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Mercado de Abastos

August 27, 2007 by Juanita

My only regret at the market that day was not trying the fried grasshoppers. Fernando said they were excellent.

Posted in Oaxaca | 5 Comments

5 Responses

on August 28, 2007 at 11:36 am | Reply Karen

what means ‘abastor’?

fried grasshoppers…wow. i like to think i’d have gone for it. for the story, later. i ate an oyster once, after all!
on August 28, 2007 at 2:42 pm | Reply Juanita

I thought I would go for it too, seriously!, but when it came time, they just looked so slimy and grasshopperish that I couldn´t although I kept trying and the woman holding the basket was very patient. Fernando braved a pinch and loved them. I could never make it on Fear Factor.

I am not sure what Abastos means. The entire market area is called Abastos.
on August 28, 2007 at 8:56 pm | Reply Kesa Emi

They are actually pretty gross. Unlike your website, which I love, and have passed out the address to many a friend. Fried grasshoppers? Good friends are better.
on August 29, 2007 at 1:00 pm | Reply karen

ah-ha: mercado de abastos = wholesale market, methinks

from wordreference.com:

abasto m (usu pl) abastos, provisions pl, supplies pl
mercado de abastos, wholesale food market ♦ LOC: familiar no dar abasto, not to be able to have a rest o not to be able to cope: en Navidades las bodegas no dan abasto, the wine shops can’t cope at Christmas

the grasshoppers were ALIVE??? F got pinched??? holy cow, retract, retract! i would definitely NOT eat one of those things.
on August 29, 2007 at 2:09 pm | Reply Juanita

Thanks for saving me from looking up the definition for abastos.

Whoops… no, the grasshoppers were dead, fried, and covered in chile and lime. F had a pinch from the basket, just a few small ones.

Kesa, do your good friends taste good covered in chile and lime ?