Do you buy & eat the food sold by the vendors with homemade burriritos, etc.? (Albuquerque: buying, college)

[Townandcountrygal]

Do you buy & eat the homemade food (usually burritos, tamales) sold by vendors who are on the street selling? They often come into the laundromat when we're there. I know most don't have Food Handler Permits which isn't necessarily any guarantee.

[Fiddlehead]

Life is a gamble. Sure, you could get sick.

I have bought tamales from the ladies and kids who I see selling them out here in Oregon. I have had many enjoyable meals, and never an upset stomach.

[Poncho_NM]

I have in the past. I think the first might have been in Juárez Mexico around 1968... The last perhaps at the Salsa Festival in Albuquerque...




Rich

[ApartmentNomad]

I have on occasion, and lived to tell the story. I was buying from someone delivering burritos to my workplace, but it was very hush-hush, which added a mystique to the whole process. I'm not very afraid of food out of trucks since I used to eat a lot of that in my Philadelphia college days.

[alloo66]

Sure I do! Never been sick yet. 20+ years of living on the edge.

[Townandcountrygal]

Some encouraging comments about not getting sick BUT when I want tamales--I'll wait for Hunter Wold's--he makes the BEST ones I've had anywhere and his chicken enchiladas are excellent, too.

[alloo66]

Originally Posted by Townandcountrygal

Some encouraging comments about not getting sick BUT when I want tamales--I'll wait for Hunter Wold's--he makes the BEST ones I've had anywhere and his chicken enchiladas are excellent, too.

Try Navajo Kneel Down Bread, close to Tamales but different. Good luck.

[Townandcountrygal]

Originally Posted by alloo66

Try Navajo Kneel Down Bread, close to Tamales but different. Good luck.

Have never heard of this--where to buy? --or find a recipe?

[BrianH]

i buy from the roach coach here every couple of weeks. It is by far the best Mexican food here in town. In fact I would go as far as to say its the best food in town, the other restaurants here in town are a joke.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Townandcountrygal

Do you buy & eat the homemade food (usually burritos, tamales) sold by vendors who are on the street selling? They often come into the laundromat when we're there. I know most don't have Food Handler Permits which isn't necessarily any guarantee.

I am sure the stuff is great and fresh, but I am just not comfortable with buying from street venders.