Comments on: Midsummer’s News in the Yucatan http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Khaki http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21114 Khaki Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:29:21 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm#comment-21114 Brenda Inland? Ya’ll had those little pale brown crawfish – the kind that make mounds in your yard when it rains. Compare that to the “Big Reds” you see in South Louisiana and South Texas and they might as well not even be the same animal. By the way – those are imported. Blues are indigenous. What inland folks DO have is white perch and brim – food for the Gods! Put a few chipped onions and chipped shrimp in your hush puppies… half-n-half sour cream and mayo in your potato salad – and some Steens cane syrup and slab bacon in your baked beans and you DO have dinner for the Gods! I had a North Louisiana Daddy and a South Louisiana Mama – so if it lives in the woods or water, I’m not much into killing it – but I can sure clean it and cook it! (and before anybody asks – yes – gar and coon too lol) Brenda
Inland? Ya’ll had those little pale brown crawfish – the kind that make mounds in your yard when it rains. Compare that to the “Big Reds” you see in South Louisiana and South Texas and they might as well not even be the same animal. By the way – those are imported. Blues are indigenous.

What inland folks DO have is white perch and brim – food for the Gods! Put a few chipped onions and chipped shrimp in your hush puppies… half-n-half sour cream and mayo in your potato salad – and some Steens cane syrup and slab bacon in your baked beans and you DO have dinner for the Gods!

I had a North Louisiana Daddy and a South Louisiana Mama – so if it lives in the woods or water, I’m not much into killing it – but I can sure clean it and cook it! (and before anybody asks – yes – gar and coon too lol)

]]> By: Brenda http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21094 Brenda Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:25:55 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm#comment-21094 Well, I am a transplant to TX, from a part of the south where crawfish were found in creeks, and we played with them, but definitely did not eat them. When we moved to TX, we were confronted with people eating them in huge mounds, wearing bibs, large bibs, and arguing over whether to suck the heads. Yuck. However, lobster is a whole different thing. Mucho gusto. Squid, I think are beautiful, but the eating is not so great. Personally, I think most people who love all seafood grew up in an area, and a time, where it was available all the time, and since we were inland, we like some fish, but love is another thing. Keep up the good work on this website. I have such a great time reading all the different posts and the insight into living and working in the Yucatan. Well, I am a transplant to TX, from a part of the south where crawfish were found in creeks, and we played with them, but definitely did not eat them.

When we moved to TX, we were confronted with people eating them in huge mounds, wearing bibs, large bibs, and arguing over whether to suck the heads. Yuck.

However, lobster is a whole different thing. Mucho gusto. Squid, I think are beautiful, but the eating is not so great.

Personally, I think most people who love all seafood grew up in an area, and a time, where it was available all the time, and since we were inland, we like some fish, but love is another thing.

Keep up the good work on this website. I have such a great time reading all the different posts and the insight into living and working in the Yucatan.

]]> By: Khaki http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21031 Khaki Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:04:05 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm#comment-21031 I had fun writing the news this week! As a French Creole from Louisiana, I can’t wait to get crocodile meat from Campeche! As for lobster, we once had a pet crawfish who lived in a casserole dish on our stove and terrorized everyone in sight for a whole summer. They are not nice animals. He swore constantly – and spit too! …and this after we rescued him from a crawfish boil! I expect that, given opportunity and the upper hand, lobsters are much the same. Pulpo is another story. I have no clue how to cook it – but there is a “little old lady” in every neighborhood in Yucatan, who cooks pulpo at least one day a week for the entire area – for a nominal fee – and it sure is good. I think I am going to find a Louisiana recipe for pulpo and see what happens. I had fun writing the news this week! As a French Creole from Louisiana, I can’t wait to get crocodile meat from Campeche! As for lobster, we once had a pet crawfish who lived in a casserole dish on our stove and terrorized everyone in sight for a whole summer. They are not nice animals. He swore constantly – and spit too! …and this after we rescued him from a crawfish boil! I expect that, given opportunity and the upper hand, lobsters are much the same. Pulpo is another story. I have no clue how to cook it – but there is a “little old lady” in every neighborhood in Yucatan, who cooks pulpo at least one day a week for the entire area – for a nominal fee – and it sure is good. I think I am going to find a Louisiana recipe for pulpo and see what happens.

]]> By: CasiYucatecan http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-21022 CasiYucatecan Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:46:20 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/midsummers-news-in-the-yucatan.htm#comment-21022 I can personally testify to the accuracy of the warning about Heat Stroke: No Warning. Therefore, you must take care of yourself actively: Drink water - more than you think you need. It's never enough. On discharge from the hospital, the doctor gave me a 2 liter bottle of water and told me to drink Two of those each day for the rest of my trip. Carry water with you everywhere, all the time, and drink it. Stay out of the hot sun needlessly. If you must be out in the heat of the day, walk on the shady side of the street, even if it means walking a bit more to cross the street. Early mornings and late evenings are often delightful in Merida. There is a reason siestas are in mid-afternoon. Rest if you feel tired. No sense pushing on to see more and more and collapsing. "Time for a rest break" is no cause for shame. Do you see other gringos bravely going about their business and see no reason why you cannot also? Stop to think that they have acclimated to the heat. That takes several months at the most - the body actually adapts and operates a bit differently. The British believed it took up to 5 years to acclimate well in India. You won't get there on a two week vacation. Finally, try drinking water like the Maya rebels did during the Caste Wars: rest in the shade, hopefully with some breeze blowing. Take a mouthful of water and just hold it in your mouth. Wait, wait, wait... then swallow when it seems to be the same as your body temperature. Then take another, wait, wait, wait... then swallow. Eliminates brain freeze possibilities, plus some people believe that this helps the body control water / mineral balances better. The Maya used to believe that cold water was dangerous to your health. So, reasonable precautions to avoid Heat Stroke and you won't wake up to find yourself on someone's flattened coffee table as the ambulance pulls up out front! I can personally testify to the accuracy of the warning about Heat Stroke: No Warning.

Therefore, you must take care of yourself actively: Drink water – more than you think you need. It’s never enough. On discharge from the hospital, the doctor gave me a 2 liter bottle of water and told me to drink Two of those each day for the rest of my trip. Carry water with you everywhere, all the time, and drink it.

Stay out of the hot sun needlessly. If you must be out in the heat of the day, walk on the shady side of the street, even if it means walking a bit more to cross the street. Early mornings and late evenings are often delightful in Merida. There is a reason siestas are in mid-afternoon.

Rest if you feel tired. No sense pushing on to see more and more and collapsing. “Time for a rest break” is no cause for shame.

Do you see other gringos bravely going about their business and see no reason why you cannot also? Stop to think that they have acclimated to the heat. That takes several months at the most – the body actually adapts and operates a bit differently. The British believed it took up to 5 years to acclimate well in India. You won’t get there on a two week vacation.

Finally, try drinking water like the Maya rebels did during the Caste Wars: rest in the shade, hopefully with some breeze blowing. Take a mouthful of water and just hold it in your mouth. Wait, wait, wait… then swallow when it seems to be the same as your body temperature. Then take another, wait, wait, wait… then swallow. Eliminates brain freeze possibilities, plus some people believe that this helps the body control water / mineral balances better. The Maya used to believe that cold water was dangerous to your health.

So, reasonable precautions to avoid Heat Stroke and you won’t wake up to find yourself on someone’s flattened coffee table as the ambulance pulls up out front!

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