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Personally am boycotting all things Mexico given their anti USA criminal illegal culture and practices and incredible costs to USA taxpayers - even tiny Umatilla county, Oregon has billed Mexico $500K for annual prison costs of Mexican illegals!

Posted by Sean at June 8, 2006 9:15 AM

Sean, how about telling us what you really think? (An old and overused line.) (Perhaps I'll react poorly to the food and thence will not in fact have become tainted.)

Posted by tom peters at June 8, 2006 9:22 AM

Tom, two rules to follow for Mexican street food:
1) make sure the server's hands are fairly clean, and 2) NEVER eat anything cooked on a parilla fired with old lumber--who knows what chemicals are being smoked into the food? Go with mesquite, not two-by-fours.

And stay out of the hepatitis cafes along the highways. Scary.

I love Mexico and the people there, but the condition of the country (created mostly by inept and corrupt gov'ts) about breaks my heart every time I'm there.

A Mexican in the US illegally can make between $5 and $8 per hour slinging fries at MacDonalds while a Mexican who stays home and works for a big US manufacturing company like Ford will make between $2 and $4 per hour. So Sean, is that the fault of the Mexicans' "criminal illegal culture and practices" or the fault of the companies who only want to exploit the Mexican workforce? (And don't get me wrong, I'm no tax-and-spend anti-business type, but a money-grubbing capitalist running dog of the first order!)

Posted by World Traveller at June 8, 2006 9:36 AM

So, back to the food. Next time you're in Austin, there's only one place to go for the authentic food you enjoyed in Mexico City.
My friend Tom Gilliland's "Fonda San Miguel". He's also got a nice coffee table book (check Amazon) with recipes and photos of his art collection.

Posted by Dave at June 8, 2006 9:59 AM

Tom - careful w street food - may not adversely hit your system for 2-3 weeks.
World -
1. agree not hiring illegals is a [the?] key solution -
2. and foreign capital and talent revamping Mexican "free entreprise" is another - they have an incredible natural resource base [oil, gas, precious minerals, copper, gold, pristine beaches] ... just that government and culture is so corrupt and pay-off oriented ... must build a solid middle class ownership society
3. Fox exports criminal class north - well documented
4. 28% of USA prison inmates are now illegal aliens w associated cost transfer to USA taxpayer

Posted by Sean at June 8, 2006 11:03 AM

Sean, and what about you criminal students, who cross the border on spring/summer breaks.

Posted by Mexican at June 8, 2006 3:22 PM

I haven't been there myself, but I'm told that China takes the cake for "country with food that is most different than their ethnic food served in the US."

Posted by Chris Cree at June 8, 2006 3:51 PM

Hello Mr. Tom Peters:

It is very nice that we can have you here in Mexico.

Our country and our companies need desperately new ways of doing business.

I couldn`t go to your presentation in Mexico. For me it was not possible because the price was very high and our company have right now some financial problems.

It is very hard to do business with so many problems from outside of the company. Our economy is terribly related to politics, and politics is terribly corrupted.

Some time a day I really get desperate. It is very hard to see that a lot of efforts to make business here does not get results.

I give to you my congratulations for coming to our country. And hopefully a lot of companies can grow and jump the problems we are dealing.

Thank you for your comments on our food. And enjoy it with a good Tequila.

My best regards

Juan Miguel Robles Vargas
General Manager
DEISA

Posted by Juan Miguel Robles V at June 8, 2006 6:44 PM

reminds me of the Miller Lite commercial where this Mexican soccer player tells his teammates about the US - "Drink only their beer, don't touch their water!".

US food is so rich it sickens many visitors here...you should hear them talk about our food!

Posted by vinnie mirchandani at June 8, 2006 9:03 PM

Good rules to live by when traveling abroad:
*Get recommendations of where to eat
*Trust the wisdom of those who have gone before you

Mexican - our students who cross the border for weekends and spring break are doing so legally. They bring their identification and return over the border when they're done with their trip. They are hardly illegal immigrants. In fact, your comment was so ridiculous, I wonder why I bothered responding to it.

Sean - when are you going to get off the soapbox and just engage in the post? We went from talking about local food fare to immigration. Dude, take a deep breath. Remember what it was like to be 9 years old and you just had fun?

Try to re-read Tom's post here and just think about having fun and eating food. :)
tango5

Posted by tango5 at June 9, 2006 7:01 AM

tango - appreciate the feedback - I am a 30 min / week activist tho - and TP site is a vent place.

Easy for me to boycott all things Mex [including food] since I lived there 1 year and in border states of NM, AZ for 10 years.

Mex invasion must be dealt with high energy now - once you pay $20K [and going up] / year in property taxes [too much going to offset the Invasion] - the food & culture [need to boycott] becomes crystal clear.

Personally never liked Mex food because it is high fat AND high glycemic = perfect recipe for storing bodyfat.

Posted by Sean at June 9, 2006 9:20 AM

Sean, hpyy to have you venting. Among other things keeps me honest.

Posted by tom peters at June 13, 2006 6:24 AM

Sean, I appreciate your sentiments. : ) I was venting a bit myself as well. You're abso right about dealing with it now (and about the property taxes!). Hope we come up with a realistic, effective solution soon.

Posted by tango5 at June 14, 2006 11:01 PM