07/12/2013 7:38
AM
A fly has landed on our warm Coachella valley. Cold air has put a damper on local and
snowbirds alike. It was in the 80's when we arrived a week ago now its in the
50's .The International Tamale Festival
in Indio awaits us at 10 AM cold or no cold. It supposed to be an epic
event and a very hungry Shark and Cuda are saving their appetite. Yesterday a
shitty time doing payroll and sending money via Western Union. The AAA
juggernaut is finally coming to a halt and getting ready to hibernate for the
winter. Good I'm tired of my bliss being
trashed.A great start at 10
am before the crowds descended we started right in on some gourmet tamales .
Cuda had a turkey, sweet potato and cranberry Shark went for a pork, port and
wild mushroom. Yum Yum we kept walking and sampling until we got tamaled out. A
stop at the wine tent to wash down our breakfast and we called it a day by 12
pm . ( shopping to do )All in all a very
fun event Parades. Costumes music and delicious aromas we decided toBolt before the the
human bottlenecks burned us out. About $ 30 for tamales and wine
Not bad but the
price mark-up and these suckers is phenomenal with $.50 cents worth of food
material transforming into a $ 2.50 to $3.50 tamales ( lots of corn meal in
these babies compared to meat and vegetables ) A seasoned old couple running a
nearby RV store commented" Why would I
pay to walk-around and spend $ 50.00 on junk food and not get served when we can sit down to a
gourmet meal with service for the same price "( I guess this gringo has
declared tamales to be junk food ) We
liked the t-shirt stands and music and the visual feast ..We be back.
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