Cost Of Food For Mexicans
Perspectives allow an RV'er to grasp the ins and outs of why Mexico is what it is. When a higher percentage of basic income is used for staples and consumables it explains why certain foods are ...
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I appreciate your comments on food of the average Mexican. I haven't spent much time there, but I have spent extensive times in a lot of "3rd world countries".
I've found it interesting that in almost all cases it is difficult to find the products we might be most familiar with here in the US, but there are different products elsewhere, very often far more tasty than what our megacorporations produce here. Rural Bolivians made me some superb home cooked meals, and local restaurants had steaks of fantastic quality for, say $3. Same in Nicaragua. Same in Africa, even when a famine was in effect.
And don't get me started on Peru! Some of the tastiest foods on this planet!
I've found it interesting that in almost all cases it is difficult to find the products we might be most familiar with here in the US, but there are different products elsewhere, very often far more tasty than what our megacorporations produce here. Rural Bolivians made me some superb home cooked meals, and local restaurants had steaks of fantastic quality for, say $3. Same in Nicaragua. Same in Africa, even when a famine was in effect.
And don't get me started on Peru! Some of the tastiest foods on this planet!
