I headed to the supermerdcado (supermarket) this afternoon to buy things I needed for the kitchen here at the posada: a can opener (abrelatas), a cheese grater (rallador de queso), a bottle opener (abrebotellas), a colander (colador), a sponge (esponja), a towel (toalla), and dish soap (jabonera).
I also picked up some tomatoes (tomates, avocados (aguacates), a potato (papa), corn (elote blanco), cantaloupe (cantalupo), and bananas (platanos). In order to eat fruit and vegetables here, there is a process of using iodized silver to soak and disinfect the items. It takes twenty to thirty minutes. The delicious foods are worth the extra work.
So far, I have cleaned grapes (uvas), bananas, and apples (manzanas), and I am all good.
If you want to know what this process entails, take a peek at: http://cookinginmexico.com/2010/05/24/how-to-clean-and-disinfect-fruits-and-vegetables-in-mexico/.
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