Cultural Diversity
Okay so my children and I had quite the interesting day today, LOL. I decided I wanted some really good home made Mexican food. So off to Lodi we ventured to get some errands done and to visit the Mexican market there in town. Now mind you this is no little side of the road Mexcian market. This is a full blown grocery store with the obvious Mexican delicacies, etc. So in I trot with my two blonde haired blue eyed children in tow, LOL. Of course yes we stick out like a really sore thumb. But no big deal as far as I am concerned. This is fun and I love to do culturally diverse things! I love for my children to see how other people do things etc. Well I was not quite prepared for the "experience". Okay so back to my story. I have the two blonde haired munchkins in tow. Walk in and realize I somehow missed the shopping carts. I turn around and low and behold there is a guard in the entry way. (wow is going my brain) Ask him very politely where I might find a cart and he directs me in the right direction with a sweet little smirk on his face. I am hearing his brain saying stupid blonde Gringo, LOL. Because yes I walked right past them and they were right under my nose. Okay so we get our cart and in I go. I of course am overwhelmed by the site of the fact that not only is it a grocery store but a full on restaurant, etc in there. Okay cool, we can do this. I have my little list in hand for a recipe from a friend at the safe. I walk over to the produce dept and get my Jalapeno's. I sniff them, okay wrong thing to do, the sneezes start. So I just grab some and throw them in a baggie, LOL. Get the other produce items I need and proceed to try and find the otehr things on my list. Okay so here is theone of the parts I was unprepapred for all the signs were in Spansh, LMAO. So I have to so very nicely ask what they say, LOL. Yes I am blonde and no I don't know Spanish. Okay so we make it through that hurdle. Well I realize I needed a name brand of something so I call Jeanne. I figured hey she needs to be a part of my experience with me. Oh wait I forgot the part where my sweet eight year old daughter says very loudly. Mommy what kind of store did you bring us to this is weird! Okay crawl under the cart and beat the child, LOL. So I get Jeanne to give me the brand name I need and proceed over to the meat cases. Okay so here is what I really wasn't prepapred for. Oh one thing I forgot to add was I almost married a hispanic guy. One who followed all the Hispanic rules to the tee. Go to Grandma's on Sunday for dinner, eat Menudo on Saturday, cook some really weird things to me, wanted me to wait on him.........Uh yeah this is where the relationship ended, LOL. Okay so I have seen some weird things. But I never realized you could just walk into a market and see some of these things just staring back at you. Okay so over to the meat case I go. Okay have to make it past the chicken feet, intestines, brains, and goat heads. Yeah right about there I wanted to PUKE!!!!!!! So I politely ask for the carne asada and El Pastor as I had decded we were not making Jenn's dinner after all, cause I had to look at things that were pretty gross to me. Now I have no problem with people eating those things but the fact that I had to see it was just wrong, LOL. I am not sure where I thought people bought those things as I know people eat them but I never expected to see them out staring at me. So we ever so politely payed for our groceries from the sweet cashier girl who was very helpful by the way and out we walked. Now on a side note our dinner tonight was absolutely fabulous and by no means i s this post a bash on anyone's culture. This is a bash on a poor white girl who obviously isn't as diverse as she thought she was! Lot's of love to my Blog readining Diva's!
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HAHAHA! Too funny! I'd have some serious trouble in that store too! LOL! At least you got a fab dinner out of it! ;)
Awwwwww Amy I feel for you.......ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!
Amy - too funny!!! I recently had an "experience" at a Russian Market. LOL
Amy this was so fun I felt like I was walking right there with you. I too do these kind of these for and with my kids and what gets me most people don't think is so great that my kids will eat and do such diverse things but tell me how werid it is.
I say keep it up!!
Amy, you are so funny, I loved how you kept this post lighthearted and positive. I can bet you felt out of place in a grocery where you can't even translate what you are trying to buy,, it's all good though, we all need an ice breaker, you keep taking those kids down there, I think it would be an amazing SKILL when your blonde hair, blue eye beauties, can rival anyone in mexican culinary terminology,,,, (wink)
ROFLOL!!!!! Too funny!!! Great sense of humor about it all!
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