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pauldavidmena
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"colmado"
My parents grew up in Brooklyn, where ubiquitous corner convenience stores were called "Bodegas". I thought it was a Nuyorican thing, but when I
visited Puerto Rico a few years back, the local convenience store was called either a "colmado" or "almacén". In Todos Santos, most of the grocery
stores are "mercados", but I've also seen "abarrotes". Any other variations out there?
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Howard
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Tienda?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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BajaBlanca
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Like Howard said - in La Bocana it is called the tienda de consumo
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Don Jorge
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Once upon a time
Conasupo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compa%C3%B1%C3%ADa_Nacional_de...
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
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pauldavidmena
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That's a new one for me!
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chippy
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They used to be very common in remote poblados all over Baja. Limited basic selection and nothing cold but you wouldn´t starve or have to drive for
hours to a town with electricity.
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Don Jorge
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Quote: Originally posted by chippy  |
They used to be very common in remote poblados all over Baja. Limited basic selection and nothing cold but you wouldn´t starve or have to drive for
hours to a town with electricity. |
Yup. Everything, except the beer, a dirtbag surfer kid needed: tortillas, canned beans, salsa, evaporated milk, Zucharitas (sometimes) and eggs. The
horror of seeing eggs not under refrigeration was quickly forgotten.
The beer of course needed to be bought at the subagencia and they were often far, far away from camp and if there another group nearby you pooled the
resources and made the run as necessary. That usually also involved a trip to the phone concession, a wait in line for your turn for a quick check in
back home. Then a trip to the post office and the lista de correos to see if your girlfriend wrote?
How's that for a thread hijack? Fond memories of a Baja gone.
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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chippy
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| Quote: Originally posted by Don Jorge | | Quote: Originally posted by chippy |
They used to be very common in remote poblados all over Baja. Limited basic selection and nothing cold but you wouldn´t starve or have to drive for
hours to a town with electricity. |
Yup. Everything, except the beer, a dirtbag surfer kid needed: tortillas, canned beans, salsa, evaporated milk, Zucharitas (sometimes) and eggs. The
horror of seeing eggs not under refrigeration was quickly forgotten.
The beer of course needed to be bought at the subagencia and they were often far, far away from camp and if there another group nearby you pooled the
resources and made the run as necessary. That usually also involved a trip to the phone concession, a wait in line for your turn for a quick check in
back home. Then a trip to the post office and the lista de correos to see if your girlfriend wrote?
How's that for a thread hijack? Fond memories of a Baja gone. |
oh for those good old feral surfer days!
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AKgringo
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If I remember correctly, back in the 80s those phone calls were about eight or ten dollars a minute!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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chippy
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2 Words "por cobrar":lol
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"Ultramarinos" is another that I used to see more in Mexico. I got reminded of that in Panama last month.
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surabi
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Mini-super. An oxymarooon.
BTW, re the unrefrigerated eggs comment upthread- unwashed eggs do not need to be kept refrigerated. When you wash eggs, it removes the protective
barrier on the shell called the cuticle, which prevents bacteria from entering the shell and the egg inside. This is why you see unrefrigerated eggs
in Mexico and other non-first world countries. Umwashed eggs can stay good at room temps for months. Eggs you buy NOB are washed, therefore need to be
kept at 45 degrees or so.
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TMW
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Good to know, thanks.
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geoffff
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Yeah, even in New Zealand they sell their eggs unwashed and unrefrigerated.
[Edited on 4-8-2023 by geoffff]
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woody with a view
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| Quote: Originally posted by Don Jorge | | Quote: Originally posted by chippy |
They used to be very common in remote poblados all over Baja. Limited basic selection and nothing cold but you wouldn´t starve or have to drive for
hours to a town with electricity. |
Yup. Everything, except the beer, a dirtbag surfer kid needed: tortillas, canned beans, salsa, evaporated milk, Zucharitas (sometimes) and eggs. The
horror of seeing eggs not under refrigeration was quickly forgotten.
The beer of course needed to be bought at the subagencia and they were often far, far away from camp and if there another group nearby you pooled the
resources and made the run as necessary. That usually also involved a trip to the phone concession, a wait in line for your turn for a quick check in
back home. Then a trip to the post office and the lista de correos to see if your girlfriend wrote?
How's that for a thread hijack? Fond memories of a Baja gone. |
Same story ‘cept envision Pto. Escondido, Oaxaca in the mid-80s. My mind was blown on unrefrigerated boxed milk, stacks of eggs roasting in the
summer humidity and the yesca for $10 a sack - think gallon ziploc! Maybe we really were tougher back then? Seagull Surfboards in OB used to have a
shirt that said, “No Surf Too Ruff No Muff Too Tuff” I still have a hoodie! We miss you, Jackie and Barbara, DEP!
Carry on Nomads!
[Edited on 4-9-2023 by woody with a view]
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mtgoat666
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Some of the older markets are still called conasupo. I hear the word conasupo used to refer to the market in San Ignacio.
Some rural areas have diconsa markets, which appear to be govt-funded markets for the rural poor.
I think liconsa is still around
Woke!
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Thanks Surabi. After fifty years I have learned something I somehow have missed all this time about why Baja's eggs do not have to be refrigerated.
Makes one wonder why we let our eggsin the USA lose that protective membrane.
Liability of course is the reason. Liability in Baja is up to each of us to some degree and is a part of the attraction of getting out there to begin
with. That, along with the down to earth locals is the attraction that gives back more than we can ever give back to them.
The smallest of gifts that cost us nortenos little can mean much more to them. Most of us know this already so forgive my repetition of a thought that
has been with me for a lifetime's worth of rewards ever since my first Baja trip.
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chippy
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https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/salmonella-and-...
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surabi
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Because NOBers would say "GROSS!" if there was dirt and chicken chit on the eggs.
Also, the barnyard dirt on unwashed eggs does itself contain bacteria, so I imagine there are some health dept. rules about not selling unwashed eggs.
[Edited on 4-12-2023 by surabi]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi |
Because NOBers would say "GROSS!" if there was dirt and chicken chit on the eggs.
[Edited on 4-12-2023 by surabi] |
Here in my NOB neighborhood, half the families on my street have backyard chickens. All of us eat unrefrigerated/unwashed eggs from neighbors…
Backyard eggs are common in usa
[Edited on 4-12-2023 by mtgoat666]
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