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by poolparty | October 28, 2008 at 09:21 am
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A woman from Mission, TX tried smuggling chorizo sausage across the US border. She was caught by Customs and fined $300. The 21-year-old woman tried declaring a bunch of soiled diapers. This obviously appeared suspicious and she got caught with diapers with sausage links in them. Someone really must have wanted that sausage!
Customs inspectors scored the makings of a barbecue when a 21-year-old South Texas woman declared several soiled baby diapers at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing.
Suspicious of the chunky diapers, inspectors with U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the international bridge in Hidalgo found several links of spicy pork sausage, or chorizo, inside. The diapers had been folded to look soiled, according to a customs agency statement.
The Mission resident, who was not identified after the Friday night incident, was fined $300 and her chorizo was seized.
I love chorizo, but you don’t see me trying to smuggle it into Canada. The chorizo you get here just isn’t what you get down in the south. What I miss most are chorizo, egg and cheese breakfast tacos….yum! For those not familiar with chorizo here is a quick run-down. You’ll just have to try it.
Based on the uncooked Spanish chorizo fresco, the Mexican and Caribbean versions of chorizo are made from fatty pork (however, beef, venison, kosher, and even vegan versions are known). The meat is ground rather than chopped and different seasonings are used. This type is better known in the United States and is not frequently found in Europe.
Most Mexican chorizo is a deep reddish color, but a green variety can be found in the area of Toluca, Mexico. Mexican chorizo comes in two varieties fresh and dried, the fresh being much more common. Chorizo can be made from a variety of meat cuts, including lips, lymph nodes, and salivary glands[citation needed]. The meat is finely ground and stuffed in plastic tubes to resemble sausage links, though traditionally natural casings were used. Before consumption, the tubes are usually cut open and the nearly paste-like mixture is fried in a pan and mashed with a fork until it resembles finely minced ground beef.
In the United States, chorizo is generally known as a food for breakfast, although Mexican restaurants in both the United States and Mexico make tacos, burritos, and tortas with cooked chorizo.
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at 11:17 on October 28th, 2008
lmao@her
at 11:30 on October 28th, 2008
Chorizos y champiñones preparados a la manera casera.
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at 11:49 on October 28th, 2008
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at 12:32 on October 28th, 2008
It's sad to think on how some people try to bend legal rules of trade like coming to ideas such as these. I wonder how many times she was able to successfully do this before she got caught.
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at 13:40 on October 28th, 2008
For chorizo lovers a quick n delicieus recipe:
-Cut chorizo in slices mix with clean shirimps an sliced cherry tomatoes, add 1 or 2 tablespoons of olive oil, salt, black pepper and dried basil. Now just put in the oven 10 to 20 minutes or until shrimps are cook.
Serve with sliced bread....mmmm dinner its ready
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at 15:01 on October 28th, 2008
This is a very popular food and throughout Mexico, took this picture on the market Arroyo de la Plata in Zacatecas while on a fellow photographer Phototour
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at 15:02 on October 28th, 2008
This is a very popular food and throughout Mexico, took this picture on the market Arroyo de la Plata in Zacatecas while on a fellow photographer Phototour
at 06:35 on October 29th, 2008
They must have been that good! I had $200 worth of sliced/Vacuum packed premium Ham coming back from Spain at JFK Airport. I bought the delicious porkies( Jamon Iberico Bellota to be exact) from Barcelona the night before, and had no problems with the officials over there. Matter of fact, they were selling the same Jamon at the Duty free shops!!! I was sooo pissed when the U.S customs decided to take ALL of them. I pleaded with them that; 1). They are cured, salted and aged for years- No way in hell any Bacteria or Pathogens could still be alive.
2). Jamon are sold at shops EVERYWHERE inside the Madrid and Barcelona airports. You mean to tell me they're selling potentially harmful and illegal food items??? HELLO!?
3). I've been away for 3 months all over Spain without much money, and the Jamon Ibericos were the ONLY gifts I had for my family and friends......
The customs officer looked at me with his dead doughy eyes giving me 'reading materials' on foot and mouth disease and Pig snout syndrome or something like that. He stated that other countries have different health codes and once you're in the U.S, you must comply with the laws here. Already arguing for well over an hour, I reluctantly, and resentfully told the customs officer and friends, "Look, these are not your typical Subway or some crappy NY Deli meats. Jamon Iberico is the BEST ham in the world, and Bellota? That is like food of the gods........ Clearly not for people like you. But under the circumstances, you guys will get to enjoy what I paid top dollar(Euro for that matter) for. Do me a favor, please please PLEASE get a nice Red that you've confiscated from French, or a Spanish passenger and enjoy it!!! Do not throw these away..."
As I turned my back, the dumb-founded customs guy tells me, "We're not going to eat it, it's against regulations!". Yeah right, hope you choke on it bro.
at 08:24 on October 29th, 2008
sorry to hear about your ham - sounds like it would have been delicious!
at 16:05 on October 29th, 2008
oh thats such a frustrating story .. I´ve had the same thing happen to me in Iceland, and so has my boyfriend in the US. Its sad to know that you cannot bring food like this into the country where they make nothing even 1% (quality and tradition) as good as they do in Spain, Italy, Mexico, France .. and many other parts of the world, just because it has not been cooked, pasteurized or for whatever reason. Still I knew I was taking a chance when I brought it with me, but it is still so frustrating, because you really want your folks to enjoy the best parts of life that you know about, the best food in the world!! to spread the joy and experience! Those folks at customs probably never have travelled to these places, and know nothing about how delicious (and absolutely safe) this is, not to talk about the price .. Jamon Iberico de bellota, costs around 120$ a kilo! And even more than that .. I was a student there too, so it was a financial effort for me to try to bring it back home .. good luck next time ;)
at 07:29 on October 29th, 2008
This is Spanish chorizo from Barcelona, Spain. I prefer the Mexican version, but not in diapers!
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at 15:52 on October 29th, 2008
I visited Tlatenango market last spring where we got to try this delicious chorizo sausage, did not try to smuggle it across the border though ;) It is somewhat similar to the Chorizo of Galicia, Spain, also still a very healthy agricultural area, and rich heritage of food producing.
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at 09:26 on November 10th, 2008
Picture was taken in small town outside Bogota D.C, Colombia. The town is called Mesitas del Colegio, wich translates roughly "Little tables from school".
Chorizo, all the women want it.
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