St. Louis: Come to Me, My Pretties

Jícama on the Nazca figure vessel, "The Harvester," ca 100-300 CE, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. February 2018.

I finally found a source of fresh and juicy, affordable jícama. It's at the China Town Market on Olive Street in University City. The produce truck comes every Thursday.

Come to me, my little pretties. I will gobble you up.

The Tajín I get at Aldi's.

El Paso: A New Flavor

Tajin, El Paso, Texas. October 2016.

October 2016


I was at the grocery store the other day. Buying cucumbers. The woman standing next to me asked what I intended to do with them. "I'm gonna slice 'em up and eat them raw," I said. And she said, "Chile and limón!" And I said, "Eh?" And she led me to the canasta filled with tall, slender bottles of Tajin chili-and-lime seasoning. And my life now has a brand-new flavor.

Tajin, El Paso, Texas. October 2016.

Hey, this is what my Guatemalan Spanish teacher was telling me about - chiles and lime on her cantaloupe, watermelon, mangoes, and popcorn.

Mmmmm.

A former TLG colleague recommended that I try Tajin with jícama. Yes.

Tajin, El Paso, Texas. October 2016.