Nuyorican Discovery #238
I was in Stater Bros. yesterday afternoon picking up a few quick things for me and my mother. I was going down the "ethnic" food aisle, when something made me look to my right. Staring me in the face was a staple from my childhood...Goya's pasta de guayaba (guava paste) in the giant round tin. That was the first time I've seen it in Riverside. I
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That, I have been told, is Olde Tyme Crackyr for "Weeeeeeeepa!".
That sounds splendid - is there a particular brand of panela to pick up? I hope against hope that it's Bimbo brand, on the grounds that it is the best brand ever. At some point in high school my brother and I scored a polo shirt from the thrift store with the Bimbo bear on the chest instead of a tiger, a laurel wreath, or an upper-class twit playing polo. I think this was the same time that we would ritualistically play "Earthworm Jim" on Sega while listening to They Might Be Giants after school on days when we didn't go to vintage/thrift stores.
Bonus footage: Ana Ng.
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