I’m a bit confused as to why you were unable for months time to order quantities less than 1 kg. Didn’t you know the Spanish words for half (medio) or quarter (cuarto)? It doesn’t take rocket science to learn these and apply them.
Asking for amounts in increments of 100 g may have been more precise but the words may be harder to learn and remember. But still a week at the most to get it all down and understood. Months makes no sense.
Ian Hayden Parker
It wasn’t just the language but I didn’t go into detail because my article was to encourage people to leave their comfort zones, not talk about portion controls. Besides language I had a background in food where I prepared for hundreds or thousands of people, now I needed to learn portion control for one person. As an American I shopped supermarkets and bought steaks, chicken, and fish, already prepared and wrapped in the meat cases. I purchased by visually inspecting the size and determining if what was packaged was enough, not by weight. All of these difference in shopping took several months to work out the kinks. And I was very young and stupid when I first moved to Mexico, and I packed up my bags and moved without ever leaving my home country prior, so I was inexperienced in the world. Of course we all learn differently and at different rates, so I would never judge anyone for taking a different approach or learning at a different rate. In the end I hope at least one person decided to shop locally, or at least step out of their comfort zone in one task, because of this opinion. Thanks for the feedback!
michelle byrne
Love this article! I will be heading straight to this market( if I can find it) when I arrive in PV. this week. Thank you.
rivernic
It’s at the corner of Lázaro Cárdenas and Camichin, in the Zone Romantica.
I’m a bit confused as to why you were unable for months time to order quantities less than 1 kg. Didn’t you know the Spanish words for half (medio) or quarter (cuarto)? It doesn’t take rocket science to learn these and apply them.
Asking for amounts in increments of 100 g may have been more precise but the words may be harder to learn and remember. But still a week at the most to get it all down and understood. Months makes no sense.
It wasn’t just the language but I didn’t go into detail because my article was to encourage people to leave their comfort zones, not talk about portion controls. Besides language I had a background in food where I prepared for hundreds or thousands of people, now I needed to learn portion control for one person. As an American I shopped supermarkets and bought steaks, chicken, and fish, already prepared and wrapped in the meat cases. I purchased by visually inspecting the size and determining if what was packaged was enough, not by weight. All of these difference in shopping took several months to work out the kinks. And I was very young and stupid when I first moved to Mexico, and I packed up my bags and moved without ever leaving my home country prior, so I was inexperienced in the world. Of course we all learn differently and at different rates, so I would never judge anyone for taking a different approach or learning at a different rate. In the end I hope at least one person decided to shop locally, or at least step out of their comfort zone in one task, because of this opinion. Thanks for the feedback!
Love this article! I will be heading straight to this market( if I can find it) when I arrive in PV. this week. Thank you.
It’s at the corner of Lázaro Cárdenas and Camichin, in the Zone Romantica.