It was overcast and a tad cooler on Wednesday. I needed some
achiote seeds (to make achiote oil, of course) for the weekend, so I decided to
go to the Mexican market Jake had told me about a while back. It’s called Dos
Hermanos Market and its in Westland on Ford Road. He sent me a text regarding
its location, so I checked it out on the web. They don’t have a website, but
they did have several reviews.
Reviews for a grocery store? Well, this is an unusual
grocery store in that they also have a very small (10-15 tables/booths at the most) restaurant
attached to it. According to the reviews, the authentic food rivals the best restaurants
in the Mexican section of Detroit.
Since I was going there anyway, I asked Vicky if her Mother
needed anything. She said she wanted to come and check it out. Michelle wanted
to join us as well, so off we went at lunchtime.
Note: It’s a very little place and you could drive right by
it if you weren’t looking for it. And, you have to park in back, but it’s a very
little parking lot and there were no parking places left! So, I kinda left the
ass end of the car hanging out into the side street (there’s no parking on the
side street or on Ford Road for that matter).
Vicky was a godsend as she could tell them what I wanted.
And, when the clerk couldn’t find any achiote, Vicky searched and finally found
some. She grabbed me a can of pigeon peas as well. She wasn’t impressed with
the freshness of their plantains, though, so she didn’t buy anything.
Meanwhile, Michelle had snagged a booth. I paid for my
groceries and joined them. Michelle had some nachos, Vicky ordered a Torta Del
Pollo (one of the sandwiches that Evy, her mother had sent me before, but this
one had beans on it as well). I, of course, ordered beef enchiladas.
Michelle and I both had water to drink, while Vicky ordered
something called ‘Fresh Water.” I asked what that was and she said it’s rice
water with various additions. She chose the one that had cinnamon and sugar. It’s
made in a machine I could see in the kitchen. She said we had to try it, so she
asked for three straws. It was actually quite good!
The enchiladas were over the top, probably the best I ever had.
And, I ate all three, the rice and
the beans! Vicky’s sandwich and Michelle’s nachos were huge, so they both only ate
half and took the rest back to work.
When I was leaving for home, Vicky asked if I wanted the
other half of her sandwich for my dinner. So, I said sure. She warned me it had
avocados on it (I didn’t eat the ones with her Mother’s sandwich, as I am not
that fond of avocados). So, I had my dinner!
It was sprinkling on the way home. I stopped at O’Rielly’s
as I noticed my right front turn signal was out.
When I got home, I treated the cats, and turned on the TV
while I changed my clothes. The weather radio was blaring a warning and then
the Emergency Warning System on the TV went off. Both were warning about a
severe thunderstorm moving my way. It was supposed to hit Redford at 5:35 PM,
with winds up to 70 MPH. I looked outside and it was sprinkling with almost no
wind.
But, hit it did. The rain came down in buckets and it was
windy, but I never saw 70 MPH winds here. The thunder and lightning were
impressive, though.
I went out and opened the garage door. The storm had cooled
down the temperature and it was quite pleasant to work out there and
occasionally watch the storm.
By 6:30 PM, it had slowed to a drizzle. I finally closed up
shop at about 7:45 and went inside. Since it was cooler, this was the first day
I didn’t need to take a shower. I warmed up my sandwich and ate my dinner
(avocados and all) checking out the TV offerings for tonight. Not much… I ended up watching a few
taped DIY shows. BTW, Evy's sandwich was better - maybe because I didn't put avocados on it, lol!
The sun came out around 8:30 PM! I started dozing about
9:30, so I turned off the TV and turned in.
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