Salt Bones (Huesos salados)

  “And those?’ I asked, pointing to a pile of white things in the corner of the butcher’s counter.  “Salted bones,” she said, “huesos salados.” This was in a small…

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The sacrificial feast? A nice little sideline for the priests?

To what extent do you think that whole sacrifice thing was just nice little sideline for keeping the priests well fed? And, by extension, their flock, once the priests had…

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This Little Piggy Went to Market in Mexico City

Well, not just this little piggy, but that one and that one and that one too . . . 50,000 every single week. On our regular drives to Mexico City…

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