tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post4550357804427915632..comments2024-02-16T08:40:54.943-06:00Comments on Mexico Bob: Vegetables & Fruits 001 – Camotes (Sweet Potatoes)Bob Mrotekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15016079751197723749noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-29818337693316758612013-06-29T19:28:46.301-05:002013-06-29T19:28:46.301-05:00Shana,
Thank you for laughing with me :)Shana,<br /><br />Thank you for laughing with me :)Bob Mrotekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016079751197723749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-5923474762736647842013-06-29T19:23:16.477-05:002013-06-29T19:23:16.477-05:00I loved this story! I laughed sooo hard when you s...I loved this story! I laughed sooo hard when you said that you had a big camote! Too funny. This has made my day. Thanks for sharing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877149403140793704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-14268553898117746972009-02-14T09:44:00.000-06:002009-02-14T09:44:00.000-06:00The mystery's been solved! Every night around 8pm,...The mystery's been solved! Every night around 8pm, I hear a noise similar to a steam engine rolling by but can't make out where it's coming from. Because I live close to the subway station here in Mexico City, I thought it was the squeaking tires of the Metro coming to a screeching halt. I see now the steam whistle is the camotero's pronouncement; in Japan, the sweet potato vendors are the loudest boys on the block, shouting, "Yyyyaaaakkkiiii iiiiimmmmmoooo" (yaki imo, or roasted sweet potato).Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963493525235524241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-25974548240207568802008-12-03T21:45:00.000-06:002008-12-03T21:45:00.000-06:00Bob, I had been ambarressed by saying something si...Bob, I had been ambarressed by saying something similar in english language. At a reunion, I heard someone said "butts up to a drink. Later, in another reunion. I simply said, "buttoms up", lol...everyone laugh and at first, I did not understand until someone explain. Too funny! I am so glad you posted on Camotes. I miss them too much. Here in Washington we can't get the Guanajuato ones. El Valle de Santiago has the best ones. In this trip, I tried some from Cortazar and someone from my town, told my aunt how camotes are baked in a brick oven. Suppossedly, you must wash the camotes. Place them on the sun until three pm. "Arroparlos" by putting some "costales" on them and later bake them. Suppossedly this operation is done in three days. They are delicious. Thanks again for posting on this. Have you had joconostles? Maybe you can do a search on them. How about calabaza de castilla? or india?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12291406779408928643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-88423749730567390172008-11-25T14:06:00.000-06:002008-11-25T14:06:00.000-06:00Bob - Yes, a certain amount of 'street Spanish' is...Bob - Yes, a certain amount of 'street Spanish' is required if you're going to avoid embarrassment in conversation.<BR/><BR/>What I'm wondering about the camote is: is that the potato that cooks up soft and bright orange, or the one that's more yellowish, mealy and fibrous (ugh!) I can't tell you how many times I've bought one and it turned out to be the other. <BR/><BR/>When I get the right ones, I bake them, slit them and just pop in some butter and a little salt, that's all. Que sabroso!1st Matehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05276608080436409432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-13094434168347084892008-11-25T11:47:00.000-06:002008-11-25T11:47:00.000-06:00Gloria,I yam what I yam what I yam...NOT :)Bob Cox...Gloria,<BR/>I yam what I yam what I yam...NOT :)<BR/><BR/>Bob Cox,<BR/>Puebla, the City of the Angels, is one of my most favorite cities in all of Mexico. I think when you die and go to Heaven you must first make a stop in Puebla :)<BR/><BR/>Teresa,<BR/>Wow! Thanks for the input. I always enjoy learning something new. Happy Thanksgiving to you too!<BR/><BR/>Joy,<BR/>Oh, doncha know, you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...<BR/><BR/>Yaya,<BR/>Regarding my "faux pas". After nine years I am still trying to live that down :)Bob Mrotekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016079751197723749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-44772080963074250372008-11-24T15:39:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:39:00.000-06:00Bob, I almost spit out my limonada when I got to t...Bob, I almost spit out my limonada when I got to the part about your 'faux pas'. I'm still laughing when I think of it.<BR/><BR/>How neat that you have vendors selling camotes and plantains on your neighborhood. Wish we could get them here. I've never tried a camote with sweetened cond. milk, but it sounds good. And yes, the cart does sound like a steam locomotive. Thanks for posting pictures. Looks like hand made contraption. Seems all the street vendors are very industrious and able to create useful 'marketing tools'.YayaOrchidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903215880257353340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-85744025045793426822008-11-24T10:53:00.000-06:002008-11-24T10:53:00.000-06:00While I'm sure it's a sound I'll get nostalgic abo...While I'm sure it's a sound I'll get nostalgic about once I leave Mexico, for now it basically drives me nuts. The ones in my neighborhood in the DF are so loud you can't speak or hear or sleep when they are (oh-so-slowly) passing by. I also worry about the ear drums of the camote sellers -- they must all be nearly deaf.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341185704678989252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-44731187032052526312008-11-23T21:24:00.000-06:002008-11-23T21:24:00.000-06:00that's funny-that shows you need to be careful whe...that's funny-that shows you need to be careful when using slang. i am originally from cuba and a word that in cuban spanish means bug, has a sexual meaning in puerto rican spanish. <BR/><BR/>those sweet potatoes are what we call boniatos in cuba. they are sooo good. we can get them in miami but i have not seen them anywhere in wa. state. maybe i should try one of the mexican stores, perhaps they import them. if you have not tried them fried, cut slices about a 1/4 inch thick and fry till they are golden on both sides. they are delicious! i've had plantains in many ways but not baked, i will have to try that sometime. <BR/><BR/>happy thanksgiving!<BR/>teresa in lake stevensAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-7172350530600091432008-11-23T21:09:00.000-06:002008-11-23T21:09:00.000-06:00on target Bob... There's a couple of camote vendor...on target Bob... There's a couple of camote vendors here in Apizaco...Puebla has many more, Puebla is definitelt the heartbeat of Camotes, they make a special candy out of them which you can find at the main bus station as there are many vendors selling them there , Also on the 6 poniente where the traditional candy stores are located... Also people from Puebla are sometimes called "Camotes". <BR/> I recall an old "Cantinflas" movie in which two thugs were beating him up when they heard a police whistle and left him and took off running, a few seconds later the camote salesman came by blowing his steam whistle instead of a policeman. I like those baked plantains also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985623786044384912.post-26963745336524797292008-11-23T20:31:00.000-06:002008-11-23T20:31:00.000-06:00Camotes are delicious. My dad used to make them in...Camotes are delicious. My dad used to make them in the oven and when they were done, we would take the pulp out and put in bowl with milk and sugar.So of course I am reminded of my daddy when I make camote's now. I've tried growing them at home. I just stuck 3 or 4 yams in a big box of soil and they are still out there growing. I have to check them tomorrow. I won't comment on that "other" camote. Have a great day tomorrow. Take care.GlorV1https://www.blogger.com/profile/06789212398770555465noreply@blogger.com