayou limes are way overpriced @ $1.39 each. Here's a thought. You should drive a box-truck over here to Washington state, load up
about 300 bushels of limes and peddle them back home...make a mint.
And of course watch out for gators and water moccasins when it starts to flood the swamps.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Cypress
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Pompano, The swamp is already flooded by spring rainstorms, the fish are in the trees.
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sd
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Key limes at 99 cent store in California today are 99 cents for a one lb bag.
Cactus leaves also one lb for 99 cents, they will be on the grill soon with BBQ baby back ribs.
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Udo
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I rarely stop at 99 cents store. My sister does regularly, and the key limes, is now a reason to stop there regularly.
I stopped there about a year ago and they had some paper plates that had flip flops on them...so I bought all they had.
Udo
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bajaguy
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Got limes???
Just planted 3 year old locally - Ensenada - grown Key (Mexican) lime tree and orange tree yesterday. Now the waiting begins......
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durrelllrobert
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Here's the Canadian take on this
canadaam.ctvnews.ca/bad-weather-drug-cartels-blamed-for-spike-in-lime-p...
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, March 27, 2014 9:45AM EDT
Bad weather in Mexico is being blamed for a recent spike in the price of limes across Canada and the United States, where some supermarkets are now
charging more than a dollar for a single lime -- almost triple what customers are used to paying.
But some importers say there is another element at play: Mexican drug cartels.
“The reality is that there is a criminal element in Mexico,” Raul Millan, the vice-president of Vision Import Group, told CTV’s Canada AM on Thursday.
“What’s happening is that there have been containers that have been stolen. So some growers have had to incur other costs to protect their loads: They
send their trucks with armed guards, they send a couple of cars that follow the truck for protection.”
Millan says that trucks destined for the U.S. from Mexican lime-producing regions like Veracruz and Michoacán can carry upwards of $100,000 worth of
limes, making them prime targets for thieves.
But drug cartels are only part of the problem, Millan says.
Rain, wind and cold weather in December and January has killed blooming lime tree flowers in many regions, Millan says, resulting in a low volume of
the fruit being harvested.
He says, in the U.S., a 40 pound box of limes is now selling for about $100, and that could go up by another $10 by Monday. Millan
says he typically pays between $25 and $40 a box at this time of year.
But he says some Canadians won’t be hit as hard as Americans, as importers to this country have been receiving shipments of limes from Brazil. Millan
cautions, however, that he trade-off for lower prices is lower quality.
“The Brazil lime is not the optimum lime, it is not as green as the Mexico lime, it’s not as juicy, it’s not what retailers or food service customers
would prefer,” he said, adding that Canadian importers are paying about $60 for a box of Brazilian limes.
Millan says he expects prices on Mexican limes to remain as they are until the end of May, when he expects production to increase.
Bob Durrell
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Just planted 3 year old locally - Ensenada - grown Key (Mexican) lime tree and orange tree yesterday. Now the waiting begins......
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Patience is a virtue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjAptSYCZP8
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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