One small caution though. If you want a roast pork taco, then order “un taco de carne asado” (really tasty with melted cheese) with or without eggs. If you like deep fried pork fat, then order the castacan, since castacan is deep fried pig belly fat, with just a tiny amount of meat = an ingrediet that sticks to your ribs (or sits in your gut) for hours. Thick “chilin’s” or “chitterlin’s” or “cracklin’s” or “chicharron” with a tiny bit of carne. Kind of like the tamal colado (white “meat” that is actually pure beef fat), either really rich or a potential gut-grinding, repeating, burbling day long event?

Apparently, from your wonderful description Working Gringa, they are small, but they must be corn ( a no-no for diabetes, as are the flour ones as well ) and I wonder if the ingredients would need the snuff, as well. Your description was so wonderful, however, that I began to salivate like Pavlov;s dogs.

When we traveled, before my diabetes hit, we would always ask the locals where they ate, to avoid the touristy spots. In the Bahamas, we walked four blocks from where the tourists stayed and found a wonderful diner (it resembled me of a larger version of the ones found in the states in the 50′s) which served Bahamian fish and barbeque. It was wonderful. We were the only tourists in the whole thing, and there were thirty four toppers in the place.

We were concerned about crime in Mexico, but I found an article on safety in Mexico yesterday written by a “crime and terrorism” expert which rated Merida as a 1 on violence scale. Many U. S. cities were a 3. He did suggest the obvious, as avoiding the border cities, Acapulco, and the Michachoan? areas. San Miguel Allende was rated well, Mazatlan not so good. Puerta Vallarta good but 50 miles morth of it not so good.

One has to take into consideration a lot of things, but the availability of health care, safety, things which would be interesting and vital to remaining happy and healthy and having people with whom one is comfortable is a big thing for life, and Merida has many advantages. Chalk up one for the good side with these tacos.