Retire to Lake Chapala

Prices of various stuff in Mexico

Prices of various stuff in Mexico Judy and I went out to have some breakfast and buy some things for supper. We ate at a little sidewalk café. Judy had a latte and juaves ranchero. A kind of Mexican style eggs over light with a medium hot sauce on them. I had an espresso, hotcakes and bacon. It all came to 80 pesos ($6.15) including the tip. Then we walked over to the Mercado and went to the fish stalls upstairs. We got 1 kilo, which is about 2.2 lbs., of good sized shrimp for 100 pesos ($7.70) or about $350 a lb. We walked down the street from the Mercado to a little produce store that is owned by a young couple. They are real nice and their 2 little preschool girls are usually there “helping” We bought 2 red peppers, 4 zucchini, 2 big garlic bulbs and 4 plum tomatoes for 17 pesos ($1.30). Paid our phone bill. 498 pesos (about $38.30) for one month including internet with a wi-fi modem. Paid our electric bill. 1044 pesos ($80) for 2! months. We stopped for gas on the way home and got 200 pesos worth of regular. It figures out to about $2.32 a gallon.

For supper we peeled and deveined 16 of the the shrimp. Made a salad out of a couple of the tomatoes, some of the zucchini and a little bit of onion. We had some bread dough (recipe)in the fridge and made up a couple of small loaves and lit the oven to heat up to 450 while they rose a little. When the oven was up to speed in went the bread for about 10-15 min. Put some water on for pasta. When it started to boil added the pasta. Stirred it right way. In a large frying pan went about 2 swirls of olive oil, 2-3 cloves of garlic smashed, peeled and minced, about a Tbsp. of dried basil, a big pinch of red pepper flakes (optional) and the shrimp. Med heat and tossed often. When the pasta was just a little short of al dente drained it and added it to the frying pan. Tossed right away and fairly often while the pasta finished cooking in the oil/shrimp mixture. The bread was done by now. I test it by tapping the bottom of the loaf. If it sounds hollow it’s done. We served it up!! with some cabernet from Chile (about $4.30 a bottle).