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Just Asking
Question posed on Facebook.com/yucatanmagazine: What do you still need to mule down from your home country to make life here a little easier?
“Vitamins, products for Black hair, shoes, underwear and bras, filters to fit my shower head, certain clothes, magazines in English (I don’t like to read online), English learning materials for homeschooling, Ethiopian food, coffee, spices.”
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“Real Swiss and French cheeses, Swiss chocolate, Thai spices, Swiss herbs, etc.”
“Vitamins, horseradish, and black licorice.”
“I’ve got to bring down my sink and new faucets.”
“Bush’s baked beans, grape jelly, large containers of Pace, pickled okra, horseradish.”
“Chick-fil-A sauces, Slap Ya Mama seasoning, Jiffy corn bread, scented candles, body butter.”
“Luzianne tea bags, Butterfingers, and firesticks with higher memory.”
“Black tea, candied ginger, Now-brand stevia, Better Than Bouillon vegetable base.”
“Maple syrup ... 8 cans each year at least. Granma’s molasses. All kinds of Chinese sauces and products.”
“I keep trying to get visitors from Montreal to bring me real bagels, but alas.”
“Miracle Whip, green relish, Tim Horton’s.”
“I’d love some Christmas pudding and Rose’s Lime Juice Cordial. That’s about it.”
“Not a damn thing!”
Reflecting its 16th-century roots, the city of Puebla is often remiscent of Europe.