Street Food

We were very tired one night and decided to try these grilled chicken kabobs made by the lady across the street.  Yes, mom I did eat one, but being a tad worried, I micro-waved them for another minute or so just in case they weren't done.  They were very good, and fast and easy.  There is a lot of food available on the street, so Elder Osborn dropped me off in a market with a handful of change to see what I could find.  Here are the results.  And let me say, I didn't eat anything I bought on that little trip.  I took it home to the guys painting the chapel and told them I was experimenting  in the mercado.  They were thrilled with the treats!

Little grills like this are set up everywhere.  Most cook little pieces of chicken.  Some
deep fry potatoes, both white and sweet.

With the on=set of the horrible heat, everyone is selling these popsicles.  They
have a little machine that fills the bags and then they tie them.  We
bought a couple and really wanted them, but know they are made with well water, so
we drove down the street and gave them to some little boys on the corner.

You see bag of bread for sale everywhere.  But these roll are from the
two most prominent bakeries in town, making them
more desirable.  The ones that are 2mt. each are from a bakery quite far
away, so this guy has good marketing skills. 1.5 for each roll is standard.

This were the most disgusting thin I found.  They are just made of
rice flour, formed into this soft roll. The texture is sort of like play dough.  Really gross to my mind and taste buds.

These peanut bars are sold everywhere.  Guys carry them around to businesses and
we see them in every little town.  They are hard as a rock, but cheap, 2 mt. each.

This lady had the most appealing food.  These are rolls and they looked
fresh.  The workers said they were very good.  The rolls I often see made
just with corn meal are hard and tasteless.  There are many versions of
donuts sold as well, but one questions how old the grease is that is used for them.

These drink are for sale outside the Mercado Central close to our
 house.  Notice that nothing is in it original container.  Suspicious?  You
see the lady pouring cold water into one bottle, milk (probably goat) is in
another and they buy big liters of soda and pour it into smaller bottles.  Old
plastic bottles are a valuable commodity.  People search the trash for them
daily.

The most common item sold seems to be coconuts.  There doesn't seem to be
a season for them, they are always available.  The cut them open with a big knife
called a catana and drink the milk and then dig out the soft fleshy part.  Anybody hungry???