Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-11-19
PEON RESTAURANTS.
Places in Mexico Not Notable for Clean
illness or Service.

Illness or Service.
Very few Americans and Anglo Saxon
residents of Mexico City know anything
about the numerous peon restaurants, ex-
cept what they see from a glance through
their front doorways.
At many meat shops there is a huge
earthenware bowl filed with a hetero-
geneous mass of cooked scraps, such as
hog, goat and sheep hearts, pigs feet,
ears, shouts and tails, roasted tripe aad
entrGils and cracklngs, etc. Tor one
centayo small piece is sold and up-
ward, according to the size and quality
OF the piece. This, with three tortillas
Tor one centavo, makes "a square NEAL
for very poor peon. Then again there
are stands where the thick entrails of
hogs and cattle are cut into small pieces
and blood sausage fried in a shallow
sheet iron pan, in n graN- made of grease
and tomatoes and fine cut potatoes. 4
loaf of bread, called ''pambazo," or
rather ran bazo." made of common
Hour, and about three inches long. is cut
in half lengthwise. This loaf is hollow.
In the cavity is placed a tablespoonful of
TINS stew; Il spoonful of chill sauce
poured over it; the other half loaf placed
on top, and there you are for 3 CEN
tayos.
There are other stands where only tor
tllas con carne are sold, About table
spoonful of clean, sweet, boiled shredded
mutton is placed on two tortillas; that
Is made into n tight roll and fried in NUT
ton fat or lard until it is n crisp brown
This is palatable and nutritious. They
| sell for centavOs. Sometimes the fill
ing is of Il vegetable hash. The latter
are very good also. and, according to
the size, sell for from l to 3 centayos
each.
Some of the doorway stands sell also
| eolled sweet potatoes ut from / to CEN
tavos each, according to the size. There
are also tea and coffee stands, where a
cup OF either can be bought for from to
. centavOS. Some of the better class OF
| stands keep "t0rtas compuestas," which
are kind of sandwich made of hogs
mead cheese, sausage, boiled ham, fried
pork, canned corned beef, chicken. etc
These sell for from to 10 centavos
each' according to the quality of the meat
used in them.
Breakfast can he had in the morning
from . to Is o'clock, either in regular
eating houses or at Goorways of tinedas:
Il cup of tea, 'hojas de naranjo' (orange
Ieavesl, or coffee can be had for from
to centavos, and loot of bread CEN
taVos. In eating houses they sell pam
Ata' or "menudo' mixed with boiled
corn; an ordinary sized platefu costs 3
centaYos, In coffee houses cup of eof-
fee aud milk with a loaf of bread costs
I to 10 centavos, and glass of pure
milk centavoS.
At the regular restaurant, where din
ner and supper is served, there is a list
OF standard Dishes and regular dinner
costs 10, is and % centavos. The 25-
tentaYo dinner includes a good piece of
boiled beefSteak. The following is the
customary bin of fare:
Beef or mutton soup. about nm ordi-
nary sized tCacupful. centavos; boiled
rice, mixed with tine-cut chill. . CEN
tayoS; gulsado, a stew made of meat and
three or four kinds of vegetables, 8 CEN
taroS: boiled beans, centavoS; chicken
stewed in dark. mahogany colered
gravy. ) centavos; boiled beer and pota-
toes. centavos; three tortillas, CEN
tavo. or Il small loaf of bread, g CEN
tayos; big glass of pulQue. centavos.
In all tondas and even in good restau-
rants the famous mole de guajolote" is
IN the bill of fare every Sunday. and the
sign Rico Mole de Guajolote los Do
mlngos' Is always visible either on the
facade OF the restaurant or on the menu
cards, If there are any Regular meals
are sold every day. aud in all fondas
until 3 o'clock in the afternoon: after
mat tilue service Is done Ia carte. and
It costs a little more money to get the
same stuff one can get before o'clock.
The cooking utensils and tableware are
always fairly clean. Where n tahlertotb
Is used it is put on the table on SUNDAY
morning and by the next Sunday morn
ing it looks as If drove of hogs had
tramped over it. The muchachas or girl
Mattresses also don q clean dress and
apron every Sunday morning and wear
them all week. M the end of which period
they look as if their wearerS had been
duped IN a Slop barrel and hung out on
the line to dry.-Mexican Herald.