[NU Sports] ALAMO - BLEH! RANT AHEAD

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I \knew a guy who had been a GE auditor and had to go to Mexico on a regular basis.  He said that the first day that he would get there he would have a raw salad, get sick as a dog, and then was ok for the rest of his trip.

John DeGroat
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dennis W. Brandt" <tbng at comcast.net>
> Hispanics in Mexico tend more to Sonoran cuisine which is less spicy and 
> fine by me.  No doubt there is a great deal of Americanization involved, 
> too.
> 
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> Cc: <Maureen.Linhardt at plexus.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] ALAMO - BLEH! RANT AHEAD
> 
> 
> > We just got back from crossing Mexico -- Mexico City to Cancun via bus 
> > asking for salsa picante at every restaurant.  We know hot!  Habaneros 
> > aren't just for dinner they persist for days in and out of the colon.
> >
> > In San Antonio we searched it out asking the hispanic locals for good 
> > mexican and the stuff we found was below Chicagoland levels and the salsa 
> > was mild and boring.  For recommendations for spicy food we got buffalo 
> > wild wings.  Absurd.  Maybe the hispanics living in SA are from a bad food 
> > region in Mexico.  Similar to southern food in the US which can be an 
> > example of unappealing cuisine to many foreigners.
> >
> > That being said we booked plane tickets today, although we are minimizing 
> > the SA part.  We are flying into Houston and staying in Galveston.  We 
> > will drive over on the 29th for the game and stay in a SA hotel that night 
> > and drive back to Houston the next morning.
> >
> > Flights into SA seemed to be crazy priced and poorly scheduled compared to 
> > flying into Houston and a 3hr drive.
> >
> > We will buy our tickets from the ticket office, but may attempt to scalp 
> > better ones if we get placed low and in a corner like last time.  We just 
> > couldn't see anything, which maybe was good vs. UNL.
> >
> > -- "SjT \(Stephen J. Truog\)" <sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > <snip>
> >> the food choices are awful.  We couldn't find a decent
> >> salsa (meaning HOT) anywhere!  Our plan will be to stay in
> >
> > You HAVE to be kidding! San Antonio is -- by far -- the most diverse major 
> > city in America and the choices of restaurants reflects that. Plenty of 
> > authentic Tex-Mex and salsa specialties. Really, you're kidding with the 
> > salsa, right?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
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