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Category Archives: Dairy
Grocery shopping in Ecuador: What’s it like?
Laura Lee Jones is a single mom living in Loja and a wonderful friend. She wrote this fabulous article on shopping here and with her permission, I am sharing it. When sitting at home in the US researching living in Ecuador, I saw lots of pictures of the colorful displays of fruit sold in the open markets. I knew that… Read More
Mercados (Cuenca)
Feria Libre mercado (the biggest, I estimate 40 acres in land area covered) open and enclosed. Saturday is the huge day. Wednesday there is a huge clothing market that takes over the parking area, inexpensive new clothes). https://maps.google.com/maps?q=-2.89776,-79.026121&ll=-2.898188,-79.025817&spn=0.012322,0.01929&num=1&t=h&z=16 Diez de Agosto mercado, mostly enclosed, but small vendors are on the sidewalks and close by areas. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=-2.899217,-79.007624&num=1&t=h&z=16 9 De Octubre mercado,… Read More
Cheeses in Ecuador
Contrary to popular belief, there are good cheeses in Ecuador. Here are some of them: Salinerito – Comes from the small town of Salinas de Guaranda in Bolívar Province. The cheeses can be found in many Supermaxi’s. http://salinerito.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272:productoslacteos&catid=29:catalogo&Itemid=352 Floralp – Swiss company with a cheese-making operation in Ibarra. Very reasonably priced cheeses that taste good. http://www.floralp-sa.com/index.php Hacienda Zuleta – Artisan… Read More