tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post6100906976348653230..comments2023-09-23T04:08:41.258-05:00Comments on billieblog: Grocery ListBillie Mercerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-72308093643785476552013-06-06T19:27:40.396-05:002013-06-06T19:27:40.396-05:00I haven't seen any of the brands you mention b...I haven't seen any of the brands you mention but since I found the S&W brand at Costco where I have to buy 8 to 10 cans in a box, I haven't been looking. The price on the S&W brand is pretty good....not like the single cans of Hunts. So good to hear from you. Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-29237445861861495692013-06-06T19:09:25.907-05:002013-06-06T19:09:25.907-05:00Hi Billie! I'm still signed up for comments on...Hi Billie! I'm still signed up for comments on this post. ;-) Oddly I don't see any way to get to the original article....<br /><br />Anyway, do you all get Natura's brand tomato sauce, sofrito, etc. in the little foil packets? I think they come in 8 oz and 1 lb. Natura's does sell tomato paste in those foil packets, too (pasta de tomate). 'Salsita de tomate' is tomato sauce. Another brand I get here is Issima, but it might be local. They also sell a tomato paste. <br /><br />These are much cheaper than buying imported Hunt's in cans. Maybe that will help anonymous find it. La Gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603699579838114841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-53641094092988190002013-06-06T18:19:09.477-05:002013-06-06T18:19:09.477-05:00You can find tomato paste in cans at Costco but it...You can find tomato paste in cans at Costco but it comes in boxes of 8 or 10 cans. I haven't looked for the tubes but I would look at queso de Luna or one of the organic stores. There is one on Salida de celaya kind of across from the Saturday organic market. And you never know, Espinos are Bonanza might buy the boxes of tomato paste and then sell them individually. Good luck. It was fun to reread this post and see how many od the things you can now find here.<br />Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-76585771420040925372013-06-06T17:32:28.344-05:002013-06-06T17:32:28.344-05:00I am new in San Miguel and have been searching for...I am new in San Miguel and have been searching for tomato paste to use in spaghetti sauce to thicken and all I've found is small cartons of tomato sauce. Someone mentioned you can find it in tubes but where?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-88124071657646890902008-01-02T18:58:00.000-06:002008-01-02T18:58:00.000-06:00(I like this automatic comment notification. I for...(I like this automatic comment notification. I forgot to set it up on some of the comments I left.)<BR/><BR/>The variety of veggies is definitely limited in La Ceiba and often not of very good quality. Broccoli, green beans, zucchini, broccoli, green beans, zucchini, ho hum. But I think that you have a lot of other things, too. I look at some of your recipes and I know that I couldn't find all the ingredients here.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I could find more things if I went more often, but I've just never been much of a shopper.<BR/><BR/>Hey, I know that you aren't complaining. I was just writing an article about that -- coming up soon.La Gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603699579838114841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-59585008926331209112008-01-02T18:20:00.000-06:002008-01-02T18:20:00.000-06:00La Gringa, From what I have read on your blog, the...La Gringa, From what I have read on your blog, the things we have that you don't are a fairly good variety of fresh vegetables. The dried cherries are very expensive in the USA too. $12.95 a pound. The wild rice was $9/lb, rather than $9 for 4 ozs. But I shouldn't be complaining about what we don't have here because we could live very well with what I can find in the grocery stores in SMA and it gets better all the time.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-7937334403508365092008-01-02T16:03:00.000-06:002008-01-02T16:03:00.000-06:00Sorry for the late comment, but I was really surpr...Sorry for the late comment, but I was really surprised at this article! I've always been so jealous of you expats in Mexico and all the things you have available that we don't here in Honduras -- or at least in La Ceiba. But I saw several things on your list that I have seen here regularly and other things are getting to be more available all the time.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on other things, though. Baker's baking chocolate is just not that great and has usually picked up some off flavor in the warehouse or store. Wild rice is just too expensive to justify (like about US $9 for a 4 oz. box! Kosher dill pickles used to be hard to find and I haven't seen dill relish in 6 years! <BR/><BR/>One tip on the tomato sauce/puree, unless you just don't like the brands, is to freeze it in an ice cube tray and then place the cubes in a plastic bag in the freezer for when you need small amounts. I do that for chipotle as well. I have a special smaller cube-sized tray that I use just for that as it can stain.<BR/><BR/>Dried cherries are available but all the dried berries are obscenely expensive.<BR/><BR/>I also agree that there is much more variety than 5 or 6 years ago. Do you suppose that is because of CAFTA or does Walmart get all the credit? ;-)<BR/><BR/>One thing nice about living here is when can you remember ever having a happy day in the US because you found chicken broth in the store? We learn to appreciate the little things, don't we?<BR/><BR/>I'm way behind reading your blog, Billie, but as always, I just love it!La Gringahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14603699579838114841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-5999341510048040832007-11-27T08:55:00.000-06:002007-11-27T08:55:00.000-06:00D,That is a problem here in SMA....getting correct...D,<BR/>That is a problem here in SMA....getting correctly labeled plants from the nursery. But still if it cures high blood pressure, you have a treasure!<BR/>BillieBillie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-60521324027055291372007-11-27T08:34:00.000-06:002007-11-27T08:34:00.000-06:00Hi Billie -We planted a lemon tree hoping to suppl...Hi Billie -<BR/>We planted a lemon tree hoping to supply ourselves with plenty of fresh hard to find lemons. What we didn't know until much later is that we got a "dulce" lemon tree. It's not sour like the lemons we know and love, but sweeter like an orange. We are told they are good to eat to help cure high blood pressure.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444695722535026022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-72519477464890807722007-11-27T08:13:00.000-06:002007-11-27T08:13:00.000-06:00Jorge, where is Aladino's in Queretaro? Joanna, yo...Jorge, where is Aladino's in Queretaro? <BR/><BR/>Joanna, you are so right. Buy it when you see it. Even things that you think would be standard items in a grocery store may be there one time and not the next. <BR/><BR/>Cynthia, thanks for reading. My list of stuff to bring back gets shorter each year. And some version of the things I bring back is available here most of the time but it is a little different. I could get by with just shopping in Mexico. But as long as I'm in Texas why not get these things.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-69439327562673437402007-11-27T01:55:00.000-06:002007-11-27T01:55:00.000-06:00You can't emphasize enough that it is different tr...You can't emphasize enough that it is different trying to find things in Mexico. In the north, they get used to looking it up in the yellow pages or running a search online for it. It's never that easy here. Word of mouth is the best. Most of us have a running list in our heads of stuff we would love to find, wherever we are we are always on the lookout for anything on that list. I actually have several lists in my head, grocery stuff and house stuff and furniture/accessories stuff. It just makes shopping a more interesting sport. Also, impulse buying has a whole 'nother definition. If you see something you might want someday, you buy it because when that someday comes you won't be able to find it.Jonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775514857047122526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-32035522723565087342007-11-26T23:38:00.000-06:002007-11-26T23:38:00.000-06:00Superama in Queretaro has several imported goods a...Superama in Queretaro has several imported goods and Aladino's is a Supermarket in Queretaro that sells only imported goods.Jorge Arturohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10624602738047406683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-77544376163200426422007-11-26T22:13:00.000-06:002007-11-26T22:13:00.000-06:00I have wondered about the lemon thing and Mexico. ...I have wondered about the lemon thing and Mexico. I love their juicy little limes, but seems like if they grow limes like crazy, they would grow a lemon or two. <BR/><BR/>Glad to hear that your tree produces. We planted, in a pot on our roof, a lemon tree that we are told is a Meyer lemon. Of course, it may not be a lemon at all.<BR/><BR/>Thanks so much for the list. I see a few things I can't live without so I know what to pack next trip.<BR/><BR/>I love your blog by the way!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10494829427921648472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-86276475395759763692007-11-26T21:12:00.000-06:002007-11-26T21:12:00.000-06:00Teresa, if Costco or Walmart imported them I don't...Teresa, if Costco or Walmart imported them I don't think they would be as expensive but small stores that specialize in bringing in items that the gringos want and can't get any other way are bringing them and they charge what ever they can get away with. We've had our house here for almost 6 years.<BR/><BR/>Barbara, you're the best. I didn't know you had a lemon tree but I'll take you up on that offer one of these days.Billie Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17826454938577230499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-66856115775008779152007-11-26T20:56:00.000-06:002007-11-26T20:56:00.000-06:00Hi Billie - I have a huge lemon tree and have seve...Hi Billie - I have a huge lemon tree and have several people that I supply lemons to........let me know when you want some. They are wonderful and juicy. I think I must have the biggest and one of the few trees in San Miguel!<BR/>Oh and you can always get grape jelly at Walmart both in Q-town and Celaya. And now that Walmart is coming to San MIguel you won't even have to leave town!Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11526678.post-20694679422945058272007-11-26T20:40:00.000-06:002007-11-26T20:40:00.000-06:00wow-that's a lot of items. i wonder why triskets ...wow-that's a lot of items. i wonder why triskets or wheat thins would be so expensive. i suppose that would be the case with things that are imported. <BR/><BR/>i'm curious, how long have you lived in mexico? when will you be going to texas?<BR/><BR/>happy shopping!<BR/><BR/>teresaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com