dkilley
Delta, BC, Canada
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Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel if you need to use it. Also good wine used to be hard to find, but seems more available in past 5 years or so. We still stock up on our wine just before crossing into Mexico. The rest, we are able to find or make do with what they have.
Starting to discover the great home made cheese they have from local cheese makers. It seems to be good stuff.
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Canadian Rainbirds
Vancouver Island (Winter: Mainland Mexico)
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Canned tomatoes
English cheese
GOOD OLD cheddar cheese
skim,2% pasteurised milk- - - availability varies from place to place.
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qtla9111
Monterrey, Mexico
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Costco carries many of the items mentioned so far. HEBs in the north have cheddar cheese and canned tomatoes, gluten free products, wines, and the list goes on.
2005 Dodge Durango Hemi
2008 Funfinder 230DS
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dons2346
Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of So. CA
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We haven't found anything that we couldn't live without while in Mexico. Just be ready to improvise and go with the flow. That is what makes it interesting
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Graydon
Somewhere on the road
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Although other flavors are available, I've yet to find Irish Creme flavored liquid Coffee Mate. .. I know, picky, picky.
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briansue
on the road
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In terms of groceries, I have learned to use what's available and take advantage of local foods. I have also found some great substitutes, such as Chihuauhua cheese for cheddar cheese. Just about anything can be found in many of the major grocery stores depending on where you happen to be. That said, there are also some items that I like to bring with us-
Soft Scrub cleanser
Good Parmesan cheese
Low-fat cheddar cheese
Peanut butter - the all natural chunky kind, most stores have Jif but we prefer the natural
Ice cream - if there's room in the freezer, some places now have Blue Bell which is good
Maple syrup
Butter - this is a request from our Mexican friends as well
Visine eye drops - another request from friends in MX
Brian has his list of spare parts and such - the items above are what I have on my list.
http://www.briansue2.blogspot.com
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qtla9111
Monterrey, Mexico
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briansue
I don't get the part about butter, many people have said the same thing. I use Mexican butter and don't see anything different. What am I missing? Just curious.
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briansue
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qtla9111,
The butter is actually a request from Barb Contreras - she likes whipped butter with olive oil - I guess whipped is lighter - there is a slight different taste between the regular US butter and regular Mexican butter - plus light is not easy to find in small towns like Valle de Juarez. Anyway, you know Barb - we like to keep her happy!
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kca87
Anacortes, WA (summer) La Paz, BCS, MX (winter)
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briansue wrote:I don't get the part about butter, many people have said the same thing. I use Mexican butter and don't see anything different. What am I missing? Just curious.
We are not picky about our butter and so we buy Mexican and find it works just fine. But I took a pastry class here and learned that Mexican butter can taste bad because of what the cows eat. I was told that when the ranchers cannot afford to feed their cows, they let them run lose to fend for themselves. Hence, the flavor of the butter is affected.
A lot of people complain about Mexican butter - but we don't mind it at all.
Ken,Charlene, Cody, and Jake
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Turtle-Toad
Wherever I park (orig Kingston, WA. USA)
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Decaf Iced Tea bags!
Sweet relish
Decent 2 ply toilet paper
Chinet oval dinner plates
Stevia in bulk (not individual packets)
Of course all this may be available in the Wal-Mart and Sams' big box stores, but we tend to stay away from the big cities and towns.
Turtle & Toad, On the Road
37' Georgetown XL w/3 slides, 1 1/2 bath, & 595 watts of solar power
06 Taco TRD (for "Off the Road")
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