Mexicans love their chili. It is prevalent in many forms: powder, sauce, slices, whole... however you like it, you can get it here. There are two ways that they especially enjoy it. On fruit and on pork rinds. It's very curious although if I had been brought up putting chili on every solid thing I ate, I probably wouldn't think so. Carlota, an avid lover of fruit, was quite disappointed at the last minute chili addition when she ordered her fruit cup from the vendor outside of the Coyoacan market. The first few bites were difficult for her to manage, but all in all, the lure of the fruit was stronger than the repel of the chili powder.
As a side note, I would like to shed light on another Mexican invention that many Americans will have trouble fathoming. Vero Elotes: corn shaped lollipops covered in spicy chili powder. The girl I tutor insisted that I eat one with her one day after school... very clever, that one. It ended up wasting at least 15 minutes of study time as my eyes watered and throat suffered.
ICK!
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