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| - Reminded us our time in Chetumal. Having a little bit of Spanish will really help, but the staff is extremely friendly and patient. They'll help you out and you'll leave with a cart-full of goodies.
Carneceria El Rancho is a great place to get ingredients for tacos. They sell fresh veggies and warm corn tortillas. We highly recommend their Chorizo, spicy pork sausage. Bake it in the oven (I bake it at 350 for 30mins to cut down on the grease and to help keep it solid in its natural casing), cut it up like Italian sausage, and saute it with some lime, onions, and peppers for out of this country (world) taco stuffing. Also, we picked up some some freshly cooked Carnitas, shoulder of pork, which I prepared similarly to the Chorizo a day later. All of their meats are sold at great prices.
Other foods we highly recommend are their containers of Gaucamole, Salsa Frita (absolutely amazing, make sure to get some), and Pico de Gallo. Unfortunately, they don't sell fresh tortilla chips, but they do sell huge slabs of fried ChicharrĂ³n. Smother it with guac and salsa and you'll never know the difference (In fact, all the restaurants in Southern Mexico serve pork rind chips instead of corn ones. Something we didn't realize till our third restaurant).
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