Even thought this is a fairly small city there are 2 tianguis markets. These are local markets where almost anything can be sold. The word tianguis is from the Nahuatl language and was originally used just for markets of indigenous farmers and craftspeople. In Los Reyes the Wednesday market is the food one and the Thursday one is mostly clothing, new and used, household supplies, cosmetics, jewellery, dvds, kids toys, in other words anything not food. One day there were even 3 spaniel puppies for sale!
I try to get to the Wednesday morning market by 8; even at that time many things are picked over or gone. I have only seen peas once and there were just a few remnants. The market is a great place to buy seasonal food from the area, but caveat emptor. Such things as apples and peaches are not always local. In fact in August and early September those were from California. Local Mexican apples are now ready and they taste great...just like those apples I used to eat from my relatives backyard tree. They are no special type, just a great somewhat small juicy eating apple. They are probably fine for cooking too as they are somewhat tart.
I spent 22 pesos at the market today which is about $1.75 Canadian. My bag was filled with a small broccilli, an enormous green pepper, 7 bananas, 8 Roma tomatoes, about 1/2 pound of tomatillos, a complimentary bunch of cilantro and 4 small pieces of ocean perch which is called mojarra. On my way back to the casa I also stopped by a local aborrates and picked up 2 freshly made large buns for 3 pesos. Buying groceries is incredibily cheap and fun in Mexico.
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