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  1. I think that coronavirus and like all viruses, we should be worried about, but some people along with the main stream media are freaking out prematurely, way too much.  Main stream media has announced that we should be freaking out about this new virus and that we should be following their news cast daily to learn about the mortality rate of this new virus.  So far it is at 2 percent mortality rate, the common flu is 1 percent.  Also, if you are following the main stream media, you would be aware of that over 10,000 Americans have already died from the common flu, this season alone, in the United States.  China, with a super population way over the norm, has now had 800 to 900 people die in their super populated and crowded cities from this virus.  That is extremely unfortunate for those that have died, but really, at this can we seriously say that it is more deadly than the flu virus?  Only time will tell, maybe next year as it evolves, maybe we will understand it better or it will pose a greater threat.  Just live your life and live it to the fullest and don´t worry so much about what the media says to earn higher ratings.  Maybe we will all be dead by next year, or more likely, we will probably still be living, and on a lighter note, I just tell people that I stick to Tecate, so I don´t worry so much about the Corona Virus.

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  2. Also, to really throw this conversation in a different direction, talking about borregos, in Chapala, the local people don't usually refer to the lake's pelicans as pelícanos so much as they would call them borregones or big ole sheep in English, which is my best approximation for a proper translation.  Now what we need is a good recipe for pelican!

  3. Happyjillin, you are absolutely correct at saying you will not see lamb hanging up like that at the Chapala mercado.  You would need to speak Spanish or at least know the right words to say to ask for it.  In Venezuela we always called it cordero, but in Mexico, they commonly call it borrego but cordero is often times used too especially on packaging.  In the plaza, when they have it, they usually will have it at the bottom of their meat freezer.  Just ask.  Many of the carnecerías in Chapala may have some frozen or they can promise to order some for you.  Carnecería Popular often times will hang a sign that says Lamb in English from time to time.  I got mine from the first carnecería as you enter the market from the front entrance, they are one if my favorite carnecerías in Chapala.  Btw, I chose to cook my lamb leg that was cut up in slices in a crock pot because leg is full of muscles and tendons and the preferred cooking method for meat of that kind is long and on low heat to insure tenderness.  I also wanted to make a wonderful lamb broth from the meat and bones for a stew, hence the use of a crock pot.

    Also, lamb has a very distinct taste, which it is hard to confuse it with beef if cooked in its own natural flavors without covering up its flavor with powerful spices and such.  So, yes what they sold me was definitly lamb, no question about it.  They also had goat, but goat meat tends to be more boney and more bland and possibly more beef like in flavor without the intense gamey flavor of lamb.  So, no, they aren't that hard to tell apart.

  4. What do you mean by the local vendors pawning off something that is not lamb?  Does that mean they sold you full grown sheep and told you it was lamb or they sold you beef and claimed it to be lamb.  I ask because last week I was in the Chapala mercado which is of course now on the plaza while they refurbish the mercado.  I bought a whole lamb shank and got them to slice it in thin steak slices leaving the bones in, and I cooked them in the crock pot, and they were delicious, super tender, and the real deal.  Later with the bone and meat broth and left over meat we will be enjoying wonderful lamb stew for the next few days. I might even try that again next month.  ¡Qué rico!

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  5. One thing, the OP never said where she lives, I live in Chapala and I know several great places to buy fresh chickens butchered in the mornings and locally raised.  Yes, chickens in Mexico tend to have yellow skin which is probably not acquired naturally.  But the locally raised chickens in the tienditas that specialize in pollo fresco are much less yellow in color than what you see in the large grocery stores.  With Wal-mart having the most unnaturally yellowish-red chickens of all.  Also, it is interesting to note that the local chickens sold in the pollo fresco stores or mercados tend to be bigger and heavier and more expensive than the smaller, less fresh ones sold at the big stores like Wal-mart and Soriana. But for the fresh taste, it is worth it in my opinion.  On a side note, always always smell a Wal-mart chicken before you buy it, they are notorious, locally, for selling off-smelling old chickens.  Talking from experience here.

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  6. I don´t know the guy in the article, but I see him walking almost daily around here in Chapala wearing the t-shirt he had on in one of the pictures, Retire Early Live the Lifestyle.   When I see someone wearing that slogan on their t-shirt day after day after day, I begin to wonder if they really truly are retired after all or are they still working.  He even wore long sleeve ones in the month of December he had made, no kidding.

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  7. 14 minutes ago, lakeside7 said:

    You make sound all very dramatic..driving in Mexico, avoiding the ever recurring pot holes is for me a drama, or going through a burnt out red signal

    For us that have been down here a number of years, it is not so much drama but a slight creeping headache, but most do slowly learn to accept it and adapt.  But the bad news is, is that by the time they do finish resurfacing it from Joco to Chapala, for much of it, it will be time to do it all over again, that is if we live to see it.

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  8. The 3 up and down the avenida in Chapala and the one on Paseo Ramón Corona (malecón) none of them have specialized parking lots, but I guess if need be you can park along the road.  They service mainly pedestrian traffic and are always busy and are 24 hours except for the one next to the Beer Garden which closes at midnight.  Since they have them all over México I am sure some of them are in even more difficult to access streets for delivery and some how they have managed.  When there is a will there is a way, always.

  9. They are always playing live during the evenings, daily on the Chapala malecón.  If you are not lucky enough to run into them when they already have been hired by a large group to play 5 songs oe more, just negotiate with them to find out how much they charge per song. It is a very enjoyable experience listening on the malecón with the lake as back ground.

  10. What about the Batur cruise ship, I haven't seen it in years since the days it used to dock in Chapala.  I would really love to know what is up with that ship.  I never see it come down near Chapala anymore, and I'm on the malecón almost daily.  Jocotepec also has the Fiesta boat.  That could be an option to watch the sunset.

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